Who?

We are followers of Christ

who seek to be elder brothers

to young people of all faiths

and especially to the need

because we see Jesus

as the WAY

the TRUTH

and the LIFE

calling us to a life

of meaning

and responsibility

and compassion

in a world

troubled by division

a sense of futility

and a loss of human dignity

How?

We do this

by a conscious process

of personal

consecration to God

by being brothers to each other

in mutual affection and support

by a total giving of self

to this community

in remaining single

sharing what we have in common

in a simple life style

and by seeking God's will

through shared discernment

It all began in 1680 in France with John Baptist de La Salle
a man in a hurry
fresh from university
gifted with youth, wealth and noble birth

Touched by the crowds of children roaming the streets
without education
he surrendered all
in order to devote his talents to the education of youth
especially the poor
He was prepared to go where others could not
or would not, go.

He created many educational works,
opened educational centres in poor areas,
organised cathechetical programmes and composed texts,
set up technical schools
opened hostels,
provided remedial education for troubled students,
produced texts on politeness and civility for students
and manuals for teacher trainees

Today
we serve in all continents
In Asia we run a variety of educational works
extending from projects for street children
to running universities in countries
ranging from Japan to Papua New Guinea,
from the Philippines to Paskistan

As Brothers we are committed to education
in particular to those in greatest need

The needs have never been so many
The demand for Brothers never so great