This version of the Declaration – Rule References, the work of the 39th General Chapter of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (1966-67) is the 1997 translation of the document with references in the margins to the Rule of 2015. There is also a Supplementary Guide with annotations to the Rule.
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.
These two resources were researched and prepared in 2018 by Br. Paul Avvento, FSC.
There is also an AXIS article by Br. Michel Sauvage about whether this 1967 Declaration should be updated. (LINK)
