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 - Class of 1980

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Brother Christopher Brother John Dondero Businsky 14

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And it all started 300 years ago Religious Orders are not founded in a vacuum, nor do they exist in one. They are all created with a specific purpose in mind, and over the cen- turies they develop a unique character and spirituality. So, as we celebrate the tercentenary of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, it is fitting to con- sider some of the history and chari- sma of this Congregation which has come to mean so much to the Church- at-large and to our community in Philadelphia. Much of the raison d ' etre of the in- stitute was determined by its founder, St. John Baptist de la Salle. Born on the 30th of April 1651 in Rheims, France, LaSalle was part of an aristo- cratic family whose members had dis- tinguished themselves in the French judicial system. The young nobleman was sent to school for the priesthood at the Seminary of Saint Sulpice in Paris where he earned a Doctorate in Theology. Eventually he retired to the city of Rheims where he obtained a canonry at the Cathedral. Most of the patrician clergy in 17th century France would have been satisfied with such a position, but LaSalle was cast from a different mold than most of his peers. In March, 1679, he made the ac- quaintance of a man who was to give the impetus to LaSalle ' s whole mis- sion, Adrian Nyel. Nyel was one of those men we meet occasionally in history — an energetic person of tre- mendous vision who lacked the deter- mination to realize his dreams. Nyel was a founder of schools for the poor whose basic premises impressed La Salle who matched Nyel in breadth of vision but who supplied the sedulous- ness and assiduity which his partner lacked. While Nyel ' s energy drifted in other directions, LaSalle soon found that he had discovered his life ' s work in the direction of the school masters. In 1684, LaSalle felt the compelling quality so keenly that he renounced his patrimony, distributed his wealth 15

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