what does it mean to be lasallian? - la salle university
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La Salle UniversityLa Salle University Digital Commons
Explorer Café Explorer Connection
Spring 3-12-2014
What does it mean to be Lasallian?Kathleen CzekanskiLa Salle University, [email protected]
Susan DixonLa Salle University, [email protected]
Joel GarverLa Salle University, [email protected]
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Recommended CitationCzekanski, Kathleen; Dixon, Susan; and Garver, Joel, "What does it mean to be Lasallian?" (2014). Explorer Café. 16.http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/explorercafe/16
Let us remember…
…we are in the holy presence
of God.
Why us?
International Association of Lasallian Universities
International Association of Lasallian Universities
= IALU
IALU Assist universities in ongoing
formation and enrichment
Tailored for university faculty
Informed, committed lay faculty essential for Lasallian mission
Leadership Program
IALU Learn about
Lasallian education
Witness its international scope
Leadership Program
IALU Consider how better to animate
universities with Lasallian spirit
Return as resources, mentors, animators of Lasallian mission
Leadership Program
“Lasallian is a term to describe a person who is personally fulfilling the mission set forth by Saint John Baptist de La Salle.”
- from http://lasallian.info
Finding ourselves in the Lasallian story
Living out of Lasallian principles
Finding ourselves in the Lasallian story
Who was St. La Salle and what did he do?
Finding ourselves in the Lasallian story
When & why was our University founded?
Living out of Lasallian principles
What principles animate our Lasallian mission?
Living out of Lasallian principles
What principles animate our Lasallian mission?
Living out of Lasallian
principles
What is “faith in the presence of God”?
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
What difference would it make if I really believed…
…God is living and present in my fellow students?
…in my community?
…in my world?
…in me?
How would such faith fuel zeal?
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
Living out of Lasallian
principles
What is “quality education” in the Lasallian tradition?
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
How might our Lasallian story shape our pedagogy?
How does the Lasallian experience of serving the poor shape how we teach and learn?
How is education primarily about relationships?
How does faith inform our critical engagement with the world?
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
Living out of Lasallian
principles
What does it mean to live in community?
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
St La Salle believed effective teaching and learning happen in community.
Education begins with respect for each individual student.
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
Authentic community = “…where persons meet persons,
where mind speaks to mind and heart to heart, where the learning experience is shared with
persons who can call each other friends.” – Br Luke Salm, FSC, Lasallian historian
How do you contribute to community?
How does Lasallian commmunity show God’s presence among us?
How does being in community help us develop tolerance,
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
empathy, respect for others, and working together for a larger purpose?
Living out of Lasallian
principles
How do we serve the poor?
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
Christian Brothers vow to serve the poor through education.
La Salle University continues this tradition by – Serving students of modest means Being sensitive to economic need Raising awareness of poverty Advocating for justice for the
marginalized in our city & world
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
What does “service to the poor” mean to you as part of the La Salle community?
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
Living out of Lasallian
principles
How are we part of a diverse global Lasallian association?
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
How many… Countries?
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
Schools?
How many… 80 countries
Brothers?
Lay partners?
Students?
1050 schools 5000 Brothers
100,000 lay partners
1,000,000 students – http://www.lasalle.org/en/where-we-are/
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
Lasallian institutions of higher education
http://www.lasalle-ialu.org/map.php -- interactive map
Aviation program – Chicago area
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
How are we each
distinctive?
Cyber security & digital forensics – in Memphis, TN
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
How are we each
distinctive?
Music industry major – in Winona, MN
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
How are we each
distinctive?
The Elfenworks Center for the Study of Fiduciary Capitalism –near Oakland, CA
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
How are we each
distinctive?
De la Salle - Philippines
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
How are we each
distinctive?
Resource sharing, green campuses
E-waste Awareness Day at DLSU-D
15 Mexico campuses
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
How are we each
distinctive?
Medical school
School of Architecture & Design
Bethlehem University – situated in Palestine
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
How are we each
distinctive?
How is La Salle University, here in Philly, part of a larger network?
How, practically, can we strengthen our connections?
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
5. To utilize the Services of Lasallian Universities… 7. To produce relevant publications on Lasallian themes such as service to the poor, the rights of the child, and education for justice and current educational trends.
What does it mean to be Lasallian?
5. To utilize the Services of Lasallian Universities… 7. To produce relevant publications on Lasallian themes such as service to the poor, the rights of the child, and education for justice and current educational trends.
Consider the disciplines in which you are engaged…
How might you produce research on Lasallian themes?
St. John Baptist de la Salle…
…pray for us.
Live Jesus in our hearts…
…forever!