Life of St. John Baptist De La Salle

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Life of St. John Baptist De La Salle

• Risk-Taker
• Decision-Maker
• Servant-Leader
• Humble Servant
• Educator

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Description

• This module intends to
• Discuss significant key events in the life of
  St. John Baptist De La Salle
• To comprehend the key principles of Lasallian
  Educational Philosophy.
• Inspire to pursue the Lasallian tradition and
  identity

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Objectives

• At the end of this module, the students are
  expected to
• Identify key events in the life of St. John
• Create meaning on the significant events in the
  life of St. John with ones own key events
• Demonstrate ones Lasallian identity through
  singing the Alma Mater Hym

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• "What is nobler than to mold the character of the
  young? I consider that he who knows how to form
  the youthful mind is truly greater than all
  painters, sculptors and all others of that sort.
  
• (St. John Chrysostom)

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Warm Up Alma Mater Hymn

• Hail, Hail Alma Mater, Hail to De La Salle!
  We'll hold your banner high and bright, A
  shield of green and white, We'll fight to keep
  your glory bright, And never shall we fail,
  Hail to thee our Alma Mater! Hail! Hail! Hail!

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Context Every moment is an opportunity.

• From a small harmonica to capture the attention
  of students emerged a music that evokes a sense
  of pride.
• From a composition out of ones innovation came a
  hymn that has become a tradition, battlecry and
  identity.
• From the key events in the life of St. John came
  out a Christian educator

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Life of St. John Baptist De La Salle

• Risk-Taker
• Decision-Maker
• Servant-Leader
• Humble Servant
• Educator

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Family

• Eldest son of a wealthy couple
• Noble family in France

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Birthdate April 30, 1651Birthplace Rheims,
France
New Place Hotel De La Salle
Old Place
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Destined for the Church

• Received tonsure at age eleven
• Named Canon of Reims Cathedral at age sixteen
• Entered the Seminary of St. Sulpice Seminary,
  Paris at age nineteen
• Studied in Sorbonne University

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Family Man

• Became Legal Guardian
• of his 6 brothers and sisters
• His mother died at age 20
• His father died at age 21
• Forced to leave the seminary in 1672

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A Scholar 1678

• Ordained a priest at age 27
• 2 years later,he obtained a Doctorate in Theology
• Met a layman friend, Adrian Nyel
• Became involved with teachers, students, school
  and condition of poverty

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La Salle as a Teacher

• Teacher Training Center
• Students are grouped according to ability
• Instruction Christian and Human education

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Risk-Taker

• Devoted his talents to open schools for poor
  children
• Abandoned his family, canonry and wealth
• Established a community of brothers

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Decision-Maker

• Resisted ecclesiastical authorities
• Formed a community who offered free education for
  all
• Children
• Delinquents
• Working Young Men

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Decision-maker

• Heroic Vow in 1691 with his two companions
• Established Vaugirard Novitiate
• Received Perpertual Vows with 12 brothers in 1693

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Servant-Leader

• Use vernacular medium of instruction
• Trained Lay Teachers
• Superior of the Brothers

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Humble-Servant

• Went into Solitude at Parmenie in 1712-14
• Serious attack of Rheumatism
• Period of Self-effacement doubt

Parmenie, France
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Humble-Servant

• Received letter from the Brothers to return
• First General Chapter
• Election of Brother Barthelemy

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Last Days

• Died at St. Yon near Rouen
• April 7, 1719 on Good Friday
• Age 68

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Achiever Christian Educator

• Pioneered in training college teachers
• Reform schools for delinquents
• Technical schools
• Secondary schools for modern languages, arts and
  sciences
• Educational Institutions spread across the globe

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Life of St. John Baptist De La Salle

• Born at Rheims, France on
• April 30,1651
• Ordained Priest on April 9, 1678
• Died on April 7, 1719
• Canonized as Saint on May 24, 1900
• Patron of Christian Teachers on
• May 15, 1950 by Pope Pius XII

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Life of St. John Baptist De La Salle

• Risk-Taker
• Decision-Maker
• Servant-Leader
• Humble Servant
• Educator

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Reflection Paper 1

• My Life
• key events in your life
• My School
• lessons learned from the life of St. John Baptist
  De La Salle
• My Thoughts
• reflections (refer to the next slide)

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Worksheet Key Events in Ones Life (Sentence
Completion)