TODAYA MAGAZINE FOR THE LASALLIAN FAMILY IN THE LASALLIAN REGION OF NORTH AMERICA AUTUMN 2015 CELEBRATING THE YEAR OF CONSECRATED LIFE 01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 1 8/31/15 9:04 AM 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 01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 2 8/31/15 9:04 AM 8 LIVING IN JOY DURING THE YEAR OF CONSECRATED LIFE BY HOLLY PETERSON 16 CHANGE, INVITATION AND RENEWAL: 50 YEARS OF LIVING INTO PERFECTAE CARITATIS AND THE ‘DECLARATION’ BY ROBERT SMITH, FSC, PH.D. 20 THE NOVITIATE: DEEPER DISCERNMENT OF THE CALL BY BROTHER THOMAS JOHNSON, FSC, AND CHRIS SWAIN STORIES OF SERVICE 26 A CALL TO MOVE BEYOND BORDERS AUTUMN 2013 COMPILED BY CHRIS SWAIN 31 ¡BUEN CAMINO! BY BROTHER CHRISTOPHER PATIÑO, FSC DE LA SALLE TODAY LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | 2 NEWS AND APPOINTMENTS 1 36 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 1 8/31/15 9:04 AM NEWS AND APPOINTMENTS 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. 2 | DE LA SALLE TODAY AUTUMN 2013 01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 2 8/31/15 9:05 AM NEWS AND APPOINTMENTS 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. 3 | DE LA SALLE TODAY AUTUMN 2015 01262 De La Salle Magazine-Autumn 2015.indd 3 8/31/15 9:05 AM NEWS AND APPOINTMENTS CONTINUED 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.