Resources
The CALL
VISION
ASSOCIATION
LEGACY
Almost every image and text on this page links to resources that invite you to further exploration of our Lasallian Heritage.
SIGNS of the TIMES
- The Work Is Yours: The Life of John Baptist de La Salle by Luke Salm, F.S.C., Christian Brothers Publications, Washington DC, second edition 1996
- Touching the Hearts of Students: Characteristics of Lasallian Schools by George Van Grieken, F.S.C., Christian Brothers Publications, Landover, MD 1999 (second edi4on 2002)
- Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer, Jossey-Bass, Inc., San Francisco, CA. 2000
- A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward An Undivided Life by Parker Palmer, John Wiley and Sons, 2009
- The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life by Parker Palmer, Jossey-Bass, Inc., San Francisco, CA., 1998.
- Sacred Quest: the Evolution and Future of the Human Soul by L. Robert Keck, Chrysalis Books, Westchester, PA, 2000.
- The Educator’s Life Journey (Mel Bulletin 8/9) by Antonio Botana, F.S.C., Brothers of the Christian Schools, Rome, Italy 2004 (lasalle.org)
- Departures 1671-1672 by Brother John Deeney
- The Theology of work. An Evangelical perspective
- Making Good Decisions/Vocations. A Catholic Perspective (multiple articles)
- Understanding Vocation: Discerning and Responding to God's Call. Thompson, Don and Miller-Perrin, Cindy (2003) Leaven: Vol. 11: Iss. 1, Article 11
- How Vocation Transforms Society. A Lutheran Perspective.
- A Way of Life: Calling in Islam
- Vocation in the Islamic Tradition, by John L. Esposito (USCCB)
- Buddhist Vocations
YOUTUBE Videos
- Ten things to know about discerning a vocation by Father Christian Raab, O.S.B.
- How do you describe Vocation? A Conversation with N.T. Wright and Tod Bolsinger, Fuller Theological Seminary
- What Depth Psychology Can Teach Us About Vocation and Why it Matters with Dr. Jennifer Selig
- How to Find and Live Your Calling | Bryan Dik | TEDxCSU
VIMEO Videos
- Lesson 5: Vocation NYC Millennial Leader Development
- Theology On The Spot: Episode 2 - “Vocation”
- Vocation: A Conversation with Frederick Buechner
- The Generation Project || Vocation
PODCASTS
Pick the Brain – Hosts Erin Falconer and Jeremy Fisher
SIGNS of the TIMES
An Educator and a Saint at Grips with the Society of the Time
John Baptist De La Salle (1651 - 1719)
by
Yeves Poutet FSC
Jenn Pungier FSC
Part One
Part Tw0
VISION
- The Conduct of Christian Schools (PDF)
- Conduct of School: An overall plan of human and Christian education by Léon Lauraire, fsc. MEL Bulletin 12
- John Baptist De La Salle's the Conduct of School: A Guide to Teacher Education. Dissertation by Br. Dominic Everett. 1984
- De La Salle and Training Schools for Teachers. Part One. Part Two.
- De La Salle A Founder as Pilgrim
- 100 short quotes from De La Salle
The Conduct of Schools
Articles and commentaries by Brother Leon Lauriere
From Lasalliana
- The Management of Schools
- The Management of Schools-Live with the pupil to better to educate them.
- The Management of Schools-Teaching made to measure
- The Management of Schools-
A rigorous learning process - The Management of Schools-
Importance of Evaluation - The Management of Schools-
Knowing the pupils as individuals - The Management of Schools-
Relations in class - The Management of Schools-
Relations among pupils - The Management of Schools-
Emulations and rewards - The Management of Schools-
(1) Concerning corrections - The Management of Schools-
(2) Concerning corrections
-Continued
From Cahier Lasallian:
- Collection of Various Short Treatises
- Explanation of the Method of Interior Prayer
- Meditations
- Religious Instructions and Exercises of Piety for the Christian Schools
- Rules of 1705 & 1718
- Memorandum on the Habit
- Rules I Have Imposed on Myself
- Heroic Vow
- The Conduct of Christian Schools
- The Duties of a Christian to God
- The Letters of John Baptist de La Salle
- The Rules of Christian Decorum and Civility
- 12 Virtues of a Good Teacher
- Biographies of De La Salle by Brother Bernard, Dom François-Élie Maillefer, OSB, Canon Jean-Baptiste Blain, Clair Battersby, Luke Salm, Edwin Bannon, Leo Burkhard, Leo Kirby, John Gray and George Van Grieken.
- The Brother of the Christian Schools in the World Today: A DECLARATION
- Circular 460 Towards self-sufficiency
- Circular 461 Associated for the Lasallian Mission …an act of HOPE
- Circular 466 They will call themselves Brothers
- Circular 469 The Documents of the 45 th General Chapter “This work of God is also our work”
- Circular 470 Towards the year 2021: Living Together our Joyful Mission
- Lasallian Reflection 1: A Gospel adventure: Confronting new poverties and the culture of commodification.
- Lasallian Reflection 2: One Call, Many Voices: Sustaining Spirituality Amidst Secularization.
- Lasallian Reflection 3: Lasallians without Limits: Creation of Sustainable Communities.
- Lasallian Reflection 4: Lasallians: Hearts on Fire, Our Hearts are Burning within us.
History of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools by M. Georges Rigault (two volumes)
An Introduction to the history of the institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
(origins and supplement)
by Brother Henri Bédel, FSC
De La Salle and his Brothers
by
Leon Arox. F.S.C
YVES Poutet. F.S.C
JEAN PUNGIER. F.S.C
Translated and Edited by
Luke Salm. F.S.C
De La Salle Graphic Novel
- iBook
- Teacher Pack (includes many other resources for teaching the life of De La Salle
Writings that give direction to our vision and that inform the legacy.
The life of De La Salle -- a series of 3 minute videos from presentations by David Hotek
LEGACY
7 on 7 Prayers
An initiative of the Midwest District to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of De La Salle's entry into eternal life. The prayers were designed to be used on the 7th day of the month (marking the day in which DLS entered into eternal life) with a short prayer to begin each period of the day. The prayers reflect on Lasallian virtues, saints, or young saints that are models for young people.
- September 2018
Saint Benilde - October 2018
Jaimie Hilario - November 2018
Spanish Martyrs - December 2018
Meditations for Advent and Christmas - January 2019
- February 2019
Brother Miguel - March 2019
DLS Quotes - April 2019
Death of DLS - May 2019
Prayers for Board & Faculty Meetings
An initiative of the Midwest District to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of De La Salle's entry into eternal life.
- September: Saint Solomon
PDF Word - October: Saint Francis
PDF Word - November: Martyrs of Almeria
PDF Word - December: The Nativity
PDF Word - January: The Conversion of Saint Paul
PDF Word - February: San Jose Sanchez del Rio
PDF Word - March: Pier Giorgio Frassati
PDF Word - April: Nicholas Roland
PDF Word
Prayers from the modules in one convenient place
Every online formation module begins the semester with a prayer.
- The Call Semester 1
- The Call Semester 2
- Vision Semester 1
- Vision Semester 2
- Signs of the Times Semester 1
- Signs of the Times Semester 2
- Association Semester 1
- Association Semester 2
- Abandonment Semester 1
- Abandonment Semester 2
- Legacy Semester 1
- Legacy Semester 2
Links to prayer websites
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Universalis (Liturgy of the Hours) Click yellow button below to go to today.
- Songs, meditations and prayers from Taizé
Links to prayer websites
- The Prayer of the Community, Sant'Elidio Community Rome.
- Caritas (Reflections on social justice and poverty)
- Praying Each Day (Reflections and Prayers for each day of the year)
- The Prayer of the Teacher Before School Gerard Rummery
- Jesus in Lasallian Hearts Luke Salm
A collection of prayers from many different sources, because sometimes it helps to start with something. They are presented in both PDF (which was the orginal file type) and as Word docx. The files were converted with OCR (optical character recognition), some fonts were recognized better than others, so there are still some errors. So if you want the pray as is, use the PDF version; if you want to edit it use the docx. If you have prayers you would like to contribute send them to formation@cbmidwest.org.
ADVENT PRAYERS
LENTEN PRAYERS
WORD
WORD
39 LASALLIAN PRAYERS
From the Formation for Mission Committee
Regional Education Board (2004)
WORD
- Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
- Advent Prayer
- Always on Holy Ground
- Called to a Life of Prayer
- Called to Be Partners
- Christ has no hands but Ours
- Come Holy Spirit
- Come, Lord Jesus-Advent Prayer
- Do Not be Anxious About Today
- Easter Season Prayer
- For the Children
- Give Thanks for God's Presence
- In God's Presence We Are Bound to Love
- In Memory of Brother James Miller, FSC
- Let Us Be Light for One Another
- Like a Good Shepherd
- Like Clay in the Hands of the Potter
- Like Guardian Angels
- Namaste-I See the Divine Spark Within You
- Our Lasallian Community
- Our Lasallian Mission
- Our Vocation
- Perseverance
- Prayer for Wisdom
- Prayer of Trust
- Quality Education
- Raising a New Generation of Children
- St. John Baptist de La Salle -Lover of children, Advocate for the Poor
- Service of the Poor
- Spirit of Faith
- The Teacher
- This Is The Hour
- Together and By Association
- Trusting in Providence
- Vision-A Team's Prayer
- We are Prophets of a Future Not Our Own
- We Remember and We are Grateful
- Words of the Founder
- You Are the Ones God has Chosen
- Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
- Advent Prayer
- Always on Holy Ground
- Called to a Life of Prayer
- Called to Be Partners
- Christ has no hands but Ours
- Come Holy Spirit
- Come, Lord Jesus-Advent Prayer
- Do Not be Anxious About Today
- Easter Season Prayer
- For the Children
- Give Thanks for God's Presence
- In God's Presence We Are Bound to Love
- In Memory of Brother James Miller, FSC
- Let Us Be Light for One Another
- Like a Good Shepherd
- Like Clay in the Hands of the Potter
- Like Guardian Angels
- Namaste-I See the Divine Spark Within You
- Our Lasallian Community
- Our Lasallian Mission
- Our Vocation
- Perseverance
- Prayer for Wisdom
- Prayer of Trust
- Quality Education
- Raising a New Generation of Children
- St. John Baptist de La Salle -Lover of children, Advocate for the Poor
- Service of the Poor
- Spirit of Faith
- The Teacher
- This Is The Hour
- Together and By Association
- Trusting in Providence
- Vision-A Team's Prayer
- We are Prophets of a Future Not Our Own
- We Remember and We are Grateful
- Words of the Founder
- You Are the Ones God has Chosen
Lasallian Themes
WORD
Living Lent: Carrying the Cross
Praying Saturday of the Triduum
Living Lent and Transforming our lives
PRAYERS for BOARDS
WORD
LASALLIAN SAINTS
WORD
MISCELLANEOUS PRAYERS
WORD
Prayers for Holidays
WORD
Holy Days & Saints
WORD
Our Lady of the Star
The Abbey Church of Our Lady of the Star 100th anniversary
of the reconstruction of the abbey church (1898-1998)
Text by Brothers Albert Leonard
and Michel Dumont
An Illustrated version of Our Lady of the Star
Our Lady of the Star Prayer Service
- The Cross of Christ--
My Cross - The Worlds's Poor:
an examination of Conscience - Believing Impossible Things
- Searching for God
--Being Searched by God - The Worker
- In Your Patience You Shall Possess
- Encountering Jesus in the Eucharist
- JESUS--"The Way"
- The Power of the Lord is Within Me
- Praise for the Universe
- The God of My Life
- The Charism of the Founder
- Light of the World
- The Teacher
- The Children of God--All Saints
- Who Is Your God
- The Tongue Is a Flame
- The Christian School
- My Love for the Lord
- Ransoming the Time
- The Call
- Lent
- Service--To Give What We Have
- God is My Enough
- Commitment
- The Desert Experience
- Death is My Accounting
- Guidelines to Prayer--John of th Cross
- Christ Crucified
- Community is People
- Mary Mother of God and Mother of Us All
- The Need for Continuous Conversion
- Friendship
- By the Power of His Spirit
Praying for the Unity of all Christians
Saint Joseph a man for our times
Lasallians Pray for
Special Intentions
(some of these prayers are very specific,
but alter them to meet your needs or just get an idea from them.)
PDF
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- Celebrating Life
- Good Shepard
- Lord Jesus, Give Us Faith
- Celebrating the Love and Mercy of Jesus
- God Bless our Graduates
- A prayer for Healing
- A prayer in honor of Mary
- A prayer in honor of
Saint Joseph - Angels in our Midst
- Beauty of Creation
- Bless the Work of
Our Hands - Celebrating Saint Peter Claver
- Celebrating the Family
- Celebrating the Gift of the Eucharist
- Celebrating the Life of Kateri Teckawitha
- Celebrating and Living the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
- Celebrating God's Holy People (2)
- Celebrating Mary
- Celebrating the North American Martyrs
- Celebrating the Sacred Heart
- Consecrated People
- Create in me a clean heart O Lord
- Discerning our Call in Life
- Friends
- Give Thanks and Remember
- God's Blessing on the new school year
- Graduates
- Holy Cross
- Honesty and Uprightness
- Hope and Trust in Life
- Immigration Prayer
- Intercede for the Addicted
- Know One's Call
- Laughter
- May we be Peaceful People
- Praying for the Generosity of Time
- Praying for God's Blessing on a New School Year
- Remember our brothers and sisters in time of need
- Remembering 9-11
- Remembering Saint Therese
- Remembering the Poor
- Remembering those who are Ill
- Respect Life
- The Day the Lord has Made
- The Eyes of God Upon Us
- Those Suffering from Natural Disasters
- The Gift of Speech
- We are Called to Spread the Love of God
- We Glory in the Cross
- Why Am I Afraid to Risk
- Working for Justice
ART & IMAGES
Living Lent: Carrying the Cross
Praying Saturday of the Triduum
Living Lent and Transforming our lives
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