Lasallian educational institutions[1] are educational institutions affiliated with the De La Salle Brothers, a Catholic religious teaching order founded by French priest Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, who was canonized in 1900 and proclaimed by Pope Pius XII as patron saint of all teachers of youth on May 15, 1950.[2] In regard to their educational activities, the Brothers have since 1680 also called themselves "Brothers of the Christian Schools", associated with the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools;[3] they are often referred to by themselves and others by the shorter term "Christian Brothers",[4][5] a name also applied to the unrelated Congregation of Christian Brothers or Irish Christian Brothers,[6][7] also providers of education, which commonly causes confusion.[8]

Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, founder of the De La Salle Brothers and Patron Saint of all teachers

In 2021 the International Lasallian Mission Web site stated that the Lasallian order consists of about 3,000 Brothers, who help in running over 1,100 education centers in 80 countries with more than a million students, together with 90,000 teachers and lay associates.[9]

Short "one-line" prayers are recited in Lasallian educational institutions during the school day, Typical wordings of some are:[10]

Let us remember that we are in the holy presence of God.[note 1]
Live Jesus in our hearts! Forever!
Saint John Baptist de La Salle, pray for us.[10]

The US-based La Salle International Foundation, which supports global educational and other networks of the De La Salle Brothers, say on their Web site that they sponsor educational projects and support schools in 80 countries; and that they give special attention to youth at risk, including those "educationally excluded, street children, orphans, victims of child abuse, drug addicts, disabled youth, individuals with mental illness, migrant and refugee youth, HIV+ and AIDS children, child victims of war, juvenile offenders, child laborers, victims of child trafficking, ethnic minorities, disadvantaged girls, and impoverished children".[12]

Since the 1980s increasing numbers of cases of sexual and physical abuse of children, covered up by authorities, in institutions of the Catholic Church[13] and others[14] have been reported. Cases of physical and sexual abuse of children in Lasallian educational institutions, and failure to investigate, report, and subsequently protect children have been investigated, admitted,[15][14] and apologised for.

Africa

Benin

  • Collège Mgr Steinmetz

Burkina Faso

  • Collège De La Salle, in Ouagadougou
  • Collège Lasallien Badenya, in Ouagadougou
  • Collège de Tounouma Bobo Dioulasso
  • Collège Saint Jean-Baptiste De La Salle Kiri Bobo Dioulasso
  • Collège Lasallien de Kongoussi
  • Centre Lasallien d'Initiation aux Métiers d'Agriculture (CLIMA), in Beregadougou
  • Collège Pierre Kula, in Diebougou
  • Collège Charles Lwanga, in Nouna

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Collège De La Salle and Saint Georges in Kinshasa
  • Collège Ntetembwa in Matadi
  • Bosawa, Liboke Moko, and Liziba primary schools, plus Institut Frère Iloo in Mbandaka
  • Tumba Kunda dia Zayi in Tumba

Egypt

Eritrea

  • Saint Joseph School, Karen
  • Hagaz Agricultural and technology school, Hagaz Eritrea

Ethiopia

Kenya

  • La Salle Catholic Primary School, Nairobi
  • Christ the Teacher Institute for Education, Nairobi
  • Saint Mary's Boys High School, Nyeri
  • Saint Paul School, Marsabit
  • Bishop Ndingi Mwangaza Collège, Nakuru
  • Child Discovery Center, Nakuru
  • Rongai Agricultural and Technical School, Rongai
  • St Lasalle School, Karemeno

Madagascar

  • Collège Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Ambositra
  • Collège Saint-Joseph, Ambatondrazaka
  • Collège Saint-Jean, Antalaha
  • Lycée Stella Maris, Toamasina
  • Institution Sainte Famille (Mahamasina), Antananarivo
  • École Saint-Joseph (Andohalo), Antananarivo
  • École Louis Rafiringa (Faravohitra), Antananarivo
  • Centre de Promotion rurale (CPR), Ambositra

Mozambique

  • Escola Joao XXIII, Beira, Sofala

Niger

  • L.E.P. Issa Béri in Niamey

Nigeria

  • De La Salle Middle School, Ondo State
  • Mount De La Salle College, Naka, Makurdi, Benue State

Rwanda

  • Académie De La Salle in Byumba
  • École d’Art NYUNDO in Gisenyi
  • Teachers Training College De La Salle Byumba
  • Kigali De La Salle School
  • Centre Intiganda Butare
  • De La Salle School of KIRENGE

Senegal

  • Collège Saint Charles Lwanga, Ziguinchor

South Africa

Asia

Hong Kong

India

  • St.La Salle Hr.Sec School, in Tuticorin.
  • St.Joseph Hr.Sec.School, in Sooranam, Sivagangai
  • Boys Town ITI, Madurai
  • Arul Thendral, Aspirancy, in Madurai
  • S.Joseph.Juniorate, in Tuticorin
  • St.Pauls Higher Secondary School, in Montfort Hill, Aizawl

Indonesia

Israel and Palestine

Israel

Jerusalem

West Bank

Japan

Jordan

Lebanon

Malaysia

(Note: The Lasallian Education Mission in Malaysia cites 44 schools in total)[20]

Myanmar

Former Lasallian schools; no longer affiliated

Pakistan

Philippines

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Thailand

  • La Salle Chotiravi Nakhonsawan School
  • La Salle School Bangkok
  • La Salle Chanthaburi (Mandapitak) School

Vietnam

In 1975, all of the La Salle schools in Việt Nam were dissolved. In the following year the École Taberd was taken over by the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and transformed into a secondary school becoming the Trần Đại Nghĩa Specialist High School for gifted students in 2000.[22]

Europe

Austria

Vienna

  • De La Salle Strebersdorf
  • De La Salle Währing
  • De La Salle Marianum
  • De La Salle Fünfhaus

Belgium

  • Communauté Éducative Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Tamines
  • Institut Notre-Dame Beauraing-Gedinne in Beauraing
  • Institut Saint-Joseph in Carlsbourg
  • Institut Saint-Joseph in Châtelet
  • ISJBDLS - Institut saint Jean Baptiste de La Salle in Brussels
  • Sint-Jorisinstituut in Bazel
  • Sint-Jansschool in Leuven
  • Technisch Instituut Sint-Jozef in Bilzen[24]
  • Moretus-Ekeren in Ekeren (Antwerp)
  • Sint-Jozefinstituut in Genk
  • Kunsthumaniora Sint-Lucas in Ghent
  • De Pleinschool Leiekant in Kortrijk
  • De Pleinschool Groeningekant in Kortrijk
  • De Pleinschool Broelkant in Kortrijk
  • VISO in Mariakerke, Ghent
  • Instituut Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-van-Vreugde in Roeselare
  • Sint-Lukaskunsthumaniora in Schaerbeek
  • KCST in Sint-Truiden
  • Tuinbouwschool Scholengroep O.-L.-Vrouw in Sint-Truiden
  • Sint-Jozefsinstituut in Ternat
  • Zaventems Vrij Onderwijs (ZAVO) in Zaventem
  • Sint-Aloysius Scholengroep O.-L.-Vrouw in Zepperen

France

In France, the Brothers of the Christian schools run 68 primary schools, 92 middle schools, 53 general high schools and 47 vocational high schools, including:

  • Institut polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais, engineering school
  • Institution Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (Avignon)
  • Lycée Saint Joseph - La Salle de Lorient [fr] (Lorient)
  • Pensionnat Jean-Baptiste-de-La-Salle (Rouen)
  • Unilasalle, Beauvais
  • Institution Saint-Joseph (Toulouse)
  • Collège & Lycée le Likès (Quimper)

Greece

  • College De La Salle, in Pefka, Thessaloniki
  • Saint George De La Salle, in Syros Island, Cyclades
  • Saint-Paul De La Salle, in Alimos, Attiki
  • Collège Gréco-Français "Saint-Paul", in Piraeus, Attiki

Hungary

  • Österreichisch-Ungarische Europaschule, Budapest

Ireland

Italy

  • Istituto S. Giuseppe Demerode, in Rome
  • Istituto Gonzaga Milano
  • Istituto Pio XII In Rome

Jersey

Malta

Poland

  • Szkoła im. św. Jana de La Salle, in Gdańsk
  • Szkoła im. św. Jana de La Salle, in Częstochowa

Slovakia

Spain

  • Colegio La Salle Alcoi, in Alicante
  • Irungo La Salle, in Irun
  • Colegio La Salle, in Córdoba
  • Colegio La Salle Paterna, in Valencia
  • Colegio La Salle Paterna Profesional, in Valencia
  • Colegio La Salle, in Valladolid
  • Colegio Inmaculada Concepción La Salle, in Andújar
  • La Salle Barcelona, in Barcelona
  • La Salle Bonanova, in Barcelona
  • La Salle Gràcia, in Barcelona
  • La Salle Guadalupe de Plasencia, in Cáceres
  • La Salle Horta, in Barcelona
  • La Salle Inca, in Mallorca
  • La Salle Manacor, in Mallorca
  • La Salle Manlleu, in Barcelona
  • La Salle Mollerussa, in Lleida
  • La Salle Palma, in Mallorca
  • La Salle Palamós, in Girona
  • La Salle Pont d'Inca, in Mallorca
  • La Salle Premià de Mar, in Barcelona
  • La Salle Reus, in Tarragona
  • La Salle Sant Celoni, in Barcelona
  • La Salle Talavera, in Toledo
  • La Salle Tarragona, in Tarragona
  • La Salle Torreforta, in Tarragona

Turkey

United Kingdom

North and Central America

Canada

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominican Republic

  • Colegio Dominicano De La Salle, in Santo Domingo[27]
  • Escuela/Liceo San Juan Bautista De La Salle, in Santo Domingo (Barrio Simón Bolívar)
  • Instituto San Juan Bautista De La Salle, Santo Domingo
  • Colegio De La Salle, in Santiago de los Caballeros
  • Escuela/Liceo Santo Hermano Miguel, in Santiago de los Caballeros (Barrio Mejoramiento Social)
  • Escuela/Liceo Juan XXIII, in Higuey
  • Escuela San Juan Bautista De La Salle, in Higuey (Barrio La Florida)

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

  • Instituto Pedagógico La Salle, in Managua
  • Escuela Monseñor Lezcano, in Managua
  • Colegio La Salle, in León
  • Universidad Tecnológica La Salle, in León
  • Instituto Politécnico La Salle, in León
  • Escuela La Salle, in León
  • Colegio La Salle, in Jinotega

Panama

  • Colegio De La Salle, in Panama City
  • Colegio San José De La Salle, in Colón
  • Colegio La Salle (de Margarita), in Colón
  • Colegio San Miguel Febres Cordero, in Los Lagos, Colón

United States

Arizona

California

Colorado

District of Columbia

Florida

Illinois

Louisiana

Maryland

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

Tennessee

Texas

Washington

Wisconsin

Oceania

Australia

Former Lasallian schools in Australia

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

  • De La Salle High School, Bomana, near Port Moresby
  • Lasalle Technical College – Hohola (Formerly HYDC), Port Moresby
  • Jubilee Catholic Secondary School, Port Moresby
  • Sacred Heart Teachers College, Bomana
  • Mainohana Catholic High School, Bereina

South America

Argentina

  • La Salle Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires City
  • La Salle Florida, in Buenos Aires Province
  • La Salle San Martín, in Buenos Aires Province
  • San Juan Bautista De La Salle Pilar, in Buenos Aires Province
  • Santo Tomás de Aquino, in González Catán, Buenos Aires Province
  • San Martín de Porres, in José León Suárez, Buenos Aires Province
  • Casa Joven, in González Catán, Buenos Aires Province
  • La Salle Paraná, Provincia de Entre Ríos
  • Escuela Niño Jesús, in San Martín
  • La Salle Pigüé
  • La Salle Argüello, in Córdoba
  • San José, in Villa del Rosario
  • La Salle San Héctor Valdivielso, Malvinas Argentinas, Córdoba
  • La Salle Rosario, Santa Fé
  • La Salle Jobson, in Santa Fé, Santa Fé

Bolivia

  • Colegio La Salle, in La Paz
  • Colegio La Salle, in Santa Cruz
  • Colegio La Salle, in Cochabamba
  • Colegio La Salle, in Tarija
  • Colegio La Salle, in Beni
  • Colegio La Salle, in Pando
  • Colegio La Salle, in Oruro
  • Universidad La Salle, in La Paz

Brazil

  • Colegio La Salle in Canoas (State: Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Colegio La Salle in Carazinho (State: Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Colegio La Salle Carmo in Caxias do Sul (State: Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Colegio La Salle in Caxias do Sul (State: Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Colegio La Salle in Dores (State: Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Colegio La Salle in Esmeralda (State: Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Colegio La Salle in Esteio (State: Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Colegio La Salle in Hipólito Leite (State: Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Colegio La Salle in Medianeira (State: Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Colegio La Salle in Pão dos Pobres (State: Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Colegio La Salle in Santo Antônio (State: Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Colegio La Salle in São João (State: Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Colegio La Salle in Sapucaia (State: Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Unilasalle in Canoas (State: Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Faculdade La Salle in Estrela (State: Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Colegio La Salle in Peperi (State: Santa Catarina)
  • Colegio La Salle in Xanxerê (State: Santa Catarina)
  • Colegio La Salle in Pato Branco (State: Parana)
  • Colegio La Salle in Toledo (State: Parana)
  • Colegio La Salle in Curitiba (State: Parana)
  • Colegio La Salle in Brasília (Distrito Federal)
  • Colegio La Salle in Águas Claras (Distrito Federal)
  • Colegio La Salle in Núcleo Bandeirante (Distrito Federal)
  • Colegio La Salle in Sobradinho (Distrito Federal)
  • Colegio La Salle in Lucas do Rio Verde (State: Mato Grosso)
  • Faculdade La Salle in Lucas do Rio Verde (State: Mato Grosso)
  • Colegio La Salle in Rondonópolis (State: Mato Grosso)
  • Faculdade La Salle in Lucas (State: Mato Grosso)
  • Colegio La Salle in Botucatu (State: São Paulo)
  • Colegio La Salle in São Carlos (State: São Paulo)
  • Colegio La Salle in São Paulo (State: São Paulo)
  • Colegio La Salle in Niterói (State: Rio de Janeiro)
  • Colegio Instituto ABEL in Niterói (State: Rio de Janeiro)
  • Unilasalle in Niterói (State: Rio de Janeiro)
  • Colegio La Salle in Manaus (State: Amazonas)
  • Faculdade La Salle in Manaus (State: Amazonas)
  • Colegio La Salle in Augustinópolis (State: Tocantins)

Chile

  • Colegio La Salle, in Santiago
  • Colegio San Gregorio de La Salle, in Santiago
  • Escuela San Lázaro, in Santiago
  • Instituto La Salle, in Santiago
  • Colegio La Salle, in Talca
  • Colegio La Salle, in Temuco
  • Escuela Francia, in Temuco

Colombia

Ecuador

  • Unidad Educativa La Salle, in Conocoto, Municipality of Quito
  • Unidad Educativa San José – La Salle, in Guayaquil
  • Unidad Educativa San-Jose La Salle, in Latacunga
  • Unidad Educativa Francisco Febres Cordero La Salle, Quito
  • Unidad Educativa Santo Hermano Miguel La Salle, Quito
  • Unidad Educativa San Alfonso del Hierro La Salle, Quito
  • Unidad Educativa El Cebolllar La Salle, Quito
  • Unidad Educativa La Salle, Cuenca
  • Unidad Educativa La Salle, Azogues

Paraguay

  • Escuela Jose Maria Bogarin, Santisima Trinidad, Asunción
  • San Isidro Labrador, Pozo Colorado.
  • Instituto de Formación Docente Diocesano, Capiibary

Perú

  • Colegio La Salle in Lima
  • Colegio "Fe y Alegría" Nº 43 in Lima
  • Colegio Hno. Noe Zevallos Ortega in Lima
  • Colegio De La Salle in Arequipa
  • C.E.E. San Juan Bautista De La Salle in Arequipa
  • C.E.P. San José - La Salle Cusco
  • Instituto Superior Tecnológico Pedagógico. La Salle - Urubamba, Cusco
  • Instituto Superior Pedagógico Público, Loreto, Iquitos
  • Instituto Superior Pedagógico "Fray Lorenzo Pascual Alegre", Requena, Iquitos
  • Instituto Superior Tecnológico "Manos Unidas", Requena, Iquitos
  • Centro Educativo Ocupacional "Manos Unidas", Requena, Iquitos
  • Centro Educativo Primario - Secundario Mixto (Anexo Al I.S.P.), Requena, Iquitos

Venezuela

  • Colegio La Salle La Colina, in Caracas
  • Colegio La Salle Tienda Honda, in Caracas
  • Colegio La Salle Guaparo, in Valencia
  • Colegio La Salle Los Taladros, in Valencia
  • Colegio La Salle, in Barquisimeto
  • Unidad Educativa Colegio Pre-artesanal Hermano Juan, in Barquisimeto
  • Colegio La Salle, in Mérida
  • E.T.I. Fundación La Salle, in San Félix
  • IUTMAR, in Punta de Piedras
  • Colegio San Jose La Salle, in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo
  • U.E. Felicita Baloche, in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo

Sexual abuse cases

There have been a number of cases of institutional sexual and physical abuse of children, many over a period of several decades, in Lasallian educational institutions in several countries. Some branches of the De La Salle Brothers admitted to these cases, and issued apologies publicly and to victims. The Northern Ireland Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry in its report on physical and sexual abuse at the De La Salle Boys' Home at Rubane House considered "the extent and frequency of the abuse was such that it was systemic" and that "the [La Salle] Order's failings to properly investigate allegations of sexual abuse and to properly report them to relevant authorities and its failure to take proper steps to protect children from further sexual abuse" amounted to "a systemic failure to take appropriate steps to ensure the investigation and prosecution of criminal offences involving abuse".[14]

On 11 March 2022 ministers from the five main political parties in Northern Ireland and six abusing institutions made statements of apology in the Northern Ireland Assembly.[39]

The six institutions that apologised for carrying out abuse were De La Salle Brothers, represented by Br Francis Manning; the Sisters of Nazareth, represented bySr Cornelia Walsh; the Sisters of St Louis represented by Sr Uainin Clarke; theGood Shepherd Sisters, represented by Sr Cait O'Leary; Barnardo's in Northern Ireland, represented by Michele Janes; and Irish Church Missions, represented by Rev Mark Jones.[39] In live reporting after the apology, BBC News reported that Jon McCourt from Survivors North West said "If what happened today was the best that the church could offer by way of an apology they failed miserably. There was no emotion, there was no ownership. ... I don't believe that the church and institutions atoned today." He called on the intuitions to "do the right thing" and contribute to the redress fund for survivors, saying that institutions have done similar for people in Scotland.[40]:15:11 McCourt praised the government ministers' apologies; they had "sat and thought out and listened to what it was we said.", but said that the institutions had failed to do this, leading to some victims having to leave the room while they were speaking, "compound[ing] the hurt."[40]:15:22 Others angry at the institutions' apologies included Caroline Farry, who attended St Joseph's Training School in Middletown from 1978 to 1981, overseen by nuns from the Sisters of St Louis,[40]:15:04 Pádraigín Drinan from Survivors of Abuse,[40]:14:55 and Alice Harper, whose brother, a victim of the De La Salle Brothers, had since died.[40]:14:55 Peter Murdock, from campaign group Savia, was at Nazareth Lodge Orphanage with his brother (who had recently died); he likened the institution to an "SS camp". He said "It's shocking to hear a nun from the institution apologising ... it comes 30 years too late ... people need to realise that it has to come from the heart. They say it came from the heart but why did they not apologise 30 years ago?"[40]:14:34

Notes

  1. This is followed by a period of silence, then sometimes: I will continue, O my God, to do all my actions for love of you.[11]

References

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