These are printed resources that are usually made available in a PDF format and/or a link to a printed version that may be purchased.
Touching the Hearts of Students: Characteristics of Lasallian Schools
A compact biography of John Baptist de La Salle is combined with an overview of the characteristics of his educational spirituality in modern contexts.
Saint John Baptist de La Salle: His Life and Spirituality
Pamphlet introducing St. John Baptist de La Salle and his educational legacy.
SFNO District Facts
Overview of the SFNO schools, personnel, demographics, religious backgrounds, etc. of the students and the administrative structure.
Praying with John Baptist de La Salle
A Lasallian prayer resource with specifically themed meditations for use with groups or private prayer and reflection.
AXIS Website
An online journal of Lasallian Higher Education sharing original scholarly and creative works about Lasallian Catholic Higher Education. AXIS is a free, open-access, electronic, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary periodical published twice per year. Lasallian bibliography links are in the description below.
A listing of all the volumes and the articles they contain may be found HERE.
Digital Journal of Lasallian Research
An online journal sponsored by the center of the Institute in Rome and focusing on a variety of Lasallian topics. All papers are in PDF format.
Praying Each Day – Nicholas Hutchason, FSC
A website with the prayer resources developed by Br. Nicholas Hutchason, FSC, including links to the books available from his publisher.
The Formation of New Teachers
This booklet addresses the duties, qualities, and responsibilities of those involved in Lasallian formation. The insights and suggestions that it provides enable teachers to grow as ministers of grace within the Lasallian heritage.
Lasallian Reflection 1 – A Gospel Adventure
This is the first of a planned series of reflections for the entire worldwide Lasallian family, provided by the Superior General and his Council in Rome, and recommended as a Lasallian theme for the year in which it was provided.
Lasallian Liturgies
This Lasallian prayer book includes morning prayers, evening prayers, and Mass prayers for all the current (2016) Lasallian feast days, Saints, and Blesseds, along with brief biographies and artwork.
International Lasallian Liturgy Resources
A resource for facilitating prayer services in international Lasallian settings. Contains selected music, psalms, scripture texts, and portions of De La Salle’s meditations in English, French, and Spanish.
The Conduct of Christian Schools
This book has served for three centuries as the basis for administering the Brothers’ schools, and it is universally held to be a milestone in the field of primary education. The organizational structure will be appealing to most Lasallian administrators, and modern equivalents might readily be imagined.
I, John Baptist de La Salle
A short, easy-to-read biography of John Baptist de La Salle, appropriate for new students, faculty, and others.
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A slightly longer recent biography is “The Teacher’s Saint”
Br. Benilde Romancon
A short biography about the French saint, Br. Benilde Romançon, FSC.
Brother Benilde was an effective teacher and administrator, a strict but fair disciplinarian, with a religious sense that was evident to everyone. This book provides a more complete story of his life and legacy.
The book is available on www.amazon.com, and it may be downloaded as a PDF.
Br. Arnold Reche
A short biography about the Blessed Br. Arnold Reche, FSC, of France.
The Martyrs of Turon and Tarragona
This book is about the Brothers who were martyred during the Spanish Revolution (1934-1939).
The book is available on www.amazon.com, and it may be downloaded as a PDF.
Brother Solomon: Martyr of the French Revolution
This book is about the Brother Solomon Leclercq, Secretary of the Institute during the French Revolution.
The book is available on www.amazon.com, and it may be downloaded as a PDF.
So Favored by Grace
A set of seven essays that provide a deeper historical, cultural, and educational context for understanding De La Salle’s story and the educational movement that he initiated.
An Institute in Transition
This is the story of three General Chapters of the Brothers of the Christian Schools by someone who attended and participated in all of them (1966, 1976, 1986) and whose observations provide both the factual, contextual, and personal outlines of the experience.
Encounters at Parmenie
This small book provides an introduction and overview of the retreat center of Parmenie, near Grenoble, where St. John Baptist de La Salle made several key decisions about his life journey and his vocation as the Founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.