The Journey of the Lasallian Community

Gerard Rummery, FSC, Ph.D. ABSTRACT All Lasallian educational works throughout the world today trace their origin to Saint John Baptist de La Salle (1651-1719) and the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools of which he was the founder. Using selected...

The Lasallian Understanding of Gratuity

Gerard Rummery, FSC, PhD ABSTRACT A foundation principle of the first Lasallian schools in Rheims was that they had to be gratuitous, that is open to all who wished to come, without any obligation to pay for the education received. The reasoning underlying this...