Our Vow of Association

Luke Salm, FSC, STD ABSTRACT The topic I have been asked to address is the vow of association or, more accurately, our vow of association. A great deal has been written in recent years on structures of association for our lay colleagues. It is still an ongoing...

Characteristics of Lasallian Schools

Luke Salm, FSC, STD ABSTRACT This author addressed the topic of the characteristics of the Brothers’ school in a lecture entitled “De La Salle and His Brothers: An Adventure in Education.” Since then others have had occasion to address this topic. In 1986, the USA...

Associate Membership in the Institute

Luke Salm, FSC, STD ABSTRACT Developments in the Church and in the Institute in the last thirty years have resulted in a breakdown of the barriers that separate the vowed members of the Institute from lay and clerical persons associated with the mission and the...

An Honor Student Who Made Good

Luke Salm, FSC, STD ABSTRACT Brother Luke writes about an honor student of long ago, an honor student who made good and did great things with the talent God had given him. That honor student’s name was John Baptist de La Salle. The oldest son of a well-to-do family,...