PRAYING
EACH DAY: Praying Each
Day is a Web site based
in Lancashire, England;
it is an excellent “prayer
and education site
of the De La Salle
Brothers in Great Britain” that
offers a wealth of
resources, such as
Lasallian prayers for
every day of the year,
links to other Christian
Brothers sites, links
to scripture and other
prayers, links to art
and icon sites, and
much besides. In the
six years that the
site has been running,
says its creator, Brother
Nicholas Hutchinson,
FSC, there have been
over 2.5 million visits.
Here are some excerpts
from the entry for
May 15, which is Founder’s
Day:
“John Baptist
de La Salle was declared
the Patron Saint of
teachers on this day
in 1950. Three hundred
years ago, John Baptist
de La Salle encouraged
teachers to look upon
their students as individuals
rather than as a group.
He talked of people
needing to touch hearts.
Touching hearts is
about acknowledging
and relating with people
as individuals – helping
each person feel … significant
and special. A personal
approach or reaction
can make all the difference
to an individual, showing
that someone is ‘bothered
enough’ to care.
Someone today can be
made to feel worthwhile
if I call them by their
name. I can show human
warmth and concern
today if I acknowledge
individuals with eye-contact,
a nod, a smile, or
a word. I can ‘touch
someone’s heart’ if
I set out to remember
what the person says
or does….”
Loving
Lord, inspire me
to
bring out the
best in others
and touch
hearts
by being welcoming and generous
and always positive in attitude,
showing individuals that they matter and are important.
May
those who are part of my life this day
treat
me in the same
way as I treat
them. Amen.
Visit Praying Each
Day at http://www.prayingeachday.org/
EVENTS in THE District of San Francisco
DISTRICT
ASSEMBLY ON MISSION
IS ON THE WEB: The
District is preparing
for its quadrennial
Assembly on Mission,
to be held July 30
to August 4 at Saint
Mary’s College
of California in
Moraga. What’s
the purpose? Who
are the delegates?
What are they doing
to prepare? It’s
all
on the District Web
site, including the
readings on the Lasallian
mission that the delegates
are currently doing.
Go to www.delasalle.org.
and click on the Assembly
on Mission icon -->
CHRISTIAN
BROTHERS’ NEW
ASSIGNMENTS: Here is
a further update on
new assignments for
Brothers in the District,
effective July 1: Brother
James Joost, FSC, will
be the principal of
La Salle High School
in Yakima, Washington.
Brother
Kenneth Cardwell, FSC, will be based
at De La Salle House
in Berkeley while continuing
to work at Saint Mary’s
College in Moraga.
Brother
Roch Dufresne,
who had been at Christian
Brothers High School
in Sacramento, will
be at the Generalate
in Rome. Brother
David Brennan, FSC, and Brother
John Moriarty, FSC,
will both be based
at Mont La Salle in
Napa. Brother
James Riordan, FSC, will
be joining the Sacred
Heart Cathedral Prep
Community in San Francisco,
where he will be the
Director of the Community.
REVIEW
FOR RELIGIOUS: In the important quarterly
journal “Review
for Religious,” Brother
Brendan Kneale, FSC,
has an article examining
the question of “identity.” What
is one’s “identity” as
a consecrated member
of a religious order?
Is there an “identity
crisis” for vowed
religious, and if so
how can it be resolved?
This article is a shorter
version of a piece
that Brother Brendan
published in E-HORIZONS
in the Spring-Summer
2006 issue. To read
the fuller version,
read E-HORIZONS on
our District Web site
at http://www.delasalle.org/ehorizons.shtml.
The “Review for
Religious” can
be seen at http://www.reviewforreligious.org/contents/2006/65-2.html
NEW
COORDINATOR OF LASALLIAN
STUDENT PROGRAMS: Marilyn
Paquette, who
has been working for
the past five years
at Sacred Heart Cathedral
Preparatory, has accepted
the position of Coordinator
of Lasallian Student
Programs for the District
of San Francisco. Beginning
July 1, she will work
within the Office of
Education at the De
La Salle Institute
in Napa to promote
the heritage, mission,
and vocation of the
De La Salle Christian
Brothers and their
Partners through a
variety of programs
geared to students
and young adults. For
more information, see
the web site at www.delasalle.org.
NEW
ATHLETIC DIRECTORS: Three District schools
have named new athletic
directors recently:
Leo
Lopoz at De La
Salle High Concord,
Derek
McIntyre at Justin-Siena
High in Napa, and Mark
Orr at Saint Mary’s
College of California
in Moraga. For articles
on the three new directors,
check the school Web
sites: All the schools
and works of the District
can be found at www.delasalle.org under “Schools
and Works.”
EMPLOYMENT
AREA ON THE WEB: Schools
and other District
works: Be sure to
make use of the District
Web site by having
your open jobs posted
on the “Employment” page
at www.delasalle.org.
For postings, contact
J.A. Gray at jgray@dlsi.org.
NEWS BRIEFS from around the DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCISCO
MORAGA
- The Saint
Mary’s
College of California
commencement featured
a speech by an unusual
graduating senior – an
eighty-three-year-old
retired surgeon,
Dr.
Clifford Straehly.
When the U.S. got
into World War II,
young Straehly was
rushed into Harvard
Medical School where
he embarked upon
a long and distinguished
medical career – but
he never had time
to complete his bachelor’s
degree. For more
on this newly minted
octogenarian Gael,
see the Saint Mary’s
College of California
web site.
Also worthy of note:
Ground has just been
broken for a new academic
hall that will also
house the college’s
school of education.
Construction is scheduled
to be completed by
September of 2007.
For more on these
stories, and for all
the news, see the College
Web site at www.stmarys-ca.edu.
SAN
FRANCISCO - Retiring
after fifty years as
teacher and basketball
coach at Sacred Heart
Cathedral Preparatory
is Jerry Phillips,
who is one of the winningest
coaches in California
history with over five
hundred victories.
For the full story,
visit the Press Room
at www.shcp.edu.
BERKELEY
- Saint Mary’s
College High School
student Joseph Natividad
writes in Contra Costa
Times about his experience
in a Ven a Ver trip
to Tijuana. Read his
essay about his “Tijuana
Journey” at the
school’s web
site http://www.saintmaryschs.org.
MILWAUKIE
- Academic
All-State recognition
was earned by several
athletic teams at
La Salle High this
spring. For details,
visit the school’s
Web site at www.lshigh.org.
CONCORD
- De La
Salle High had
25 students inducted
into the National
Honor Society for
2006-2007. The
names of these
high achievers,
and lots of other
news, are on the
school’s
Web site at www.dlshs.org.
TUCSON
- The prestigious
CATALYST Program
at Cornell University,
which introduces
high school students
to college life by
having them work
on engineering-related
projects on the Cornell
(New York) campus,
has selected 25 students
from across the nation
for this summer’s
class – and
three of them are
from San Miguel High
School. The full
story is on the San
Miguel High Web site
at www.sanmiguelhigh.com.
(If you’d like
to read the story
in Spanish, or French,
or Italian, visit
the international
Christian Brothers
Web site at http://www.lasalle2.org/index.html,
choose the language
you want, and check
the NEWS for the
article and photos.)
SACRAMENTO
- “Did
you know..? is
a super-informative
e-mail sent by
Brother George
Van Grieken, FSC,
about the accomplishments
of Christian Brothers
High School students
and staff this
year. It contains
such remarkable
nuggets as these:
“Did
you
know that Kevin
Van Den Bogert
will be doing a
Physics Research
Fellowship
at Lawrence
Berkeley Laboratories
this summer where
he will conduct
basic research
in particle accelerator
and fusion energy
physics?”
Did
you know that
12 of our seniors
were accepted
to UC Berkeley
and that 7 will
attend there
next fall?
Did
you know that
Anna Hesser received
a full-ride scholarship
to Fordham University
worth
$130,000 for
being a National
Merit
winner?
Did you
know
that
199 students
have just
finished
taking
382 Advanced
Placement
exams?
Too long to reprint
here, this factoidal
festschrift will be
forwarded separately,
for the delectation
of readers, to the
mailing list that receives
LASALLIANS WEST.
NEWS BRIEFS from the U.S./TORONTO REGION
HISTORIC
MEETING OF THREE
U.S. DISTRICTS AT
EASTER: The
Brothers of the Baltimore,
Long Island-New England,
and New York Districts
gathered together
to celebrate the
Easter Triduum and
to discern their
future direction
together. In the
course of their meeting
it became clear that
the new direction
was to be one of
working toward formal
unity, with the goal
stated thus: “Create
one District with
new structures for
the vitality of communities
and ministries of
the three present
Districts and the
Delegation. The structures
would not replicate
what has existed
in the past in terms
of a District.” More
detailed stories
are on the Regional
Web site at www.cbconf.org web site and the
Institute Web site
at www.lasalle.org
SUPERB
WEB SITE ON DE LA
SALLE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS: For anyone
who wonders what the
life and work of a
De La Salle Christian
Brother are all about,
there is a great resource
on the Internet. Check
the “Brothers
Vocation” site
at http://www.brothersvocation.org/home.htm
"For more news
of the U.S./Toronto
Region, go to the Web
site of the Christian
Brothers Conference
at www.cbconf.org"
NEWS BRIEFS from the INTERNATIONAL LASALLIAN MISSION
CHRISTIAN
BROTHERS UNIVERSITY
GETS NEW PRESIDENT:
Brother
Vincent Malham, FSC,
was inaugurated as
president of Christian
Brothers University
in Memphis, Tennessee.
The full story is
on the International
Web site at http://www.lasalle2.org/English/Events/2006/09may06.php
YOUNG
LASALLIANS TO GATHER
IN ROME: The
Second International
Symposium of Young
Lasallians will
open in Rome on
July 25. For details,
see the International
Web site at http://www.lasalle2.org/English/english.php.
Many other resources
in Lasallian literature,
history, and documentation
are always available
online from the Generalate
Web site at www.lasalle.org.
"Teachers
of languages
and cultures: You
have a resource
in Rome -- The
Web site of the
Institute of the
Brothers of the
Christian Schools
is multi-lingual
and multi-cultural, with
publications
and postings in
French, Spanish,
and Italian as
well as English.
It’s
a gateway to
the wider Lasallian
world."
LASALLIANS WEST - MAY
2006
A monthly newsletter
De La Salle Christian Brothers ● District of San Francisco
For information, contact
J. A. Gray
Director of Public Relations and Information Services
De La Salle Institute, Napa, California
707-252-3739
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