Lasallian Education Services (LES) provides professional development and formation courses for staff and volunteers within our network to deepen their understanding of our values, tradition and charism, as well as enhance their professional skills.
For details of 2008 courses and dates click
here.
LES also produces a range of print and multi-media materials for staff induction and formation, school teaching resources and Lasallian spiritual reflections. For a full listing of available materials, and links to other Lasallian resources worldwide, click here.
Lasallian Education Services
1318 High St
Malvern. VIC. 3144.
PH: + 61 (03) 9824 8502
FX: + 61 (03) 9824 5229
trish@delasalle.org.au
Share the Mission
Today’s Lasallian Family comprises all people that find their inspiration in the spirituality of John Baptist De La Salle, especially in his response to the needs of young people who are "the last, the lost and the least".
The terms "lay partner" and "associate" have been chosen to indicate the close mutual relationship that is desired between Brothers and all colleagues, whatever their role, working together in a shared mission.
It was at the 1994 Assembly of Brothers and Partners meeting in Melbourne that the District of Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea enthusiastically endorsed the concepts of Lasallian Partnership and Shared Mission. Three of the recommendations endorsed at the Assembly were:
That a formal structure of De La Salle Brothers and Lasallian Partners be established to take an active role in the collaborative leadership of the shared mission;
That the Assembly recognises the need for continuing education and formation in shared mission for Brothers and Lasallian partners and that sufficient resources continue to be made available for this purpose;
That Shared Mission be accepted as a reality and priority for the District for the next seven years.
The Lasallian Mission of Human & Christian Education
In mid 1989, the Trustees of the Brothers purchased a motel at Narooma on the south coast of New South Wales to provide residential accommodation, initially for spiritual renewal sessions for the Brothers, but also as a centre where Partners from Lasallian Communities could gather for continuing formation. More than six hundred staff and as many student leaders have attended live-in seminars at the Lasallian Centre at Narooma since that time. It is of interest to note that over the years Narooma has attracted teachers from Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa in addition to the regular participants from Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
Many men and women, both Brothers and lay people, embrace the story of John Baptist de La Salle. They experience a call to commit themselves to this work for the human and Christian education of young people, especially the poor. They are empowered by their association with others in this Shared Mission. Some share the Catholic heritage. Others do not. All, however, believe in and live by the the values and vision at the heart of Lasallian education. As members of the Lasallian family, each brings the variety and richness of his or her gifts to the work of touching the hearts of young people.
The Lasallian Education Services was established in January 1996 under the name "Lasallian Secretariat" to enhance the future of Lasallian organizations through developing and disseminating resources for staff and student formation, and by extending communication within the District and the International Lasallian Community.
Thus today...
We, the present generation of the international Lasallian Family, should allow ourselves to be challenged by present educational needs just as our predecessors allowed themselves to be by the particular needs of the young people of their day, and to seek to respond as they did, by drawing strength from the enduring principles which brought the Brothers, the Institute and the Lasallian Mission of Christian education, this shared mission, into existence.
[Brother Gerard Rummery: An Educational Worldview from the Perspective of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. August 1996
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