Brother Paul Grass, the US/Toronto Region's executive director of Lasallian
Publications, whose office is at Saint Mary's Press in Winona, Minnesota, has prepared a style sheet to assist in editing articles dealing with De La
Salle or the Brothers.
Entries from Brother Paul's style sheet that might be frequently used in general publications appear below. (Style Sheet, December 1999, Lasallian Exchange, District of New York)
Note regarding Brothers' names: it has been the custom of the De La Salle Christian Brothers to use their first name with the title "Brother". In an initial reference and in formal use, a Brother's entire name would be used, such as "Brother Thomas Smith". Subsequent references, or informal or conversational references would use "Brother Thomas". The Christian Brothers use their baptismal or religious name, not their surname in general use, e.g. "Brother Smith" would not be used.
COMMON LASALLIAN TERMS, THEIR USAGE, SPELLING, AND CAPITALIZATION
- canon of Reims
- Brother (referring to a member of a religious community)
- Brother Superior (referring to the official title)
- Brothers of the Christian Schools
- Christian education
- Christian Schools
- Church (referring to the Catholic Church)
- Church (use "her" as the possessive, not "its")
- Community (referring to the Institute or to the Society of Brothers)
- community (referring to a local community of Brothers)
- De La Salle Christian Brothers
- De La Salle: De La Salle prayed (uppercase initial letters of name; space between words)
- De La Salle: John Baptist de La Salle (lower case "d" when using full name)
- Director (referring to the Brother Director)
- Founder (referring to De La Salle)
- FSC (no periods, no spaces)
- Gospel
- Institute (of the Brothers)
- kingdom of heaven
- Lasallian (used as an adjective; one word, with only the "L" in uppercase)
- New Testament / Old Testament
- novitiate
- Patron of All Teachers of Youth (De La Salle's title as Patron Saint)
- Reims (use French spelling instead of
"Rheims")
- rosary
- Saint (instead of "St.")
- Saint La Salle (rather than Saint De La Salle)
- Society (of the Christian Schools)
- superior (in general, for both men and women)
- Superior (referring to the elected Brother Superior General)
- will of God
Definitions of many of the terms listed above and more can be found in the
Glossary of Lasallian Terms
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