What does it mean to be a Lasallian School

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What does it mean to be a Lasallian School?
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The Lasallian School

• Unique education that is marked by a distinctive
  spirit
• This spirit is rooted in the Gospels of Jesus
  Christ and in the spirituality and educational
  philosophy of St. John Baptist de La Salle.
• Part of a world-wide network of Lasallian Schools

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St. John Baptist de La Salle

• Founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
• 1651-1719
• Educational innovator
• In 1950 proclaimed the universal Patron of all
  Teachers

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The Lasallian Educational Mission

• to give a human and Christian education to the
  young
• especially in schools
• with service of the poor as a priority
• in order to evangelize and catechize
• to promote peace and justice
• accomplished together as a shared mission

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Goals of a Lasallian School

• 1. Lasallian schools commit themselves to the
  spirit and mission of Saint John Baptist de La
  Salle.
• 2. Lasallian schools commit themselves to
  providing excellent educational programmes.

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Goals of a Lasallian School

• 3. Lasallian schools commit themselves to service
  of the poor through education.
• 4. Lasallian schools commit themselves to the
  establishment of diverse educational communities

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Goals of a Lasallian School

• 5. Lasallian schools commit themselves to the
  equitable treatmentof all members of the
  school community

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Shared Mission

• The future of the Christian schools is no longer
  in the hands of the Brothers alone, but in the
  unified commitment of all who espouse its
  mission.
• Today, the mission which the Church entrusted to
  the Institute is in the hands of the Brothers and
  their Colleagues. In fact, it is together and by
  association that we, Brothers and Colleagues,
  will fulfill the present-day mission of the
  schools.

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• To touch the hearts of your pupils and to inspire
  them with the Christian spirit is the greatest
  miracle you can perform.Saint John Baptist de
  La Salle

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The Lasallian Spirit

• The spirit of this Institute is first,a spirit of
  faith, which should induce those who compose it
  not to look upon anything but with the eyes of
  faith,not to do anything but in view of God, and
  to attribute all to God.
• Secondly, the spirit of their Institute consists
  in an ardent zeal for the instruction of
  children.

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Lasallian Schools in Hong Kong