COORDINATORS

Coordinators are those Lasallians who have some responsibility for facilitating, animating or guiding a community's Lasallian identity and mission education. There may also be individuals who have taken on an unofficial role in that capacity. Or perhaps you are someone who simply wants to learn more about Lasallian history, pedagogy, and spirituality. Consider this page as a start in that direction.

The resources on this page are ones that either educate you a bit more deeply about the Lasallian mission, provide links to those things that you may want to use with others, or simply introduce the wider scope of the Lasallian world. This website cannot and does not provide every single resource out there. But we would sure like to know about them. So please email me with suggested resources to include on this page or elsewhere.

You should have already taken a look at several of the other "audience" pages - NEWCOMERS and EDUCATORS - since most of the items on those pages will not be repeated here, but they are part of the "foundation" for this page.

GRATITUDE

While there are no Lasallian references, this video is a wonderful, prayerful resource for all sorts of settings.

DLS MOVIE

This 1960's movie about DLS is only one ever done. Freshmen seem to really like it. Maybe others too.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Here is a short, contemporary video about De La Salle and locations around France.

FOOTSTEPS PILGRIMAGE

www.dlsfootsteps.org remains a great resource to share. And this PDF booklet accompanies the journey.

LITURGICAL TEXTS

The Institute has provided the official Mass and Liturgical Prayer texts in PDF formats. Some editing necessary.

LASALLIAN ARTWORK

There are several items on this website with Lasallian artwork. Here is a collection of some of them.

DLS COMIC

Did you know that there was a comic book about DLS? Who doesn't like comic books?

I, JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE

Still a classic after many years. Good for high school kids especially.

PRAYING WITH DLS

A short introduction and some fine prayer meditations for use with Lasallian groups.

Lasallian Life – The Brothers

A short video about the De La Salle Christian Brothers, as told by themselves and those who work with them.

(The “Show the VIDEO” tab below lets you run the video from here.)

Link to Video

Saint John Baptist de La Salle: Founder, Educator, Saint

Excellent accessible resource for suggested further reading, covering De La Salle’s life, charism, pedagogical approach, and spirituality. Published by the Office of Education of the San Francisco New Orleans District, it is available upon request from Katie Batt.

Request the Booklet

www.dlsfootsteps.org

A virtual pilgrimage of De La Salle’s personal vocation story that includes videos, text, photos, panoramic immersion, Google street maps, and more. In 2018, the site was completely redesigned and made responsive to small or large screens. New HD versions of the videos were also added. An accompanying, dynamically linked PDF booklet takes individuals and groups through the journey via narrative, video links, and formative questions.

Go to the Website

Guide Book – www.dlsfootsteps.org

This is a redesigned 2018 PDF booklet that accompanies the www.footsteps.org website. It starts with a complete short biography of St. John Baptist de La Salle, and includes text, photographs, live links to videos and relevant website pages from specific locations in France associated with his life. Reflection questions for personal and group processing are also included. The booklet may be printed out or used on a computer or tablet, so that the links to videos and web pages might be engaged along with the text.

GET THE PDF

Photomosaic of St. John Baptist de La Salle

This is an image of St. John Baptist de La Salle that was created from a large collection of photographs from around the Lasallian world. The further back you step from it, the more the image emerges. It illustrates the fact that the face of De La Salle today is present and lived through all those who are part of his educational heritage.

DOWNLOAD the Image

Brothers of the San Francisco New Orleans District – VIDEOS

These brief 3-4 minute videos by Joseph Alexander-Short are wonderful, poignant, and inspiring insights into the lives of some of the Brothers of the San Francisco New Orleans District of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. They are part of an effort both to share the rich vocational heritage of the province and to make the vocation of the Brother more generally known and appreciated.

Below are the updated set of individual videos.

New videos will be posted on this page as they are released.

VIDEOS

ONLINE

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FURTHER RESOURCES FOR COORDINATORS