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.
Lasallian Saints of Yesterday … and Tomorrow
This is an overview of all of the Lasallian Saints, Blesseds, and other who are being considered for canonization – as of 2013.
MEL Publications
This collection of small format monographs published since 2001 by the MEL Secretariat in Rome addresses various topics connected with the Lasallian educational mission by a variety of authors. They are very much worth examining on an individual basis, especially those highlighted in the description below.
The Rules of Christian Decorum and Civility
A book written by John Baptist de La Salle as a reader for inner-city boys, showing the way that they should comport themselves and behave in polite society. This is a classic work on politeness, and fun to read.
Religious Instructions and Exercises of Piety for Christian Schools
This book brings together two smaller works by John Baptist de La Salle: 1) Instructions and Prayer for Holy Mass, Confession, and Communion, with Methodical Instruction by Questions and Answers on How to Confess Well, and 2) Exercises of Piety to Be Performed During the Day in the Christian Schools, which includes a number of hymns.
An Educator and a Saint at Grips with the Society of His Time: John Baptist de La Salle (1651-1718)
A very accessible orientation to the seventeenth-century France in which the Lasallian Educational Movement had its origins.
Cahiers Lasalliens
A scholarly series of books and original texts, begun in 1956 and continuing into today, whereby significant Lasallian works and studies are made available for general distribution within the Lasallian world.
Cahiers Lasalliens 61 – The Conduct of Schools: A Contextual Approach
A scholarly historical context by Br. Leon Lauraire, FSC, of the classic work, “The Conduct of Christian Schools.”
Cahiers Lasalliens 62 – The Conduct of Schools: A Pedagogical Approach
A scholarly pedagogical analysis by Leon Lauraire, FSC, of the classic work, “The Conduct of Christian Schools.”
Cahiers Lasalliens 63 – The Conduct of Schools: A Comparative Approach
A scholarly comparative analysis by Leon Lauraire, FSC, of the classic work, “The Conduct of Christian Schools.”
Cahiers Lasalliens 67 – The Conduct of Schools: Texts, Studies, Documents.
A scholarly diachronic analysis by Leon Lauraire, FSC, of the classic work, “The Conduct of Christian Schools.”
Lasallian Studies
These are historical and thematic studies regarding St. John Baptist de La Salle, his catechesis, pedagogy, and spirituality.
The Bulletin
A series of contemporary Lasallian topics and themes, presented in an attractive, colorful magazine-style format.
Intercom
An international Lasallian magazine that focuses on the worldwide Lasallian family, addressing topics of international significance in the Lasallian world.
2015 RULE of the Brothers
The office 2015 Rule of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (English).
Directories & Guides for Various Roles and Areas
Official directories and guides for various areas of responsibility in the governance of the Institute.
1986 Characteristics of Lasallian Schools
This 1986 document, developed by the Regional Education Committee of the Christian Brothers in the United States, emerged from a multi-year consultation and writing process, producing “a foundational and consensual document for the entire Lasallian system, which has the support of an impressive core of leadership people throughout the Region.”
The Brothers of the Christian Schools in the World Today – A Declaration (1967)
This is “an authoritative statement that would serve as foundation and unifying principle” of the work of the 39th General Chapter of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (1966-67). This 1997 translation of the document corrects some aspects of the original translation, as explained by Br. Luke Salm in the introduction.The document invites Lasallian educators “to resolutely enter upon the path of renewal and adaptation.”
Over the last 50 years, the Declaration has continued to be one of the most pivotal documents in the process of renewal among everyone associated with Lasallian schools, and it retains its relevance, appeal, and vitality to this very day.
ANNOTATED – The Brothers of the Christian Schools in the World Today: A Declaration (1967)
This version of the Declaration, the work of the 39th General Chapter of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (1966-67) is the 1997 translation of the document with annotations in the margins that refer to the Rule of 2015.
Since its publication in 1967, The Brother of the Christian Schools in the World Today: A Declaration has profoundly impacted the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. This impact can be seen in specific sections of the current Rule, approved by the 45th General Chapter in 2014 and by the Vatican in 2015. This annotated version of the Declaration provides documentation of the specific parts of the text which were foundational for parts of the new Rule. On each page of the text that of this version of the Declaration, the citations on the left margin indicate specific Articles in the current 2015 Rule. For further reference, the full text of each part of the Rule that is cited are listed at the end of the document.
This resource was researched and prepared in 2018 by Br. Paul Avvento, FSC.