Brothers in Initial Formation from across North America gathered in Memphis, with the local Brothers communities to celebrate the feast of Saint John Baptist de La Salle, Patron Saint of Teachers and Founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Twice annually, the Brothers in Initial Formation (postulants, novices, and temporary professed) gather together for [...]
Religious Brothers Day, marked May 1st, offers the opportunity to celebrate and give thanks for religious Brothers in our lives. It also offers an opportunity to consider how we all invite, walk with, and encourage young people to discern God's call in their life. A look at recent data will show young people are joining [...]
Brother Alphonse LeBlanc, FSC Under the former Latin rite, the Fifth Sunday of Lent was called Passion Sunday. Purple cloth covered the statues and crucifixes giving the church a rather sinister atmosphere. Dioceses of the United States may still permit the covering of statues and crucifixes. Lent gets very serious at this time. Lenten resolutions [...]
De La Salle Christian Brother Javier Hansen, a religion teacher at Cathedral High School in El Paso, Texas, is pictured an undated photo. He is one of three young adult delegates selected by the U.S. bishops to attend a pre-synod gathering in Rome March 19-25. (CNS photo/courtesy Brother Javier Hansen) By Anna Capizzi • [...]
By Brother James Riordan, FSC The gospel reading for the Fourth Sunday of Lent contains one of the most quoted and powerful verses in all of scripture: For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. This [...]
By Brother Mel Anderson, FSC The first reading from the Book of Exodus is weighty stuff. It reminds us of the Ten Commandments written on stones, given to Moses and delivered to the Jewish people. But if one scrutinizes the ten commandments one begins to realize they have been with us from birth. They are [...]
By Brother Michael Livaudais, FSC This Sunday’s liturgy contains one of my favorite (and dramatic) Genesis stories: Abraham’s test of faith (Genesis 22:1-18.) In learning about the text, I read that this specific reading has been food for thought, not only in the Christian tradition, but in all of world literature. Mary McGlone writes that [...]
by Brother Stanislaus Campbell, FSC The Gospel passage for the First Sunday of Lent depicts Jesus in the wilderness, tempted by Satan. This year we hear St. Mark’s very brief version of this event (Mark 1:12-13). If we look at St. Matthew’s and St. Luke’s versions (Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13), we get a fuller description [...]
We're looking forward to the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress in Anaheim this March 16-18, 2018. Will you be attending? Let us know [email protected] Be sure to stop by our booth in the exhibit hall #707/709 (near Saint Mary's Press). Learn more about the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. See you in Anaheim!
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has announced that Brother Javier Hansen, FSC, of the District of San Francisco New Orleans (SFNO) of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers) has been named as a youth delegate to the 2018 Pre-Synod Gathering. Brother Javier will be [...]