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Centro
La Salle
(Centro de Formación Integral La
Salle)
Callejón Quintana Roo #1733
Zona Centro
Tijuana, Baja California,
México 22000
Telephone: (011-52-664) 684-0289
Fax: (011-52-664) 684-3567
Email: lasalletijuana@hotmail.com
Director: Brother Domingo DeAlba,
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Founded: 1978
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The
Centro is a joint work of the District
of North Mexico and the District
of San
Francisco. In a small collection
of simple cinder block buildings
on both sides of a street barely
wider than an alley, De La Salle
Christian Brothers and Lasallian
Volunteers collaborate with more
than 100 Partners from the Tijuana
community to offer a broad range
of free educational programs in
response to spiritual, personal,
and cultural needs. One of their
goals is to help people become agents
of change in their families, colonias
(neighborhoods), and local Catholic
parishes. Programs range from instruction
for those who will become catechists
and lay ministers in local parish
churches, to basic literacy, English,
college prep science and math, cooking,
hair styling, decorative arts, and
computers. There are also classes,
like Psicología de Adolescentes
(Adolescent Psychology) and Armonía
en la Pareja (Harmony in Marriage),
whose goals are to strengthen family
relationships. There are even courses
in Reflexology.
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Centro
La Salle began in 1978 as an outreach
program to poor communities living
in Tijuana. Brothers ministered
to the educational and community
building needs of various colonias.
Eventually, a permanent center was
found and the work expanded.
Today,
the Centro takes on many levels
of life and vitality. An active
Lasallian Youth program (open to
the "youthful" of all ages) helps
host the Venaver student immersion
groups from the District secondary
schools that use the Centro as a
home while they learn about the
situation of the border and
work
with and for people at the edges
of poverty. In 2002, the Lasallian
Youth group sponsored a day of activities
for the West Coast Lasallian Youth
Assembly for over 100 students from
the same District secondary schools
that participate in Venaver.
For a further glimpse into life
at Centro La Salle, read the Signs
of Faith articles,
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