Posted by Br Waseem Sulakhan
on 23 October 2020
 "Lasallians in New Zealand unite in solidarity")
Lay Lasallians and Brothers in New Zealand united in solidarity for the New Zealand Sector Annual Retreat.
Due to COVID-19, the Retreat was held at the Brothers' Community in Mangere East.
The Retreat's program involved opportunities for sharing amongst participants which were deemed valuable experiences.
For the first time, some sessions were held via zoom with representatives joining from Australia, Pakistan and Papua New Guinea.
All participants found the Retreat worthwhi...
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on 22 October 2020
 "FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP: ENGAGING PROFESSIONALLY WITH LASALLIAN COLLEAGUES")
Lasallian Mission Services will offer a free one-hour online workshop on 11 November (4.00-5.00 pm AEST) with the theme, Engaging Professionally with Lasallian Colleagues.
Aim: To explore and act on the benefits for students, clients and educators of a Lasallian Professional Learning Community, both in the workplace and throughout the District and beyond.
The workshop, Engaging Professionally with Lasallian Colleagues, will be open to all Lasallia...
Posted by Br Gary Wison
on 22 October 2020
 "The Young Lasallians Team Continues to pass on the flame")
Cathy Freeman did it in 2000, at the Olympics, making it our Olympics celebrating Aussie identity. How to do that as Church, as young people today? The Young Lasallians pursues it with gusto, through connecting, inspiring and commitment in the network of 25+ Lasallian schools. In 2014 there were nine Youth Ministers in Lasallian schools; now the team is 28. With COVID-19, innovation is demanded, and the Team hosted an online reunion of Youth Ministers in September 2020.
Eighty previous mi...
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on 21 October 2020
Posted by Amanda Proulx
on 20 October 2020
 "Association in the ANZPPNG District")
The experience of Association in the District of Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, and Papua New Guinea (ANZPPNG) is unique and reflects the diverse realities of our District. From secondary schools in Australia and New Zealand, scattered across rural and urban settings and staffed almost entirely by Lasallian partners for many years; to remarkably remote primary schools and urban teachers colleges and high schools in Papua New Guinea; to the daily witness of peaceful community at schools f...
Posted by Br Gary Wison
on 19 October 2020
 "BECOMING \"BROTHER\" - HOW TO INNOVATE!")
Face-to-face or virtual? In this year of COVID, the ANZPPNG "Novices" (learning to be De La Salle Brothers), are dealing with it well.
Adan and Nabeel, the Pakistani young men taking up their spiritual year of "Novitiate", can' t travel to the Philippines where the De La Salle Region has its community study centre, so they are living at Gujranwala in the Brothers' community, outside of Lahore, Pakistan.
Joining Brothers Amir, Naqash, Christie and Peter who se...
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on 16 October 2020
 "October Vocations Prayer")
Loving God,
Thank you for the gift of your calling to live out a vocation to serve people. We ask you to strengthen us in the Lasallian mission to inspire and transform lives through education and social support. May your glory shine on all those whom we work with and give us the courage to make a positive difference in our world today.
We make this prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen!
Gospel for Today: Matthew 22:34-40
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced th...
