Communal Prayer in the 1718 and 1987 Editions of the Rule of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Peter Killeen, FSC

ABSTRACT

This essay is concerned with the prescriptions governing the communal prayer life of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools as found in the 1718 and 1987 versions of their Rule. Concerned solely with communal prayer as prescribed for a regular school day, the essay provides a glimpse into religious life as lived by a fairly new congregation in the early part of the eighteenth century, through the call for renewal in religious congregations set forth by the Second Vatican Council, and concludes with a careful examination of parallel prescriptions in the Rule of 1987.

KEYWORDS

De La Salle; communal prayer; Lasallian;

FULL TEXT

Communal Prayer in the 1718 and 1987 Editions of the Rule of the Brothers of the Christian Schools