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 News of the Institute and Lasallian Family
Rome, November 29, 2002 |
 A
meeting on the Pastoral Ministry of Vocations , ARLEP: A meeting on
the Pastoral Ministry of Vocations, sponsored by ARLEP (Spain-Portugal
Lasallian Region) was held from October 31 - November 2, 2002. The
discussion centered around Lasallian vocations today and there were
nearly one-hundred in attendance for the session, including both
Brothers and partners. There were a significant number of young Brothers
present. Each day there was a presentation which served as the basis for
discussion and for group work and then for the large-group sharing. The
first talk was given by Marifé Ramos, a lay theologian, on how God
continues calling today and about how to speak about vocations today.
The second presentation was about Vocation Ministry within the framework
of Association and Shared Mission and the speaker was Brother José María
Pérez Navarro. The third presentation was given by Brother Álvaro,
Superior General, and his topic was "How to present the Brother's
vocation today." On the last day the various Districts met to plan
specific lines of action. Everyone was greatly pleased with the
encounter. This event was seen as a preparation for the meeting on
Vocation Ministry that all Lasallian Regions in Europe will be having in
response to Proposition 26 from the 43rd General Chapter.
For further information and to see photos, go to:
http://www.lasalle.es/webpastoral/
(Br. Álvaro Rodríguez Echeverría) |
 Meeting
of the General Council with the Brother Visitors and Auxiliary Visitors
of the REBIM Region (Region of Britain, Ireland, Malta): In the
course of their seven-year mandate, it is the practice of Brother
Superior General and of the General Council to have one meeting with the
Brother Visitors and Auxiliary Visitors of each of the Lasallian
Regions. This visit can precede or follow Brother Superior's visit to
the Region. The meeting with those of REBIM took place at Oxford from
November 10th - 15th 2002. Before the meeting, the Brother Councillors
had already visited a number of communities, schools and educational
centres in the three sectors of Malta, Ireland and Great Britain. The
photo shows Br Superior, the General Councillors, the Visitors of REBIM
and the Brothers of the Oxford Provincialate. The friendly welcome and
hospitality of the Provincialte were very much appreciated.
(Br. Claude Reinhardt) |
 International
Council of Young Lasallians: Yanick Chamberland-Richer, who helped
coordinate the International Symposium of Young Lasallians in Quebec in
July 2002, met with Brother Vicar General William Mann in Toronto from
19 to 21 November to analyze the work of the Symposium and to prepare
the work of the International Council of Young Lasallians. All of the
delegates to Quebec 2002 and all of the Brother Visitors of the
Institute were recently asked to propose names for this international
Council, and Brother Superior and the General Council will be naming the
members of the Council within the next two weeks.
(Br. William Mann) |
 Haïti,
a nation of "youth": Br. Marc Hofer, General Council, had the
privilege of spending 20 days in October in the Sector of Haïti where he
animated a Lasallian Day for the Brothers and the Postulants, a several
day formation session for the Postulants, two conferences followed by a
time of discussion for the students of the Lasallian Institute of
Religious Sciences and Catechetics, and community meetings. He was
deeply touched by the wholehearted hospitality of the Brothers,
Postulants and people of Haïti. Therefore, he would like to give
some reflections based on this encouraging,
enriching and pleasant visit.
(Br. Marc Hofer) |
 El
Centro Educativo La Salle, Homestead, Florida, USA: The retreats
held at the La Salle Educational Center have always been very well
organized and this year's was no exception. More than 30 participants
were involved in a recent retreat whose theme was "Communion."
The young people's active participation in this retreat was exceptional
and many presenters collaborated to give the children talks on "The Last
Supper," "The Sacrifice of Jesus," "The Sacrifice of the Mass," and
"Bible knowledge." The purpose of this retreat was to educate the
children in the basics of their faith, since many of them have not
studied religion in any formal way. Participants included children who
were regular attendees of the La Salle School as well as children from
other schools and everyone demonstrated that anything is possible for
those who really try.
(José M. Dorado) |
 Web
notes: In 1979, Br. Emile Rousset, FSC, published an extensive
Iconographie of St.
John Baptist de La Salle. Because a number of our visitors have
requested it via our survey, we have
added many of these pictures to our clip art section.
(Br. Donald Johanson)
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