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What is Lasallian education?
What is the District of San Francisco?
How do we fulfill our mission to provide
“a human and Christian education for the
young, especially the poor”?
Download a seven-page overview,
suitable for printing.
Or, for a one-page single-fold
brochure, click here. |
Below are more Lasallian fact sheets.
Each PDF file can print as a two-sided flyer. |
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How did this mission begin?
Who was the educational pioneer – and saint –
who began it?
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Who are the De La Salle Christian Brothers?
What are the joys and challenges of life as a Brother?
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How is Lasallian education a spiritual undertaking, a commitment to the poor, and a path to salvation?
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Where are the 100 schools from Arizona to Wisconsin in which Lasallian education takes place? |
How has this mission spread to more than 80 countries and nearly 900,000 students?
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Why have nearly 400 young people become Lasallian Volunteers after college? |
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The District of San Francisco is the western province of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in the United States. The Brothers of the Christian Schools -- also known as the De La Salle Christian
Brothers -- are the Catholic Church's largest congregation of religious Brothers devoted exclusively to education.
The District of San Francisco's
administrative headquarters is called
De La Salle
Institute and is located
at Mont
La Salle in Napa, California.
De La Salle Institute provides a
multitude of support services for
the Brothers and the affiliated
schools and educational works of
the District.
History
and Heritage:
Founded in San Francisco in 1868,
the District primarily supports
its affiliated middle and secondary
schools and educational ministries
in Arizona, California, Oregon,
Washington, and Tijuana, BC, Mexico,
as well as Saint Mary's College
of California in Moraga. The District
also collaborates with the other
Districts of the USA/Toronto Region
and the worldwide Institute.
As a part of the worldwide Institute,
the District shares in a mission
of conducting schools and cooperating
in creating educational communities,
particularly for and with those
caught in situations of poverty
that prevent them from accessing
a quality human and Christian education.
Inspired by the vision and traditions
of Saint
John Baptist de La Salle,
Founder of the Christian Brothers
and the Church's Patron Saint of
All Teachers of Youth, our schools
and educational works are based
on core principles which characterize
them as Catholic and uniquely Lasallian.
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