Partners
Partners
Partners are people who are dedicated to serving alongside the De La Salle Brothers (Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools) in the Lasallian mission.
These men and women serve in a variety of capacities in Lasallian ministries and initiatives intended to advance the mission and charism locally and worldwide. In recent decades and with an eye toward the future and sustainability of the mission and charism, the Brothers have invited Partners to share responsibility for the mission and charism.
Throughout 80 countries, 90,000 Partners serve together and by association with 4,000 Brothers to provide a human and Christian education to the young, especially the poor.
Participants involved in the Lasallian Educational Mission
Brothers of the Christian Schools
Inspired and attracted by the initial charism of the first Brothers, thousands of young people and adults throughout history, in many countries and cultures, have continued the mission of a human and Christian education.
Lasallian Partners: New Agents in the Mission
The presence of the Lasallian Partner (male and female) has been on the increase since the second half of the last century and it currently represents more than 95% of those engaged as agents in mission.
Women in the Lasallian Educational Mission
The women of the Lasallian Family have become a fundamental part of the mission throughout the world. Today, their function is essential in all areas: teaching, administration and research. In addition, they constitute more than half of Lasallian partners worldwide.
Other faith backgrounds
Being Lasallian is, above all, a way of living, of being the bearer of values of one’s religion, which are enriched when they are shared. Therefore, being Lasallian does depend on belonging to a particular culture or a religious creed. This conviction has made possible the existence and relevance of Lasallians who profess religions other than Catholicism or even those partners who do not subscribe to any religious faith or define themselves as indifferent.
Benefactors
Since the start of the 18th Century and up until today, the story of every region of the Institute has been marked by the support of countless benefactors, who have made it possible to establish and develop Lasallian works.
Young people and Lasallian Volunteers
It is well known that young people have a great capacity for making contact with those people in our society who are the most vulnerable, while every year youth and adult volunteers carry out service projects on the five continents.
Lasallian former students
At the end of their schooling, many young people show their interest in belonging to a network that continues to accompany them for the remainder of their lives.
Lasallian ecclesial groups
Throughout the 20th Century, the Lasallian charism has attracted groups of followers who wanted to created educational institutions with their own legal personality, to respond to local and/or national needs.
For a more detailed explanation see The Declaration on the Lasallian Educational Mission
Read the Declaration on the Lasallian Educational Mission (Rome, 2020), to learn more about Challenges, Convictions and Hopes of Lasallian Educational Mission in the 21st Century.