Young Lasallians Want to Be Active Participants in Lasallian Mission: During their most recent meeting, the International Council of Young Lasallians viewed and discussed the DVD “Together and by Association in the Service of the Poor,” which has been proposed by Brother Superior and General Council, as the first document to help the Institute and Lasallian Family move together on the path toward the 44th General Chapter. Recognizing that Young Lasallians are called to be active participants in Lasallian mission, they prepared a statement of their hopes and concerns as the Lasallian Family begins to prepare for the International Assembly of 2006 and the 44th General Chapter of 2007.
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Lasallian Youth in Africa: The Lasallian Youth Movement is growing in the District of Lwanga, which encompasses the countries of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. Young Lasallians of the District thank the Lasallian Youth Assembly, which was organized by the District at St. Joseph’s School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in September 2005, for encouraging the growth and development of the movement. According to Lasallian Youth Head Leoul Worku of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, those “who attended the Assembly in Addis Ababa were able to share their wonderful experiences with the others” and “are now acting like candles in the thick of darkness.”

For example, St. Mary’s Boys Secondary School in Nyeri, Kenya, houses young street boys on the school campus. The Lasallian students see “the juniors,” as they are called, as their brothers; and a family kind of interaction is encouraged by the school administration. The Lasallian Youth group at the school, which numbers about 50 students, also visits the Narumoro Home for the terminally ill and the Sagana Home for the aged. Student Kennedy Kirumwa reports that prayer helps these Young Lasallians; it “discourages selfishness in oneself and promotes generosity to society.”

Young Lasallians at Rongai Boys Secondary School in Kenya strive, according to student Joram Ndirangu, to “leave a mark in faith, service, and community building” and to become more aware of “social justice issues.” They share time, food, and clothing with less fortunate youngsters, especially the residents of nearby Venessa Children’s Home.

At Besrate Gabriel School in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, Lasallian Youth visit the nearby compound of the Missionaries of Charity, where the sick, the dying, the mentally handicapped and also young mothers and their children are given help. “It is mostly the mothers and the children that our Lasallian Youth help.”
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1st Signum Fidei Youth Congress in Peru: About 100 young people and members of the “Signum Fidei Fraternity” of the District of Peru gathered from 3 to 6 August 2005 in Quillabamba, Peru, to study the mission of Lasallian young people in the Fraternity. One of the co-founders of the Fraternity in 1975-1976, Brother Manuel Olivé participated in the Congress.

The “Signum Fidei Fraternity” is one of those intentional Lasallian groups of Associates recognized as “structurally linked with the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.” Its members, wishing to live fully their baptismal vocation as Christians, associate with the Institute to give living expression of the love of God in the educational world, especially among the young and the poor.
^{(Br. Bill Mann)}

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