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An in-depth look into the life and legacy of St. John Baptist de La Salle, the founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. It explores his early life, calling, and the challenges he faced in establishing a new educational approach focused on compassion, care, and the spiritual development of students. The document also examines the core values, vision, and mission of De La Salle Araneta University, which is inspired by the teachings and principles of St. La Salle, highlighting the university's commitment to experiential learning, food security, animal welfare, and entrepreneurship.
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➢ De La Salle Araneta University is a leading industry-aligned and globally-linked Catholic educational institution committed to experiential teaching and learning for the creation of new knowledge in food security, animal welfare, and entrepreneurship towards societal transformation. CORE VALUES: ➢ In FAITH, DLSAU is committed to building a community that sees the goodness and likeness of God in each member, thus being moved to contributing to each other’s growth and development in the service of society. As a SERVICE-driven institution, DLSAU is passionately committed to excellence in teaching and learning towards the building of an academic community characterized by efficiency, effectiveness, and integrity. Together and by ASSOCIATION , DLSAU is committed to become a catalyst for societal transformation through poverty alleviation. FOUNDER: ST. JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE ➢ Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (FSC), Patron of Christian Teachers. ➢ Born at Reims, France: April 30, 1651 ➢ Ordained as Priest: April 9, 1678 ➢ Died: April 7, 1719 ➢ Beatified: February 19, 1888 ➢ Canonized: May 24, 1900 ➢ Proclaimed Patron Saint of Teachers: May 15, 1950 ➢ Eldest among 11 children ➢ Canon at Cathedral of Reims at 15 - year-old ➢ In 1670, he entered seminary of St. Sulpice Seminary, in Paris ➢ 20 - 21 years old , his mother died and later his father ➢ (March 1679) He met Adrian Nyel – the turning of St. La Salle’s life ➢ 27 years old ordained as Priest ➢ June 24, 1682 - St. La Salle with teachers had house ➢ Brothers of the Christian Schools (FSC) ➢ 31 years old , call each other “brother” ➢ 32 years old – resigned as canon and gave his fortune to the poor and suffering ➢ 40 years old – vow to the mission
➢ Not priests but dedicated laymen ➢ With lives totally vowed to God ➢ Carrying out God’s work through education in solidarity with one another in community required.
1. Routine cruelty towards children ➢ A pedagogy of “touching hearts” through love, kindness and care 2. Abandonment of children by working parents ➢ Teachers acting in loco parent is from morning till evening 3. Corruption through bad companions and peer pressure ➢ Modeling, character formation 4. Alienation from the Church and ignorance of the faith ➢ Religious instruction and initiation in the Christian life. 5. Inaccessibility of quality education to the lower classes ➢ Quality schools accessible to the poor 6. Lack of trained teachers with altruistic motives ➢ Teacher training and spiritual formation 7. Irrelevant education in poorly run schools
➢ Offered terminal primary education in 2-3 years ➢ Classes of 80- 100 ➢ Catechesis was the chief priority ➢ Poorly trained teachers with poor instructional methods ➢ Latin as medium of instruction following the classical tradition ➢ Regular use of humiliation and beatings in place of classroom management
➢ It is only too common for the children of the working class and the poor to allow their children to live on their own, roaming all over as if they had no home. The parents have no concern to send their children to school because they are too poor to pay teachers
HUMAN DISTRESS - Poverty, ignorance, parental neglect, lack of employable skills, criminality, violence, social marginalization, no access to relevant quality education SPIRITUAL - Religious ignorance, alienation from God and the Church, vice and immorality, “spiritual death”