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 News of the Institute and Lasallian Family
Rome, April 29, 2008 |
 CHICAGO – USA - GROUNDWORK TO ORGANIZE YOUNG LASALLIANS BEGINS: An ad hoc committee of young Lasallians and Brothers met in Chicago from April 11 to 13 to develop a structure and organization for the Young Lasallians movement in the United
States/Toronto Region.
The group shall consist of Lasallian teachers, staff and collegians in their early 20s and mid-30s.The committee agreed to focus on three specific areas for the next 12 months:
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1) utilize technology to connect Young Lasallians;
2) rally Young Lasallians around an annual thematic project (the Institute’s emphasis on migration will be the project for 2008);
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3) identify existing activities andprograms for Lasallian collegians and organize this age group. |
(Brother Thomas Lackey) |
 BANGALORE – INDIA - A HISTORICAL DAY FOR THE DELEGATION OF INDIA: Sunday 20th April 2008 was truly a ‘red letter day’ in the history of the Delegation of India at the Novitiate, Bangalore.
Twelve Novices took their First Vows as De La Salle Brothers. They are Brothers Anudeep Kumar, Arockia Regan, Arul Jeevahar, Arul Paneer Selvam, Bala Raju, Chiranjeevi, Jesu Raj, Kulundai, Lourdu Jude, Robert Browing, Sudheer and Sudheer Kumar. Six others received the Religious Habit and one was formally accepted into the Novitiate. The six who received the Holy Habit were Novices Arockiasamy, Darryl, Edison, Jeyakumar, John Peter and Suresh. Postulant Arul Doss was received into the Novitiate.
The Brothers who made their first vows had the privilege of being accompanied by their parents who were there to witness and bless their sons on entering the Religious Life. They garlanded them at the door to the Novitiate and accompanied them to the altar where they sat behind them and actively participated during the celebration of the Holy Mass when it came to presenting the offertory gifts and embracing their sons upon the acceptance of their vows by Br Arockia Doss, President of the Delegation.
Br Arokia Doss delivered the homily on the theme of ‘Association’ and why the Institute had adopted the ‘Vow of Association for the Christian Education of children’ as the first and principal vow of the vows the young Brothers were about to take. He traced the history of the vow from the time the very first Brothers along with the Founder JBS de La Salle took that vow along with Obedience and Stability at the very beginning of the society of ‘Brothers of the Christian Schools’.
During the felicitations after the liturgy Brother Aroickia Doss took the opportunity to release the publication of the ‘Meditations For The Time Of Retreat’ translated into Tamil that was completed by four young Brothers at Boys’ Town recently.
(Brother Joe Reid)
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