TODAYA MAGAZINE FOR THE LASALLIAN FAMILY IN THE LASALLIAN REGION OF NORTH AMERICA AUTUMN 2015

CELEBRATING THE YEAR OF CONSECRATED LIFE

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TODAY Dear Reader,

DE LA SALLE TODAY IS PUBLISHED BY CHRISTIAN BROTHERS During this Year of Consecrated Life, we celebrate men and women who CONFERENCE FOR LASALLIANS IN THE LASALLIAN REGION OF have committed to a life of consecration to God in service to the Church NORTH AMERICA (RELAN).

community. In this issue, we especially celebrate the Brothers of the CHRISTIAN BROTHERS CONFERENCE Christian Schools and the Lasallian mission. 415 MICHIGAN AVENUE NE, SUITE 300 WASHINGTON, DC 20017-4501 202-529-0047 The Year of Consecrated Life coincides with the 50th anniversary of the [email protected] Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, and the Decree WWW.LASALLIAN.INFO on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life, Perfectae Caritatis. GENERAL COUNCILOR, RELAN When Pope Francis declared November 30, 2014 – February 2, 2016, as BROTHER TIMOTHY COLDWELL, FSC the Year of Consecrated Life, he outlined three goals in his November 2014 INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Apostolic Letter to All Consecrated People on the Occasion of the Year ALISA MACKSEY of Consecrated Life: to look to the past with gratitude, to live the present EDITOR ELIZABETH MOORS JODICE with passion, and to embrace the future with hope. ASSISTANT EDITOR/CONTENT DEVELOPER CHRIS SWAIN In this issue, as we look to the past with gratitude, we visit how the ASSISTANT EDITOR Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools has evolved over the past ANNA WADDELOVE

50 years in light of the Second Vatican Council and with the 1967 release EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE of “The Brother of the Christian Schools in the World Today: A Declaration.” BROTHER TIMOTHY COLDWELL, FSC As we live the present with passion, we highlight Brothers who live their ALISA MACKSEY vocation beyond the borders and transform lives in overseas ministries. TRANSLATION As we embrace the future with hope, we introduce you to five young men BROTHER FLORENT GAUDREAULT, FSC who entered the novitiate on August 1, 2015, as they take another step CONTRIBUTING WRITERS BROTHER THOMAS JOHNSON, FSC in their journeys of discerning consecrated life as Brothers. BROTHER CHRISTOPHER PATIÑO, FSC HOLLY PETERSON This issue also highlights the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, a BROTHER ROBERT SMITH, FSC CHRIS SWAIN pilgrimage taken in July 2015 by Brothers and young men discerning their PHOTOGRAPHY vocation from the Lasallian Region of North America (RELAN) and the BROTHER MOSES ABUNYA, FSC District of Spain-Portugal (ARLEP). BETHLEHEM UNIVERSITY PATRITZIO DE JULIIS DE MARILLAC ACADEMY We hope this issue takes you back in time, energizes you with how the DISTRICT OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA mission is so passionately being lived today, and propels your hopes for DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCISCO NEW ORLEANS ARCHIVES future vocations. We extend our thanks to the many Brothers who have BROTHER LAWRENCE HUMPHREY, FSC INSTITUTE OF THE BROTHERS OF THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS dedicated their lives to the Lasallian mission as they joyfully celebrate BROTHER JAMES JOOST, FSC this year of renewal. LA SALLE UNIVERSITY BROTHER DENNIS LEE, FSC MIDWEST DISTRICT Enjoy! ANDREW PAMORADA BROTHER ÉLIE POULIOT, FSC SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL PREPARATORY BROTHER LARRY SCHATZ, FSC THE SAN MIGUEL SCHOOL OF PROVIDENCE BROTHER GEORGE VAN GRIEKEN, FSC ELIZABETH MOORS JODICE Editor DESIGN AND LAYOUT JOHN BURNS DESIGN GROUP

PLEASE EMAIL COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS TO Brothers, postulants and novices gather at Monte do Gozo [email protected]. THE EDITOR OF (Hill of Joy), a hill in Santiago de Compostela that is known DE LA SALLE TODAY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO EDIT AND MAKE FINAL DECISIONS REGARDING THE CONTENT for giving pilgrims a first view of their final destination: the PUBLISHED IN THE MAGAZINE. Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Courtesy Brother Moses Abunya, FSC

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CHRISTIAN BROTHERS As executive director, Freund will promote the Lasallian mission and assume a leadership role in representing Lasal- CONFERENCE WELCOMES lian education at the national and international levels. He will NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, also oversee activities designed to serve ministries in the NEW STAFF MEMBERS AT Lasallian Region of North America, including developing for- mation programs, fundraising, and representing the mission NEW LOCATION to the Catholic Church, to educational, civic and governmen- tal entities, and to business and philanthropic organizations. Mark Freund, a longtime school leader with Lasallian ties, has been selected as the next executive director of the Christian Additionally, CBC has welcomed new staff members in Brothers Conference (CBC) Office for Lasallian Education. recent months. Carol Loughney, CMP, joined the staff in July Freund most recently served as principal of Pope John Paul as the director of events, and Anna Waddelove joined the II High School in Boca Raton, Florida, a school that is in the staff in June as the communications specialist. process of becoming affiliated with the Lasallian mission through the District of Eastern North America. These changes took place in a new building. CBC relocated in May to 415 Michigan Avenue NE, Suite 300, Washington, Freund brings more than 30 years experience as a teacher DC 20017. The offices, which include the Lasallian Volunteers and administrator in Catholic schools. Freund is a graduate and the La Salle International Foundation, are located at the of Calvert Hall College High School in Baltimore, Maryland. McCormick Pavilion at Theological College. The building is He graduated from the Buttimer Institute of Lasallian Studies on the campus of The Catholic University of America directly in July 2015, and he has attended Lasallian Association of across the street from the Basilica of the National Shrine Secondary School Chief Administrators conferences. of the Immaculate Conception.

(Left) Mark Freund was named execu- (Below) Christian Brothers Conference relocated to tive director of the Christian Brothers the McCormick Pavilion at Theological College, which is Conference Office for Lasallian on the campus of The Catholic University of America, Education in June 2015. in May 2015.

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CONTINUED Participants in the Buttimer III class stand together with their instructors and community director during their final summer of the Regional program at Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga.

SUMMER FORMATION Buttimer, Johnston and LSJI are all programs of Christian Brothers Conference. To learn more about Regional PROGRAMS INSPIRE programs, visit www.lasallian.info/programs-events. LASALLIANS NEW DIRECTOR TO LEAD Lasallians gathered in three groups over the summer to deepen their Lasallian connection by participating in Regional LASALLIAN VOLUNTEERS formation programs. Kathleen Glackin has been named director The Buttimer Institute of Lasallian Studies took place June of Lasallian Volunteers (LV) effective July 13, 28 – July 11, 2015, at Saint Mary’s College of California in 2015. Glackin, who served for two years Moraga. Buttimer is an intensive Lasallian education and as an LV, has been a member of the LV staff formation program that studies the life and spirituality of as recruitment coordinator since July 2013. Saint John Baptist de La Salle and the origins of the Lasallian Glackin served as a Lasallian Volunteer from mission. Nearly 100 Lasallians, including more than 20 from 2009-2011 in Memphis, Tennessee, at De La outside of the Lasallian Region of North America, participated Salle Elementary at Blessed Sacrament. After in the program, which takes place over three years. completing her two years of service, she continued to volunteer at De La Salle The nearly 100 participants in the Brother John Johnston while serving as assistant campus minister Institute of Contemporary Lasallian Practice gathered as for the Diocese of Memphis before joining a Regional group July 12-17, 2015, at Lewis University the LV staff in Washington, DC. in Romeoville, Illinois. The theme for this second Regional gathering was Association, Vocation and Spirituality.

Nearly 20 Lasallians took part in the Lasallian Social Justice Kathleen Glackin was named director of Institute (LSJI) July 19-24, 2015, which returned to Chica- Lasallian Volunteers effective July 13, 2015. go with the theme Violence & Peacemaking in an Urban Environment. In 2016, LSJI will take place for the first time in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and will focus on human trafficking.

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LASALLIAN VOLUNTEERS In conjunction with orientation, the LV program recog- nized supporters from the Midwest District with the annual HOST ORIENTATION, HONOR FSC Awards, which are named in honor of three Christian SUPPORTERS Brothers who embody values of faith, service and community, and made significant contributions to the program. The LV Forty-nine Lasallian Volunteers (LVs) prepared for a year of program presented the Bassen Service Award to Thaddeus service during orientation July 21-31, 2015, at Lewis University (Tad) Smith, the Johnston Faith Award to Brother James in Romeoville, Illinois. Orientation covers topics such as Gaffney, FSC, and Brother Stephen Markham, FSC, and the the Lasallian charism, living in community, building strong Farrell Community Award to Brother Robert Walsh, FSC. relationships, peace and justice, and spirituality. The The annual awards honor supporters from each District on 2015-2016 LVs include 30 first-year LVs and 19 second-year a rotating basis. The 2016 honorees will be selected from LVs who will serve at 24 ministries throughout the Lasallian the District of San Francisco New Orleans. Region of North America. The group will come together again in January 2016 for the midyear retreat in Brant Lake, New York.

(Below) The 2015-2016 Lasallian Volunteers gather at Lewis University for orientation.

(Right) Lasallian Volunteers honors supporters with the FSC Awards. From left, Brother James Gaffney, FSC, Brother Robert Walsh, FSC, Thaddeus (Tad) Smith and Brother Stephen Markham, FSC.

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 4 8/31/15 9:05 AM NEWS AND APPOINTMENTS CONTINUED Brother Superior General Robert Schieler, FSC, speaks at the graduation ceremony during which he received an honorary degree from his alma mater, La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 17, 2015. Courtesy La Salle University

UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGE REVISION OF THE RULE HONOR SUPERIOR GENERAL APPROVED

Two universities and one college in the Lasallian Region of The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is North America bestowed honorary degrees upon Brother preparing to distribute printed versions of the revised Rule Superior General Robert Schieler, FSC. Christian Brothers of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in October, with University in Memphis, Tennessee, honored Brother Robert at digital versions available earlier. This new distribution comes its commencement exercises May 16, 2015, with an honorary after the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life Doctor of Humanities. The following day, La Salle University and Societies of Apostolic Life approved the revision. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, presented Brother Robert with The modifications to the 1987 Rule were finalized during an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at its undergraduate the 45th General Chapter in 2014 after several years of commencement exercises. Saint Mary’s College of California work by commissions for the revision of the Rule. in Moraga presented Brother Robert with an honorary Doctor of Educational Leadership at its annual De La Salle Week Convocation on April 22, 2015.

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APPOINTMENTS

BROTHER BEDE BALDRY, FSC, Auxiliary Visitor, Midwest District, effective July 1, 2015 BROTHER CHRISTOPHER BELLEMAN, FSC, Principal, Teach Passionately St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute, Buffalo, NY, effective June 10, 2015

DIANE BROWN, Interim Principal, De La Salle Institute – Institute Campus, Chicago, IL, effective June 19, 2015

BROTHER JAMES DRIES, FSC, Principal, St. Vincent Strambi Catholic High School, Bull Savannah, Jamaica, effective August 1, 2015

DR. PAUL D. FALLON, Principal, La Salle Institute, Troy, NY, effective July 1, 2015

MARK FREUND, Executive Director, Christian Brothers Live Simply Conference Office for Lasallian Education, Washington, DC, effective September 21, 2015

JAMES P. GALLAGHER, Principal, West Catholic Preparatory High School, Philadelphia, PA, effective July 1, 2015

KATHLEEN GLACKIN, Director, Lasallian Volunteers, Washington, DC, effective July 13, 2015

BROTHER JOSEPH JOZWIAK, FSC, President, Christian Brothers Academy, Syracuse, NY, effective July 1, 2015

PAUL KELLY, Principal, De La Salle High School, New Orleans, LA, effective spring 2015 Pray Deeply

MATTHEW KEOUGH, Principal, Christian Brothers Academy, Syracuse, NY, effective July 1, 2015

MARC MILANO, Principal, Archbishop Rummel High School, Metairie, LA, effective July 1, 2015

DR. MYLES SEGHERS, Interim President, De La Salle High School, New Orleans, LA, effective spring 2015

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Brothers who are originally from Michigan stand together at the District of Eastern North America’s Called to be Brothers Retreat hosted at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in August 2011. Courtesy District of Eastern North America

Mike Daniels, Ed.D., president and CEO of De Marillac Academy in San Francisco, California, sits with students. Courtesy De Marillac Academy

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BY HOLLY PETERSON

POPE FRANCIS HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE YEAR OF CONSECRATED LIFE WITH THESE WORDS: “THIS IS THE BEAUTY OF CONSECRATION: IT IS JOY, JOY.” Joy. Just as Pope Francis shared that message in a July 2013 Rome meeting with seminarians, novices and young people discerning their vocation, he reminds us that the life of the consecrated person is to be joy-filled, and that such joy is rooted singularly in the love of Jesus Christ. The Year of Consecrated Life, which started November 30, 2014, and ends February 2, 2016, celebrates those who have committed their lives to God.

For those called to consecrated life, the sequela Christi, THE INCARNATIONAL or the following of Christ, is paramount, and becomes a rule of life which often follows the path of a particular charism’s ASPECT OF THE founder or a gift of the Holy Spirit. Consecrated life has assumed many forms and has often given birth to religious LASALLIAN CHARISM orders, Catholic movements and lay communities. They all begin with countless “yeses” of free men and women to In my 25 years as a Lasallian educator at Christian Brothers live solely for Jesus Christ. Thus, this is a year of gratitude, High School in Sacramento, California, the “incarnational” and we remember, “You did not choose me, but I chose you” aspect of the Lasallian charism has continually struck me. (John 15:16), as Pope Francis reminded the plenary “Be assured that the more you devote yourself to prayer, assembly of the International Union of Superiors General the more you will also do well in your work,” advised on May 8, 2013. Saint John Baptist de La Salle in his Meditations (95.1).

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 9 8/31/15 9:05 AM LIVING IN JOY DURING THE YEAR (Right) Lasallians of the Midwest District gather for Lasallian Days, an OF CONSECRATED LIFE initiative of the Midwest District inviting alumni and friends to build commu- nity and hear updates about the Lasallian family in the Midwest and beyond. CONTINUED From left, Brother Tom Hetland, FSC, Rob Cummings, Megan Davison and Brother Larry Schatz, FSC. Courtesy Brother Larry Schatz, FSC

De La Salle relied on the presence of Christ and not on his “The consecrated life is an invitation to reach further, search own efforts as he sought the salvation of his students and the deeper and act stronger in ways that lie beyond our evident Brothers. His attention to every pedagogical detail – teach- horizon,” said Brother George Van Grieken, FSC, coordina- ing writing and mathematics, giving order in the classroom, tor of the Lasallian Research Center for the District of San teaching boys to share their leftovers, giving jobs to every Francisco New Orleans. “Our commitment and consecration student – was aimed at encountering the One who gave order is our stubborn persistence to happily seek Him there.” to the world, the Risen Lord. De La Salle knew well that the encounter with the living God was not limited to catechetical The consecrated person is called to witness optimism instruction and prayer, which he certainly did not neglect; and positivity in every circumstance. This reflects a God was present in every activity of the school day, from genuine boldness that comes from the certainty of being lining up, to playing games, to walking home! There was no accompanied by Christ in His Church. dualism in De La Salle’s pedagogy; faith and life were wholly Brother Timothy Coldwell, FSC, General Councilor with re- united and God was present in the life of His people. We are sponsibility for the Lasallian Region of North America, wrote the holy presence of God. in a November 2014 letter inviting Lasallians to celebrate the How wise was this consecrated priest, “taken by the collar” Year of Consecrated Life, “As a Christian Brother, I feel like by the overwhelming love of God. Despite the enormous [Pope Francis] is talking directly to me when he says, ‘Be wit- struggles that gave rise to his order, men followed into the nesses of a different way of doing things, of acting, of living!’” fray, hopeful and joyful in their work, not because of any par- The consecrated life is ultimately lived as a companionship, ticular success or accomplishment on their part but because starting with the members of one’s own community and then of a profound awareness of being called by God. De La Salle extending to the entire human family. In his November 2014 instructed the Brothers in his Meditations to “very insistently Apostolic Letter to All Consecrated People on the Occasion of ask Jesus Christ to make his Spirit come alive in you” (196.1). the Year of Consecrated Life, Pope Francis reminded us that men and women religious are not to slip into individualism but LIVING THE JOY AND to become “experts in communion.” Brother Frederick Mueller, FSC, coordinator of professional COMMUNION OF development and Lasallian formation at La Salle Academy in Providence, Rhode Island, described this communion as CONSECRATION TODAY a personal challenge, “to extend myself beyond my comfort Today we see a Lasallian world of Brothers and Partners zones, to rekindle the spirit of zeal.” who follow in the footsteps of this great saint. They prepare CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 curriculum, meet with parents, and write exams, as do other educators, but within a profound dialogue with the Mystery of God. In the 21st century, where human value is measured by one’s productivity and success, the consecrated individual is a great sign in the workplace – a person whose very form of life cries out of a God “who is above all and through all and in all” (Ephesians 4:6). (Right) Phi Le, science teacher at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in San Francisco, California, works with students. Courtesy Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory

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THE CALL TO LOVE

During this year of consecration, all Lasallian Partners are called to live this singular love for Christ, regardless of the form of their vocation. In his November 2014 apostolic letter, Pope Francis wrote, “I urge you, as laity, to live this Year for Consecrated Life as a grace which can make you more aware of the gift you yourselves have received. Celebrate it with your entire ‘family,’ so that you can grow and respond together to the promptings of the Spirit in society today.”

Pope Francis teaches us that the communion among us is the fruit of faith, an “intimacy with God, a communion of love with Christ and with the Father in the Holy Spirit, which extends to brotherly communion” (Pope Francis, General Audience, Rome, October 30, 2013).

Carmelita Lazatin, vice chancellor at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde in the Philippines and a 2015 graduate of the Buttimer Institute of Lasallian Studies, agrees: “We are who we are today because of how we are together.”

Alissa Nollan, program coordinator for the Graduate School of Business and Technology at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and a 2015 Buttimer graduate, describes her expe- rience: “Through course scheduling and faculty and student support, I put the needs of my students first … Within my department this year, we’ve started a book discussion group (relating popular fiction and nonfiction books to our Lasallian work), as well as an informal lunch group to build a spirit of community.”

The love of Christ, which consecrated men, women and lay colleagues are called to incarnate, touches hearts – and this is a grace. As we proceed through this Year of Consecrated Life, may we ask for this grace, that we might remember that the beauty of consecration is joy. • Holly Peterson served for 25 years as an educator at Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento, California, before leaving in June 2015 to join the national office of Communion and Liberation, a lay Catholic movement of which she is a member.

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Frère Peter Nguyen, FSC, enseigne les mathématiques à La Salle Academy à New York, New York. Gracieuseté du District of Eastern North America.

des jeunes et de ses Frères. L’attention qu’il portait à chaque VIVRE DANS LA détail pédagogique (l’enseignement de l’écriture et des mathématiques, l’organisation de l’ordre dans la classe, le fait JOIE PENDANT d’apprendre aux garçons à partager leurs restes, l’attribution d’emplois à chaque élève) visait à faire rencontrer Celui qui L’ANNÉE DE LA VIE a mis de l’ordre dans le monde, le Seigneur ressuscité. De La Salle savait très bien que la rencontre du Dieu vivant ne CONSACRÉE se limitait pas aux instructions religieuses et aux temps de prière, même s’il ne négligeait certainement pas cela; Dieu PAR HOLLY PETERSON était présent à chaque instant de la vie scolaire, à partir de la mise en rangs jusqu’à la marche pour revenir à la maison! Il Le pape François a souligné l’Année de la vie consacrée en n’existait pas de dualité dans la pédagogie de De La Salle; la utilisant ces mots : « C’est la beauté de la consécration : elle foi et la vie étaient totalement unies et Dieu était présent dans est joie, joie. » la vie de son peuple. Nous sommes dans la sainte présence La joie. En présentant ce message à l’occasion d’une ren- de Dieu. contre à Rome en 2013 avec des séminaristes, des novices et On admire la sagesse de ce prêtre consacré, « saisi » par d’autres jeunes en démarche vocationnelle, le pape François l’amour incommensurable de Dieu. Malgré les luttes énormes nous rappelle que la vie d’une personne consacrée doit qui ont accompagné la naissance de sa communauté, de être remplie de joie, et que cette joie est ancrée de façon jeunes hommes se sont jetés dans la mêlée, confiants et particulière dans l’amour de Jésus Christ. L’Année de la vie joyeux dans leur travail, et ceci non pas en raison de succès consacrée, qui a débuté le 30 novembre 2014 et qui se termin- particuliers ou de réalisations de leur part, mais grâce à la era le 2 février 2016, fait la célébration de ceux et celles qui conscience profonde qu’ils avaient d’être appelés par Dieu. ont consacré leur vie à Dieu. De La Salle demandait aux Frères dans ses Méditations « de Pour ceux qui sont appelés à la vie consacrée, la sequela prier très instamment Jésus Christ qu’il vous anime de son Christi (la suite du Christ) est de première importance et Esprit » (196,1). devient une règle de vie qui suit souvent les sentiers d’un VIVRE AUJOURD’HUI LA JOIE ET LA COMMUNION DE LA charisme fondateur particulier ou d’un don de l’Esprit Saint. CONSÉCRATION La vie consacrée a pris de nombreuses formes et a souvent Nous voyons aujourd’hui un monde lasallien constitué de donné naissance à des ordres religieux, à des mouvements Frères et de Partenaires qui suivent les pas de ce grand saint. catholiques et à des communautés de laïcs; ils ont tous Ils préparent des programmes, rencontrent des parents, débuté par un nombre incalculables de « oui » de la part composent des examens, comme le font d’autres éducateurs; d’hommes et de femmes libres voulant vivre seulement pour mais ils agissent dans le cadre d’un dialogue profond avec Jésus Christ. En conséquence, il s’agit d’une année d’action le mystère de Dieu. En ce 21e siècle, où la valeur humaine de grâce, et nous nous rappelons les mots « Vous ne m’avez est mesurée par la productivité et le succès, la personne pas choisi; c’est moi qui vous ai choisis » (Jean 15, 16), que consacrée apparaît comme un grand signe dans le monde du le pape François a rappelés lors de l’assemblée générale de travail; c’est quelqu’un dont le style de vie même proclame l’Union internationale des Supérieurs Généraux le 8 mai 2013. un Dieu « qui est au-dessus de tous, par tous et en tous » L’ASPECT « INCARNATIONNEL » DU CHARISME LASALLIEN (Éphésiens 4,6). Tout au long de mes 25 années comme éducatrice lasallienne Comme le dit Frère George Van Grieken, FSC, coordonnateur à Christian Brothers High School, une école secondaire des du Centre de recherche lasallienne pour le District de San Frères des Écoles chrétiennes à Sacramento, Californie, Francisco Nouvelle-Orléans, « la vie consacrée constitue une l’aspect incarné du charisme lasallien m’a toujours frappé. « invitation à regarder plus loin, à chercher plus profondément Assurez-vous que plus vous vous appliquerez à la prière, plus et à agir avec plus de force dans des voies qui dépassent aussi vous vous acquitterez bien de votre emploi », a écrit notre horizon habituel. Notre engagement et notre consécra- saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle dans les Méditations tion montrent notre insistance obstinée à Le chercher là dans (MF 95, 1, 2). la joie. » De La Salle compte sur la présence du Christ et non pas sur ses propres efforts dans ses engagements en vue du salut

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 13 8/31/15 9:05 AM Des Frères participent à une fête de jubilé tenue le District de Midwest en 2014. Gracieuseté du District de Midwest.

La personne consacrée est appelée à faire preuve d’opti- Carmelita Lazatin, Vice chancelière du De La Salle-College misme et de pensée positive en toute occasion. Cela laisse of Saint Benilde, aux Philippines, et qui a terminé en 2015 sa voir une audace originale issue de la certitude d’être accom- formation lasallienne à Buttimer Institute (Moraga, Californie) pagné par le Christ dans son Église. se dit tout à fait d’accord avec cela : « Nous sommes qui nous sommes parce que nous sommes ensemble. » Frère Timothy Coldwell, FSC, Conseiller Général ayant la responsabilité plus particulière de la Région lasallienne de Alissa Nollan, Directrice du programme Graduate School of l’Amérique du Nord (RELAN), a écrit, en novembre 2014, Business and Technology, à Saint Mary’s University of Min- une lettre invitant les Lasalliens à célébrer l’Année de la vie nesota, et qui vient aussi de terminer sa formation lasallienne consacrée. « Comme Frère des Écoles chrétiennes, a-t-il en Californie, décrit ainsi son expérience : « Quand je fais écrit, j’ai l’impression que le pape François me parle tout l’horaire des cours et aide les professeurs et les étudiants, spécialement lorsqu’il dit : « Témoignez d’une façon différente je place les besoins de mes étudiants en premier… Dans de faire les choses, d’agir, de vivre! ». mon département, cette année, nous avons fondé un groupe de discussion autour de livres (en mettant en relation des La vie consacrée est vécue, en fin de compte, comme livres populaires de fiction et de non-fiction avec notre travail une camaraderie, qui commence avec les membres de sa lasallien), et nous avons aussi commencé un groupe informel propre communauté et qui finit par toucher la communauté qui se réunit à l’heure du lunch afin de bâtir un esprit de humaine tout entière. Dans sa « Lettre apostolique à toutes communauté. » les personnes consacrées à l’occasion de l’Année de la vie consacrée », le pape François nous a rappelé que les L’amour du Christ, que des hommes et des femmes hommes et les femmes vivant la vie religieuse en doivent consacrés, ainsi que des collègues laïcs, sont appelés à pas glisser dans l’individualisme, mais devenir plutôt des « incarner, touche les cœurs; et cela constitue une grâce. Au experts de la communion ». fur et à mesure de notre avancement dans cette Année de la vie consacrée, puissions-nous demander cette grâce : que Frère Frederick Mueller, FSC, coordonnateur du développe- nous nous souvenions que la beauté de la consécration, c’est ment professionnel et de la formation lasallienne à La Salle la joie. • Academy, une grande école secondaire dirigée par les Frères à Providence, Rhode Island, a décrit la communion comme Mme Holly Peterson a travaillé pendant 25 ans comme étant un défi personnel consistant à « me sortir de mes zones enseignante à Christian Brothers High School, à Sacramen- de confort pour raviver l’esprit de zèle ». to, capitale de la Californie. Elle a quitté en juin pour œuvrer pour un organisme national américain appelé Communion L’APPEL À AIMER and Liberation, un mouvement catholique pour laïcs dont Au cours de cette année spéciale, tous les Partenaires elle était déjà membre. lasalliens sont invités à vivre cet amour particulier pour le Christ, peu importe la forme que prend leur vocation. Dans sa lettre apostolique de novembre, le pape François a écrit : « Je vous invite avec insistance, vous, les laïcs, à vivre cette Année de la vie consacrée comme une grâce pouvant vous rendre encore plus conscients du don que vous avez reçu vous-mêmes. Célébrez-le avec votre « famille » tout entière, de sorte que vous pourrez grandir et répondre ensemble aux invitations de l’Esprit dans la société d’aujourd’hui ».

Le pape François nous dit que la communion entre nous est le fruit de la foi, « une intimité avec Dieu, une communion d’amour avec le Christ et avec le Père dans le Saint Esprit, qui s’étend en communion fraternelle » (Pape François, Audience générale, Rome, 30 octobre 2013).

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 15 8/31/15 9:05 AM CHANGE, INVITATION AND RENEWAL: 50 YEARS OF LIVING INTO PERFECTAE CARITATIS AND THE ‘DECLARATION’

BY ROBERT SMITH, FSC, PH.D.

Brother Jerome West, FSC, Visitor of the then-District of San Francisco, front, breaks ground in 1965 for La Salle High School in Milwaukie, Oregon, as Archbishop Edward Howard, third from right, and others look on. Courtesy District of San Francisco New Orleans Archives

I cannot say that I remember being aware of the text of Perfectae Caritatis and its significance for religious congregations when it was released on October 28, 1965, but I do recall that Monday morning in fifth grade when Sister Mary arrived in our classroom wearing a calf-length habit and a radically modified veil that allowed some of her chestnut brown hair to show.

What felt like a big change in the life of a fifth grader was of the Christian Schools. It was then that I began to learn really quite small compared to the worldwide change the historical significance and continuing effects of that was unfolding 50 years ago in the wake of the Second Perfectae Caritatis and its directive that congregations Vatican Council (1962-1965). This includes the approval of should adapt and renew religious life in light of both “the the Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious constant return to the sources of all Christian life and to Life, Perfectae Caritatis. the original spirit of the institutes and their adaptation to the changed conditions of our time” (#2). Little did I know that nine years after Sister Mary surprised us with her new wardrobe, I would enter the Brothers

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 16 8/31/15 9:05 AM The leadership of the De La Salle Christian Brothers – locally The “Declaration” followed the lead of Perfectae Caritatis and internationally – embraced Pope Paul VI’s invitation. when it stated that the call for renewal and adaptation must During the Brothers’ two-part 39th General Chapter, which be grounded in “a return to the sources to be found in the bridged 1966 and 1967, Brother-delegates engaged in a Gospel and in the origins of the Institute” (D 2). Fortuitously, substantial revision of the Brothers’ Rule. This was the first our Institute has always followed the Founder’s emphasis alteration, in large measure, since the 1700s and one that that the Brothers’ first and principal Rule should be the engaged the entire Institute by using a survey in 1963, which Gospel. Furthermore, a considerable amount of scholarly invited every Brother to participate in the process. work had been carried out by some of the intellectual “giants” of the Institute during the preceding two decades, not least The 39th General Chapter also included the composition by Brothers Maurice-Auguste Hermans and Michel Sauvage. and publication of a landmark and visionary document, This work focused on the life of De La Salle, the beginnings of “The Brother of the Christian Schools in the World Today: the Institute, and the overarching historical trajectory of the A Declaration,” which was released in 1967. The Brothers’ life and work. “Declaration” was intended to be “… a synthesis of the many facets of the brothers’ life and mission in the world of Consequently, the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian today … [and to serve as] an authoritative statement that Schools was then, and in this writer’s mind still is, well would serve as foundation and unifying principle of all positioned to engage in the kind of reflection, renewal, and the Chapter’s work” (Foreword). even renovation that Pope Paul VI called for 50 years ago and that the Lasallian family continues to call for today given the global context in which we find ourselves.

(Left) Brothers in the community at Cathedral High School in El Paso, Texas, gather for a meal in 1962. Courtesy District of San Francisco New Orleans Archives

(Below) Brother Charles Henry Buttimer, FSC, the first American Superior General (1966-1976), center in front row, is pictured with capitulants from the United States during the 39th General Chapter. Courtesy Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools Archives

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 17 8/31/15 9:05 AM CHANGE, INVITATION AND RENEWAL: 50 YEARS OF LIVING INTO PERFECTAE CARITATIS AND THE ‘DECLARATION’ CONTINUED

(Above) Brother Michael Meister, FSC, fourth from right, District of San Francisco New Orleans, presents on the “Declaration” at De La Salle University in Dasmariñas, Philippines, during the Lasallian Studies Summer Institute with the Lasallian Volunteers Program of Lasallian East Asia District (LEAD). Courtesy Andrew Pamorada (Above) Founded in 1993, The San Miguel School of Providence in Rhode Island was the first school of its model to open. Courtesy The San Miguel School of Providence

Fast forward to 1994, 29 years since the publication of “traditional” schools; and various kinds of “experiments” in Perfectae Caritatis and we arrive at the Christian Brothers living situations reflected in small group living, communities Spirituality Seminars, sponsored by the then-USA-Toronto established physically separate from institutions, Brothers Region. These seminars, which were held for 20 years, living together from different apostolates, and “mixed” published volumes of writings focused on different topics communities composed of Brothers and others. relevant to religious life and the Church. Fast forward 21 years from 1994 and we arrive in 2015, The topic, and title, of the 1994 volume was “The Declaration: recognizing the 50th anniversary of Perfectae Caritatis and Text and Contexts.” I had the pleasant task of contributing the 48th anniversary of the publication of the Brothers’ the lead essay in that volume, which was a comprehensive “renewal” Rule and “Declaration” from the 39th General overview and analysis of the “Declaration” addressing its Chapter of 1966-67. context, commentary and challenges. It is this unique Lasallian story and its particular historical In some ways, the Spirituality Seminars were a response to context, told too superficially here, that we must employ to the invitation and challenges of both Perfectae Caritatis and fully understand, appreciate and appropriate Pope Francis’ the “Declaration.” Clearly other manifestations of the effects November 2014 Apostolic Letter to All Consecrated People on of those documents were also evident at the time: many the Occasion of the Year of Consecrated Life. In the letter, Brothers deciding to return to their family names; Brothers the Pope tells us that there are three aims of this year: to look choosing to wear “secular” clothes; the expansion and rec- to the past with gratitude, to live the present with passion, ognition of, and explicit support for, ministries other than and to embrace the future with hope.

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 18 8/31/15 9:05 AM Brothers take part in a small group discussion during the 44th General Chapter in 2007. Courtesy Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools Communications Service

Brother Charles Kitson, FSC, District of Eastern North America, and Janet Ruggiero, then-District of San Francisco, engage in discussion during the International Mission Assembly held in Rome, Italy in 2013. The assembly was one of the gatherings that brought together Brothers and Partners to plan for the future of the mission. Courtesy Brother James Joost, FSC

In approximately the past two decades, we Lasallians Having now entered my seventh decade, I could still be – (no longer only Brothers) have witnessed: Project 100, a amazingly enough – considered a “young Brother” in the result of the 42nd General Chapter in 1993, which set a goal Lasallian Region of North America. Happily, in other parts of of sending 100 Brothers from their home Districts to Districts the Lasallian world, particularly in the southern hemispheres, and Regions around the world that were in particular need; that is not the case and there are relatively large numbers of the Brothers Without Borders concept initially developed young and not-so-young Brothers around the world today. in an implicit way during the 44th General Chapter in 2007 and in Circular 466, They will call themselves Brothers, and It is an amazing sign of God’s grace and fidelity that our made more explicit during the 45th General Chapter in 2014; Institute has matured and evolved as it has over the past the overwhelming welcoming of all members of the Lasallian three centuries – not to mention the past half century – family to participate in envisioning and charting the future; all the while maintaining fidelity to the spirit and vision of the opening up of our communities and our houses to volun- Saint John Baptist de La Salle, a deeply rooted commitment teers – both female and male; the first two global meetings of to the Gospel, and a special commitment to the most poor the Lasallian family with a more-or-less two-thirds Partners and vulnerable. It is no less a sign of God’s grace that many and one-third Brothers participation; the founding of the of us have continued to live out our consecration in service to San Miguel schools; international formation programs open God’s people as Brothers, now with countless numbers to all members of the Lasallian family; a significant diminution of extraordinary and complementary Partners in mission. of the number of vowed Brothers due to aging; the merging I personally remain eternally grateful to God and to the of Districts in North America and in many places Founder for my vocation, and I thank Pope Francis for around the world; and the restructuring of our global recognizing and celebrating the extraordinary gift that governance structures. religious life is to and for the life of the Church. •

As a Brother for three and a half decades, I have lived Brother Robert Smith, FSC, Ph.D., serves as vice president through fewer of the changes and much less of the tumult of the Schools of Graduate and Professional Programs than have many of my fellow vowed community members. at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 19 8/31/15 9:05 AM The habits of Brothers Javier Hansen and Joseph Wright are displayed during the June 20, 2015, ceremony at Mont La Salle in Napa, California. Courtesy Brother James Joost, FSC

THE NOVITIATE: DEEPER DISCERNMENT OF THE CALL

BY BROTHER THOMAS JOHNSON, FSC, AND CHRIS SWAIN

On August 1, 2015, five young men in the Brothers of the Christian Schools’ formation program arrived in Chicago to begin their novitiate year. The novitiate is a unique year before an individual takes vows in a religious congregation.

The novitiate is a time for deeper discernment of the call The novices are also working on developing a deeper life to dedicate their lives as Brothers. The year is designed to of prayer and self-understanding. Therefore, they have be primarily a spiritual experience. The young men, known as ample time for reading, reflection, spiritual direction, and novices, are given the time and opportunity to focus on partaking in some of the educational and cultural opportunities integrating their studies, work in education, and prayer and in the Chicago area. Although their primary focus is spiritual community lives, with the intention of making a commitment development, because we are a teaching congregation, of vows at the end of the novitiate. the novices are engaged in one of our Chicago-area ministries on a limited basis. Throughout the year, these five men will participate in an Inter-Community Novitiate program in the Chicago area with Brother Thomas Johnson, FSC, director, and Brother about 30 other novices from men’s and women’s congregations. Thomas Westberg, FSC, sub-director, staff the novitiate, They will attend workshops and hear speakers on religious life, and Brother Dennis Galvin, FSC, assists while working in vows, tools for reflection, and community living. formation for Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois, and the Midwest District. This novitiate marks the first year The program also has a Lasallian component to enhance their in Chicago’s Hyde Park-Kenwood neighborhood since knowledge of Saint John Baptist de La Salle and his writings, its move from Napa, California. the history of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, the special vow of Association for the Educational In the following pages, you’ll get to know more about Service of the Poor, and the role of laity in Lasallian mission. these five men who, after approximately two years in the postulancy, have begun their novitiate experience to more deeply discern their vocation as De La Salle Christian Brothers.

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BROTHER RYAN ANDERSON BROTHER JOHNATHON Midwest District EMANUELSON Midwest District Born: Mapleton, MN Born: Downers Grove, IL Education: Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Education: Montini Catholic Winona, MN (undergraduate); High School, Lombard, IL; Lewis La Salle University, University, Romeoville, IL Philadelphia, PA (graduate) Ministry experience: Ministry experience: West Catholic Preparatory La Salle Academy, West Catholic High School, Philadelphia, PA; Preparatory High School, De La Salle Vocational School, John XXIII Educational Center, Racine, WI; and La Salle University (all in Philadelphia) Christian Brothers High School, Memphis, TN

How has your discernment journey led you one step What is exciting/energizing for you about religious at a time? life today? If I have one word to describe my journey of discernment, It is a life that has been extremely invigorating and fulfilling it is invitation. I keep getting invited to new adventures, for me, and I have often remarked that I wished more and it is in saying “yes” to these adventures and invitations young men and women would consider it. I’ve enjoyed the that allows God’s plan to unfold for me one step at a time. sense of community and togetherness, and I find that, after having resided in three communities in just three years, What is exciting/energizing for you about religious every community has a particular style that is just its own. life today? A great optimism and willingness to see through false What was significant for you in the postulancy experience borders. So many Lasallians are forward-looking and are that affirmed you and your desire to enter the novitiate? optimistic about further bringing us together as one Institute. Almost everything I have experienced in my postulancy has We see the need for the work of Christ everywhere and our confirmed my decision that this is the life for me. I enjoy need to go beyond borders or lines, and to serve Christ where the community experience most of all – I like that we can He calls us, as one Institute, one family, and one body of meet together for prayer and meals, but I also enjoy that Christ. It’s exciting for me to do this, particularly as a Brother, there is sufficient time for silence and contemplation. I feel because I feel affirmed by our community and the vows the Brothers have provided me with a good sense of balance we take. between the active and the contemplative dimensions of religious life.

Brothers meet up with Lasallian Volunteers (LVs) and staff from San Miguel High School in Tucson, Arizona, during the Brothers in Initial Formation gathering held in California in March 2014 in conjunction with Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. From left, Brother Joseph Wright, San Miguel staff member Kenenna Amuzie, Brother Stephen Markham, FSC, then-General Councilor Brother Robert Schieler, FSC, Brother Michael Phipps, then-postulant Jerry Brocky, then-San Miguel staff member Karen Brady, and then-LV Shannon Guscetti. Courtesy Brother James Joost, FSC

01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 21 8/31/15 9:05 AM From left, Brothers Javier Hansen, Ryan Anderson and Joseph Wright spend time in discussion at Jeremy House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in February 2015.

(Left) From left, Brother Larry Schatz, FSC, Visitor of the Midwest District, stands with Brothers Michael Phipps, Johnathon Emanuelson and Ryan Anderson after they received their habits in a ceremony July 25, 2015, as part of a liturgy honoring jubilarians at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois.

(Right) From left, Brothers Javier Hansen, David Deradoorian, Ken Kalinowski and Roberto Martinez visit the SMU Ice Arena during the March 2015 Brothers in Initial Formation gathering held at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota (SMU) in Winona. Courtesy Brother James Joost, FSC

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 22 8/31/15 9:05 AM THE NOVITIATE: DEEPER DISCERNMENT OF THE CALL CONTINUED

BROTHER JAVIER HANSEN BROTHER MICHAEL PHIPPS District of San Francisco Midwest District New Orleans Born: Haute Feuille, Haiti Born: Yreka, CA Education: La Salle High School, Education: Saint Mary’s College Yakima, WA; University of of California, Moraga, CA Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO (undergraduate); Lewis Ministry experience: Sacred University, Romeoville, IL Heart Cathedral Preparatory, (graduate) San Francisco, CA; De La Salle High School, Concord, CA; La Ministry experience: Lasallian Salle Academy, Philadelphia, PA Volunteer at The San Miguel School of Providence, RI; West Catholic Preparatory High School, Philadelphia, PA; How has your discernment journey led you one step St. Joseph High School, Westchester, IL at a time? I had no idea who the Brothers were when I was applying What is exciting/energizing for you about religious to college; however, slowly through occasional invitations life today? I became a lot closer with the Brothers. The first and only The most energizing aspect of religious life today is the “come and see” visit I made to a religious community was to passion with which the men around me approach the Christian Brothers, and thank goodness because I found their vocations. I am impressed and inspired by the immense an immediate niche and a desire to be a Brother. talent and tradition that surrounds me. The vigor and fire of the young Brothers gives me a great deal of hope for the What was significant for you in the postulancy experience future of the Institute and the Church. From the more that affirmed you and your desire to enter the novitiate? experienced Brothers comes a sense of stability and history. Without having any teaching experience, the Brothers Both of these combined elements make for a powerful and their Partners made it possible for me to have a witness of the charism. There is strength, purpose, and a real classroom and community experience at Sacred Heart willingness to grow. Cathedral Prep. The following year, I was extremely grateful for the memories and the skills I developed studying at La What do you look forward to about the novitiate experience? Salle University in Philadelphia, working at La Salle Academy, How do you see it shaping the way you live your vocation as and living at Jeremy House. a Brother? Novitiate is a rare space in which to reflect more deeply on my life journey so far and to look toward what the future holds. Not many people are afforded such an intentional time for self-reflection and discovery. I am looking forward to the opportunity to continue learning to integrate the faith, minis- try and community aspects of the life of a Brother. Living in community has allowed me to focus on each of these dimensions individually with some overlap. However, I believe that in order to be an authentic Brother, it is essential to integrate all three areas of the charism.

The novitiate community stands together as the novitiate opened on August 1, 2015. From left, Brothers Joseph Wright, Dennis Galvin, Michael Phipps, Thomas Johnson, Javier Hansen, Ryan Anderson, Thomas Westberg and Johnathon Emanuelson. Courtesy Patritzio De Juliis

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 23 8/31/15 9:05 AM From left, Brothers Roberto Martinez, Michael Phipps and Cristhian Diaz (Bogota) take part in a discussion during the Brothers in Initial Formation gathering held in March 2015 at the Alverna Center on the Saint Teresa Campus of Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota in Winona. Courtesy Brother James Joost, FSC

From left, Brothers James Joost, Auxiliary Visitor of the District of San Francisco New Orleans, Javier Hansen, Joseph Wright and Donald Johanson, Visitor of the District of San Francisco New Orleans, stand together after Brothers Javier and Joseph received their habits in a ceremony June 20, 2015, at the end of the District retreat at Mont La Salle in Napa, California. Courtesy Brother James Joost, FSC

01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 24 8/31/15 9:05 AM THE NOVITIATE: DEEPER DISCERNMENT WANT TO LEARN MORE OF THE CALL ABOUT BECOMING CONTINUED A BROTHER? BROTHER JOSEPH WRIGHT GET IN TOUCH TODAY: District of San Francisco New Orleans BROTHER CHRISTOPHER PATIÑO, FSC Born: San Bruno, CA Director of Vocation Ministry District of San Francisco New Orleans Education: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, BROTHER MICHAEL KADOW, FSC San Francisco, CA; Saint Auxiliary Visitor Mary’s College of California, Midwest District Moraga, CA BROTHER FRANCIS EELLS, FSC Ministry experience: Saint Vocation Director Mary’s College High School, Berkeley, CA; West Catholic District of Eastern North America Preparatory High School, Philadelphia, PA; La Salle College High School, Wyndmoor, PA CHRIS SWAIN Regional Coordinator for Lasallian Vocation Ministry How has your discernment journey led you one step Lasallian Region of North America at a time? My discernment is directly linked to the many Brothers REACH ANY OF THE ABOVE AT: God has placed and continues to put in my life. Brothers [email protected] would invite me to ask questions or go on retreats, WWW.BROTHERSVOCATION.ORG and it was in these questions and retreats that I encountered the living God.

What do you look forward to about the novitiate experience? How do you see it shaping the way you live your vocation as a Brother? As far as I understand it, the novitiate is about intensifying your relationship with Jesus Christ. A deep and well- cultivated life of prayer is essential for this. Only with prayer can I understand who I am in God’s eyes; fraternity is only possible when we recognize ourselves as God’s children in prayer. • Brother Thomas Johnson, FSC, is the director of the novitiate. Chris Swain is the Regional coordinator for Lasallian vocation ministry.

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 25 8/31/15 9:05 AM STORIES OF SERVICE

(Above) Brother Denis of Mary Ruhland, FSC, from the then-Baltimore District, talks with students at the then-La Salle College Grammar A CALL TO MOVE School in Bacolod, Philippines, in 1952. Brother Denis later became president of De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines. BEYOND BORDERS Courtesy District of San Francisco New Orleans Archives COMPILED BY CHRIS SWAIN

In moving beyond our geographic boundaries, cultural borders, and personal comfort zones, we not only respond to our call as Lasallians, but as the Church community as well.

“All of us are asked to obey his call to go forth from our Brothers of the Christian Schools and Lasallian Partners own comfort zone in order to reach all the ‘peripheries’ in have responded and continue to respond to this call in need of the light of the Gospel,” Pope Francis wrote in diverse ways, while staying united in their efforts to provide Evangelii Gaudium, which was cited in Circular 470. This a “human and Christian education to the young, especially circular, titled Towards the year 2021: Living together the poor.” our joyful Mission, reminds Lasallians “our vocation lies in education on behalf of the poor who live on the peripheries.” The following profiles share invitations, stories and In that same spirit, the 45th General Chapter invites us to experiences of Brothers who have responded to this call move “beyond borders” and respond “boldly and creatively.” and live out their vocation in service to the mission beyond the borders of the Lasallian Region of North America.

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 26 8/31/15 9:05 AM (Right Top) From left, Brothers Malachy Lynch, from the then-San Francisco District, (Right Bottom) Brothers Dennis Lee and Jerome Cox, both from the District of and D. Gabriel Poore, from the then-Baltimore District, spend time with students in Eastern North America, spend time at a coffee house near the novitiate in Nairobi, Bacolod, Philippines in 1959. Brother Gabriel was a gymnast and encouraged students Kenya, in the spring of 2014. Brother Jerome spent many years serving in Africa to try new athletic skills. Courtesy District of San Francisco New Orleans Archives until July 2014. Brother Dennis currently serves at Christ the Teacher Institute for Education in Nairobi. Courtesy Brother Dennis Lee, FSC (Right Center) Brother Dat Hoang, FSC, from the District of San Francisco New Orleans, is currently serving in his sixth year as a teacher at La Salle Chanthaburi, Thailand. Courtesy Brother James Joost, FSC

BROTHER DAN FENTON, FSC DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCISCO NEW ORLEANS BROTHER-IN-RESIDENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ST. LA SALLE BAHAY PAG-ASA YOUTH CENTER, BACOLOD CITY, PHILIPPINES

In 2004, Brother Dan received an invitation from Brother James Joost, FSC, to spend a month at the newly opened Bahay Pag-asa Youth Center for young people in conflict with the law. Having spent a summer in the Philippines in 1990, Brother Dan was delighted to accompany Brother James and a group of volunteers. After that initial trip, he found himself more and more concerned about the young people at the center, leading him to return for 10 consecutive summers.

“The Gospel gives us the image of a God who forever seeks the lost and in his love, saves them from all that is most destructive in the world. This work is the most startling and unmistakable expression of this concern for the lost that I have ever seen or experienced,” said Brother Dan.

A suggestion from Brother Donald Johanson, FSC, Visitor of the District of San Francisco New Orleans, led Brother Dan to transition to full-time ministry at Bahay Pag-asa in June 2014.

“Each day, I wake up knowing that my job will be to keep a group of boys and young men who have found themselves in conflict with the law, happy, hopeful and focused on working toward their future as good, faithful and responsible citizens,” said Brother Dan.

Brother Dan joins the Brothers’ community at the University of St. La Salle for prayer and meals, not only to remain connected to the larger Lasallian mission, but to gain a better understanding of the culture and realities from which Bahay Pag-asa residents come.

“I believe that Saint La Salle would recognize this work and these young people as his own,” said Brother Dan.

(Left) Brother Dan Fenton, FSC, assists a student at Bahay Pag-asa Youth Center in Bacolod, Philippines, in November 2014. Courtesy Brother James Joost, FSC

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 27 8/31/15 9:05 AM A CALL TO MOVE BEYOND BORDERS CONTINUED

BROTHER LAWRENCE HUMPHREY, FSC BROTHER PETER IORLANO, FSC MIDWEST DISTRICT DISTRICT OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA PRESIDENT, ST. JOSEPH’S INSTITUTION COORDINATOR OF INSTITUTIONAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, SINGAPORE VALUES, PART-TIME LECTURER IN ENGLISH AND DEVELOPMENTAL On a quiet March evening, Brother Lawrence was sitting in PSYCHOLOGY, BETHLEHEM front of his computer at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota UNIVERSITY, PALESTINE in Winona when he received the As his Auxiliary Visitor term for the legacy Long Island-New first of a series England District concluded in 2004, Brother Peter began of emails inviting to pursue his interest in serving at a mission overseas. He him to consider was invited to consider going to India, Kenya or Bethlehem an assignment University. His decision came during a visit to Bethlehem: in Singapore as “I met a student with whom I had a fairly significant the president conversation—it was a ‘God moment’ for me. Through of St. Joseph’s this conversation, I had a Institution (SJI) sense that God was calling International me to serve at Bethlehem School. University.”

“Asked to consider Eleven years into his initial something (in this three-year commitment, Brother Lawrence Humphrey, FSC, right, case a move half- in addition to his full-time plans a retreat with high school students way around the responsibilities at Bethle- at St. Joseph’s Institution International School world) that had in Singapore. Courtesy Brother Lawrence hem, Brother Peter is also not been on my Humphrey, FSC involved in the Lasallian radar screen, I school faculty formation asked myself, ‘Is this something you can do?’” shared Brother programs and teaches at Lawrence. “After a lot of prayer and reflection, and a quick the local Latin Patriarchal visit to Singapore, I said ‘yes.’” seminary.

Brother Lawrence is entering his second year at SJI “My whole experience here Brother Peter Iorlano, FSC, left, stands with a International where he lives in community with two Brothers has been life-giving to me,” graduate of Bethlehem University on Ash Wednesday. from India, two from Malaysia, and one from Singapore. said Brother Peter, “I have Courtesy Bethlehem University experienced the best of “I realize that while I have something to offer SJI Internation- ‘being Brother’ being drawn out of me by students, colleagues al, my work in the school and living in Singapore are also and the community. I believe I have developed personally, life-giving experiences for me,” said Brother Lawrence. professionally and spiritually.” Students from 40 countries attend SJI International. Approxi- Bethlehem University operates within a primarily Arab- mately 35 percent of the student population is Catholic. Muslim culture, yet through Gospel values since Bethlehem “It is such a wonderfully diverse community. It is challenging is a Catholic university. to help people come to know and appreciate the Catholic and “We try to create a campus culture in which Christian and Lasallian values on which the school is based,” said Brother Muslim values can be exchanged in mutual respect in the Lawrence. “It is also a fulfilling opportunity to help give life daily dialogue of life. What some call Christian values and to the Lasallian mission, enabling students and staff to better others call Muslim values we can see there is more common understand what it means when we say that SJI International ground in universal values such as: faith in God, compassion, students ‘enter to learn, and leave to serve.’” social justice, altruism, human dignity, concern for the poor, and inclusive hospitable community,” said Brother Peter.

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 28 8/31/15 9:05 AM Brother Joseph Porter, FSC, as recruiter for the then-New Orleans-Santa Fe District, stands with students who had dressed up as missionaries on a Mission Sunday in the 1950s at De La Salle High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Brother Joseph spent several years serving in Ethiopia. Courtesy District of San Francisco New Orleans Archives

BROTHER ÉLIE POULIOT, FSC DISTRICT OF FRANCOPHONE CANADA RETIRED, MISSIONARY TO CAMEROON, FORMER VISITOR OF THE DISTRICT OF DOUALA, CAMEROON Written and translated by Brother Florent Gaudreault, FSC, based on an interview with Brother Élie

Although no Brothers from the District of Francophone Canada currently serve in overseas ministries, the District has a long history in service abroad. Five Brothers from the legacy Québec District established the mission in Cameroon in 1948. In the early 1950s, then-Superior General Broth- er Athanase-Émile required that each of the French Canadian Districts (Québec and Montréal) send a Brother to Cameroon. Brother Élie was a scholastic in the former District of Montréal when he volunteered. Brother Élie Pouliot, FSC, at left in back row, and Brothers from Cameroon, visit with then-Vicar General The Canadian Brothers estab- Brother John Johnston, FSC, (deceased), third from lished the District of Douala right in back row, in approximately 1986. Courtesy in 1955. By then, Brother Élie Brother Élie Pouliot, FSC had already been there for a year and had served in many capacities, mostly as a teacher. Over the years, he served in positions of greater responsibility, including as a school administrator and the Visitor of the District of Douala from 1975 to 1981. Brother Élie served in Cameroon for nearly 50 years before he retired in Canada.

“I really enjoyed the young of Cameroon, their dedication to their studies, the energy they invested in their work, their affection and gratitude, their total dedication to sports, Chris Swain is the kind of Christians they were – generous, open-minded the Regional and true believers,” said Brother Élie. coordinator for During Brother Élie’s time in Cameroon, the Brothers Lasallian organized the primary level teaching program for all of vocation ministry. Cameroon, established schools, offered one of the first quality programs for the primary and secondary levels, Brothers Andrew Gonzalez, from the Philippines, and John O’Neill, from and offered the Certificate of Professional Competence. the then-District of San Francisco, travel with the then-La Salle College in Bacolod, Philippines, soccer team to play in a championship game in 1963. “All the work was accomplished for the poor, anywhere in the Courtesy District of San Francisco New Orleans Archives country,” said Brother Élie, “‘together and by association,’ so dear to all Lasallians, was put into practice in everyday life, everywhere.” •

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Frère Élie Pouliot, FSC On lui confia rapidement des responsabilités plus impor- District du Canada Francophone tantes, notamment comme administrateur d’école, puis Visiteur du District de 1975 à 1981. Il passa ainsi presque Retraité, ancien missionnaire au 50 ans de sa vie au Cameroun avant de revenir au Canada Cameroun, ancien Visiteur du District pour prendre sa retraite. de Douala, Cameroun « J’ai beaucoup aimé les jeunes du Cameroun, dit F. Élie, leur Écrit par F. Florent Gaudreault, FSC, après une intérêt pour les études, leur esprit de travail, leur affection interview avec F. Élie et leur reconnaissance, leur façon de se donner à fond dans Même si plus aucun Frère du District du Canada Francophone les sports, le genre de chrétiens qu’ils étaient, c’est-à-dire n’œuvre en pays éloigné, ou dits « de mission », le District généreux, ouverts et convaincus. » a une longue et belle histoire en ce domaine. Cinq Frères Pendant leur temps au Cameroun, les Frères organisèrent de l’ancien District de Québec fondèrent en effet la mission l’enseignement primaire pour l’ensemble du pays, fondèrent du Cameroun en 1948. L’engagement de F. Élie dans cette des écoles, et offrirent un excellent cours d’enseignement mission est survenu dans la mouvance d’une demande faite primaire et secondaire, ainsi que le C.A.P. (Certificat d’apti- par le Frère Supérieur Général de l’époque, F. Athanase- tude professionnelle). Émile, aux deux Districts francophones d’alors, soit ceux de Montréal et de Québec, d’envoyer chaque année un nouveau « Tout le travail fut accompli pour les pauvres, où que ce fût Frère au Cameroun. F. Élie, du District de Montréal, répondit dans le pays, ajoute F. Élie. Le « ensemble et par association à cet appel. », si cher à l’ensemble des Lasalliens, fut mis en pratique chaque jour, partout. » Les Frères canadiens créèrent le District de Douala en • 1955, soit un an après l’arrivée de F. Élie au Cameroun et sa première année d’enseignement et d’engagements divers. Frère Élie Pouliot, FSC (à droite, première rangée) avec des confrères et des collègues laïcs du Collège Vogt, Yaoundé, Cameroun, durant l’année scolaire 1969. Gracieuseté de F. Élie Pouliot.

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BY BROTHER CHRISTOPHER PATIÑO, FSC

Some participants gather together after Mass in the Cathedral of Santiago on July 22. Courtesy Brother George Van Grieken, FSC

“Can I handle seven more days?” This was certainly the reaction of some of us after walking the first leg of the eight-day pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. We had slept in a steamy gym for a mere five hours. That morning, instead of a cup of hot coffee, we settled for almost-hot chocolate, cookies and some fruit. Carrying backpacks that seemed like 50 pounds instead of 15 pounds, we had climbed hills that left us sore and fatigued. And we arrived at a gym with too-few toilets and no hot water.

On July 13, 2015, 13 Brothers from the Lasallian Region It was easier to answer that “seven more days” question of North America (RELAN), Australia and Nigeria, and four surrounded by the lively energy of these young Lasallians. young men in discernment boarded a bus in Madrid for Each day before dawn, they packed their gear, lined Mondoñedo, our starting point in northern Spain. We were up for breakfast, and were ready to go within an hour. filled with many hopes and questions about the more than Our perplexed faces eventually gave way to, “Well, Lord, 100 miles that awaited us. Five Spanish Brothers and 11 here we go too!” collegians in discernment joined us. Two hundred high school youth from the Madrid sector of the District of Spain-Portugal (ARLEP) walked the Camino alongside us.

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 31 8/31/15 9:05 AM From left, Brother David Deradoorian, FSC, Luke Koski, Brother Anwar Martinez, FSC, Joe Alexander-Short and Brother Larry Schatz, FSC, take a break at a café to refuel with coffee. Courtesy Brother George Van Grieken, FSC

Brothers Augustine Nicoletti, Timothy Coldwell and George Van Grieken gather at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela at the conclusion of the pilgrimage. Courtesy Brother George Van Grieken, FSC

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 32 8/31/15 9:05 AM The group winds its way through a town in the latter days of the Camino. Courtesy Brother George Van Grieken, FSC

BLESSED ARE YOU, PILGRIM, IF YOU DISCOVER THAT THE JOURNEY OPENS YOUR EYES TO WHAT HAD NOT BEEN SEEN.1

Each day began around 5:45 a.m. We got ourselves ready, had breakfast at 6:30, morning prayer at 7:00, and then set out. The length of each day’s journey averaged about 14 miles. It wasn’t long before the weight of the backpacks became very noticeable. This allowed one to reflect on what things were necessary and what could be discarded. Soon this became a reflection not only on the physical items in the backpack, but also the items in one’s life that are dragged around only to become burdens on oneself or others.

Each day God’s presence became tangible in one’s fellow pilgrims, in the incredible beauty of nature, in the misty and foggy mornings that lightened our load, and in the occasional cafés that provided a place to share our fraternity around cups of coffee!

As one walked in solitude the words of the psalmist became a living prayer: “Show me your ways, O Lord, and teach Date Day Depart to Arrive km mi me your paths. Lead me …” (Psalm 25:4-5). There were “Emmaus” moments where individuals walked side-by-side July 14 Tues Mondoñedo to Abadín 24 15 either to encourage the other to keep going or to simply July 15 Wed Abadín to Vilalba 22 14 share life’s story. There were also times when a group stuck July 16 Thurs Vilalba to Bahamonde 18 11

together from beginning to end feeding off the communal July 17 Fri Bahamonde to Guiteriz 22 14 energy that made physical ailments (blisters made early July 18 Sat Guiteriz to Sobrado 21 13 appearances!) a backstory. July 19 Sun Sobrado to Arzúa 20 12

Together we learned that on the Camino, as in life, the July 20 Mon Arzúa to Arca 20 12

hand of God is what keeps things together when we miss the July 21 Tues Arca to Santiago 20 12 signs: a shell or arrow pointing pilgrims in the right direction! July 22 Wed Santiago Overnight in the Colegio de Santiago On the first day, one member of the group became lost only de Compostela to stumble upon a few others who were off the path as well. On another day, miscommunication led one pilgrim to take the wrong path for quite a few miles. Quick thinking and an angel or two allowed a couple of the members to find the lost sheep and bring him back to the fold.

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 33 8/31/15 9:05 AM BLESSED ARE YOU, PILGRIM, IF WHAT MOST CONCERNS YOU IS NOT ARRIVING, BUT RATHER ARRIVING WITH THOSE WHO ARE MAKING THE JOURNEY WITH YOU.

On the Camino, one’s vulnerability is at the forefront; whether it is the physical challenges, the need for a basic toiletry item, or the questions tugging at our heart. We learned that the real basics were more than enough: companionship, food, or sitting down for some rest.

We also learned from the example of generosity, care and solidarity of the Spanish Brothers. The Brothers lived each day with extraordinary selflessness. Their presence and dedication to the students and all present became a living reminder of the gift of the consecrated life and the joy with which Pope Francis urges religious men and women to live. Each Brother in their own way gave of himself and so “… satisfied the thirsty [and] filled the hungry with good things” (Psalm 107:9). Their fraternal actions rooted in a deep spirituality left one inspired to reflect on the authenticity with which one witnesses to his own vocation.

From left, Brothers Martin Montoya, Arsenio Turiégano, Jose Antonio Ramos, Guillermo Moreno Barrero and Christopher Patiño celebrate the conclusion of the Camino in the plaza facing the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Courtesy Brother George Van Grieken, FSC

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 34 8/31/15 9:05 AM Pilgrims used their time on the journey to quietly reflect, pray, share stories, and feel the presence of God. Courtesy Brother Larry Schatz, FSC

BLESSED ARE YOU, PILGRIM, BECAUSE YOU HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THE AUTHENTIC CAMINO BEGINS WHEN THIS PILGRIMAGE ENDS.

The pilgrimage ended on July 22 after eight days of simple living, physical hardships and vulnerable moments, but also eight days of prayerful living, communal joy and powerful encounters with oneself, others and God. As the group approached Santiago on that last day, joy and excitement filled the air. All of a sudden each step seemed lighter. The chanting grew louder and a spirit of thanksgiving overwhelmed the heart. In no time, more than 200 Lasallian pilgrims overtook the streets of Santiago. The group ap- proached the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela “… filled with the Spirit … singing and playing to the Lord in [their] hearts …” (Ephesians 5:18-19). We gave thanks to God and then proceeded to congratulate one another for having made it together as Brothers!

But the Camino ended, as it began, with a question: “And now, what?”

The beginnings of an answer seem to be embedded in the experience itself: together we formed a community that over an eight-day period journeyed along the roads and paths of northern Spain; together we shared our life experiences with one another; together we reflected on the presence of Christ in our lives; together we enjoyed the good moments and together we survived the challenging ones; together we grew in appreciation of the Lasallian family; and together we arrived. But more, something within each of us, individually and together, was transformed. • 1 Section statements taken from “The Beatitudes of the Pilgrim” Author unknown

Brother Christopher Patiño, FSC, is the director of vocation ministry for the District of San Francisco New Orleans.

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TODAY CALENDAR OF EVENTS

OCTOBER 2015 FEBRUARY 2016 1 Regional Finance Committee (RFC) Meeting, 21 – 24 Lasallian Association of Secondary School Teleconference Chief Administrators (LASSCA) Conference, 14 – 16 Regional Education Advisory Committee San Antonio, TX (REAC) Meeting, Chicago, IL 24 – 25 Regional Education Advisory Committee 15 – 18 Brothers in Initial Formation Gathering, (REAC) Meeting, San Antonio, TX Napa, CA 26 – 28 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, 28 – 30 Regional Council of Young Lasallians (RCYL) Anaheim, CA Meeting, Montréal, Canada 28 – 31 Regional Conference of Christian Brothers MARCH 2016 (RCCB) Meeting, Montréal, Canada 3 – 6 Brother John Johnston Institute of 31 10th Annual LVs Run, New York, NY Contemporary Lasallian Practice, West Coast Gathering, Duncans Mills, CA NOVEMBER 2015 8 – 12 Regional Conference of Christian Brothers (RCCB) Meeting, Napa, CA 5 – 8 Regional Vocation Formation Committee (RVFC) Meeting, Napa, CA 9 – 10 Lasallian Education Council (LEC) Meeting, Napa, CA 11 – 13 Novitiate Postulancy Committee Meeting, Chicago, IL 10 – 13 Brother John Johnston Institute of Contemporary Lasallian Practice, 18 – 19 Lasallian Education Council (LEC) Meeting, Midwest Gathering, Belleville, IL Chicago, IL 17 – 20 Brother John Johnston Institute of 19 – 21 Huether Lasallian Conference, Chicago, IL Contemporary Lasallian Practice, 19 – 21 National Catholic Youth Conference, East Coast Gathering, Eatontown, NJ Indianapolis, IN

APRIL 2016 JANUARY 2016 7 – 10 Brothers in Initial Formation Gathering, 15 – 18 Lasallian Volunteers Midyear Retreat, Philadelphia, PA Brant Lake, NY 10 – 13 Regional Vocation Formation Committee (RVFC) Meeting, Philadelphia, PA 21 Regional Finance Committee (RFC) Meeting, Baltimore, MD

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01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 36 8/31/15 9:05 AM LASALLIAN CONFERENCE 2015

Lasallian Educational Community: SPEAKERS

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