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9 unusual facts about Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools


Anastasio Somoza Debayle

At the age of seven, he was enrolled at the Instituto Pedagógico La Salle, run by the Christian Brothers.

Damian Lundy

Damian Lundy (1944-1997) was a religious brother of the De La Salle Order.

Elysian Park, Los Angeles

The Christian Brothers have operated the school since its opening.

Émile Schuffenecker

In the years to follow Emile was raised by his mother's sister, Anne Fauconnet Monnet, and her husband Pierre Cornu in Paris, educated by the Frères des Ecoles chrétiennes, and started work in his uncle's business, a chocolate and coffee-roasting facility in the Les Halles quarter.

George Eamon Park

George attended high school in Toronto and graduated from De La Salle Academy.

La Salle Primary School

The expansion also gave room for the quarters for the La Salle Brothers.

It was established by the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a Roman Catholic religious teaching order founded by St. John Baptist de La Salle.

St. Joseph's College, Bandarawela

In 1909, St. Joseph's School was established by the De La Salle Brothers.

Tim Dlugos

In 1968, Dlugos joined the Christian Brothers, a Catholic religious order and entered their college, La Salle College, in Philadelphia.


Albert Sylla

As a child he was educated in nous Catholic missions, attending the Brothers of Saint Gabriel in Nosy Be, and later the College of the Saint Joseph Christian Brothers in Tamatave.

Church of the Holy Family, Singapore

The De La Salle Brothers also bought a plot of land in the area, and is now occupied by St. Patrick's School.

Innocencio of Mary Immaculate

On Friday October 5, 1934, a group of strikers forced their way into the Lasallian school in Turón, where Father Innocencio was exercising his priestly ministry.

St. Joseph School – La Salle

Joseph School-La Salle (SJS-LS) is a Lasallian school located in Bacolod City in the Philippines.


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