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 News of the Institute and Lasallian Family
Rome, October 9, 2007 |
 PARIS - FRANCE - THE YOUNG MEXICAN AND AUSTRALIAN LASALLIAN VOLUNTEERS HAVE ARRIVED: They were met on their arrival on September 8th by the national SEMIL and Young Lasallian teams - an enthusiastic and promising meeting as they will be seeing one another several times in the course of the year. They will be staying at Maison La Salle, rue de Sevres, Paris until October 13th.
Language studies and learning about France
We have organised an intensive course for them to help them improve their French. Every morning, they follow a language course at the Alliance Francaise, while in the afternoon they practise their spoken French with Brother Pierre Josse and the Maison La Salle community. They will also have lectures on French economy, politics, education, as well as on Islam and the Church in France.
Also on the programme for these Young Volunteers are visits to two schools (Notre Dame de La Gare and Francs Bourgeois) to provide them with a first contact with French students. They are making the most of their stay to visit Paris, which they call a “museum” because they find the buildings and monuments there so beautiful. At the beginning of October, the Young Volunteers will introduce themselves in a more concrete way and will tell you, in French, where their mission will be.
(District of France – www.lasalle-fec.org)
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 TOLEDO – BRAZIL – 2nd INTER-DISTRICT MEETING OF YOUNG LASALLIANS:
From September 7th to 9th 2007, 260 Young Brazilian Lasallians between the ages of 14 and 20, from 29 secondary schools and one Lasallian university, met in the city of Toledo, in Parana State, Brazil.
There were young representatives present from the 11 States of the nation and from the Federal District. Because of the long distances to be traveled to the meeting place, some groups travelled for up to 24 hours by bus. This youth meeting was the method that the Young Lasallians chose to celebrate the Centenary of the Lasallian presence in Brazil.
The Meeting was organized by the teams responsible for Youth Pastoral Ministry in the Districts of Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre. In each Lasallian schools there already exist linked groups which develop systematic projects of formation based on faith, fraternity and service. This was the Second Inter-District Meeting. In 1997 we had the first meeting with a similar range and in the same place to celebrate 90 years of Lasallian presence in Brazil.
The theme of the 2nd Meeting was the same as that which had motivated all the solemnities of the Lasallian Brazilian Centenary: “Learn from the past, consolidate the present, project into the future”. In the dynamic of the meeting the young people listened to some experts, Lay Persons and Brothers, who recaptured the history of youth, of the Church and of the Brothers in Brazil. They participated in work groups, workshops, liturgical celebrations, cultural presentations and even a public demonstration through the streets of the city. At the end of the meeting, in the midst of much joy, liveliness and the will to grow in their faith through fraternity for service, the young people wrote a “Letter of Commitment”. In this letter they showed the strategies and the way they intended to take on and live their commitments as Young Lasallians in the society and the Church of Brazil.
The Lasallian Youth manifested their hopes for a better world where the Kingdom of God would be the construction of all Lasallians. WE are convinced that pastoral activities and youth meetings such as the one in Toledo, develop in the young the leading role in the search for a liberating education and ideals for a more just and fraternal society.
(Brother Marcelo Piantkosk)
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 PROVIDENCE - USA - LASALLIAN YOUTH ASSEMBLY: Almost 100 students from Lasallian Youth groups from throughout the Baltimore, LI-NE and New York came together to share faith, service and community. Time for sharing faith from the opening liturgy to beginning and ending each day with prayer.
Faith formation activities were also included reflection time on service and the inspirational story of the keynote speaker Sound of Sight author Neil Halford. The students engaged in service varied ministries from senior adult care centers to childcare agencies throughout the greater Providence metropolitan.
The participants also engaged in time to make connections and share ideas with each other during ice cream socials, free time and excursion activities. The coordinating team of Mrs. Maryann Donohue-Lynch, Mr. Greg Albanese and Mr. Patrick Reilly ran a great event that created a welcoming and faith-filled atmosphere throughout the week.
This excellent Lasallian formation program gave all in attendance many experiences and ideas to share with their schools and provided a solid understanding of what being part of the legacy of St. John Baptist de La Salle is all about.
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