St. John's College De La Salle
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St. John's College De La Salle is an all-male secondary school in Ballyfermot
, South Dublin in Ireland. The school is run by the De La Salle Christian Brothers
. St. John's College is fully funded by the Department of Education and Skills. In this school, there are only five levels. 1st year and 2nd year is divided into 4–5 classes. Each class has the average number of 21 students. In 3rd year, students are put into different classes, from highest to lowest. In St. John's College De La Salle, it does not allow students to do 4th (transition) year. In 5th year, students are divided into a two-year programmes called Leaving Certificate
, Leaving Certificate Applied
and Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme
. Students have the choice to pick one of these programmes. In 6th year, these programmes stay the same.
Like every school around the country, it has exams. In December all students must participate in the Christmas Exams. These exams usually take place on 15 December. Around 28 March every 3rd and 6th year student has to walk in and the Pre-Junior Certificate Examinations or the Pre-Leaving Certificate Examinations. This exam doesn't count for your actual Junior Certificate Examination or Leaving Certificate Examination, but it is dealt like an actual exam. On 27 May up to 3 June 1, 2 and 5 year students are put up to their last exam of the year, the Summer Exams. When these exams are over, the Junior Certificate
Examinations and Leaving Certificate Examinations are held in the school on 10 June.
back to 1680
Born in Rheims, France, John-Baptiste de La Salle received the tonsure
at age eleven and was named canon
of Rheims Cathedral when he was sixteen. Though he had to assume the administration of family affairs after his parents died, he completed his theological studies and was ordained to the priesthood at the age of 26 on 9 April 1678. Two years later he received a Doctorate in Theology
.
De La Salle became involved in education little by little, without ever consciously setting out to do so. In 1679, what began as a charitable effort to help Adrian Nyel
establish a school for the poor in De La Salle's home town gradually became his life's work. He thereby began a new religious order, the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the De La Salle Brothers (in the UK, Ireland, Australasia and Asia) or, most commonly in the United States, the Christian Brothers. They are sometimes confused with a different congregation of the same name founded by Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice
in Ireland, who are known in the US as the Irish Christian Brothers.
In his own words, one decision led to another until he found himself doing something that he had never anticipated. De La Salle wrote:
At that time, most children had little hope for the future. Moved by the plight of the poor who seemed so "far from salvation" either in this world or the next, he determined to put his own talents and advanced education at the service of the children "often left to themselves and badly brought up." To be more effective, he abandoned his family home, moved in with the teachers, renounced his position as Canon and his wealth, and so formed a new community of lay religious teachers. The De La Salle Brothers were the first Roman Catholic religious teaching order that didn't include any priests.
His enterprise met opposition from the ecclesiastical authorities who resisted the creation of a new form of religious life, a community of consecrated laymen to conduct free schools "together and by association." The educational establishment resented his innovative methods and his insistence on gratuity for all, regardless of whether they could afford to pay. Nevertheless, De La Salle and his Brothers succeeded in creating a network of quality schools throughout France that featured instruction in the vernacular, students grouped according to ability and achievement, integration of religious instruction with secular subjects, well-prepared teachers with a sense of vocation and mission, and the involvement of parents.
De La Salle was a pioneer in programs for training lay teachers. In 1685, he founded what is generally considered the first normal school — that is, a school whose purpose is to train teachers—in Rheims, France. He was a pedagogical thinker of note and is among the founders of a distinctively modern pedagogy. His educational innovations include Sunday courses for working young men, one of the first institutions in France for the care of delinquents, technical schools, and, secondary schools for modern languages, arts, and sciences. Worn out by austerities and exhausting labors, he died at Saint Yon near Rouen early in 1719 on Good Friday
, only weeks before his 68th birthday.
De La Salle’s work quickly spread through France and, after his death, continued to spread across the globe. He was canonized by Pope Leo XIII
on 24 May 1900 and was inserted in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints
in 1904. Because of his life and inspirational writings, he was proclaimed as the Patron Saint
of Teachers on 15 May 1950, by Pope Pius XII
. Since 1970, his feast is celebrated in the Catholic Church calendar on 7 April, but at La Sallian institutions, and in communities that follow a pre-1970 (but post 1904) calendar, on 15 May.
Currently, about 6,000 Brothers and 75,000 lay and religious colleagues worldwide serve as teachers, counsellors and guides to 900,000 students in over 1,000 educational institutions in 84 countries.
There is a street named after La Salle in Bangkok
, Thailand
: Soi Sukhumvit 105. It got this name due to a La Salle school on this street.
: Fratres Scholarum Christianarum) is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle and now based in Rome. Brothers use the post-nominal abbreviation FSC.
He trained and organised a group of men to live in community and conduct the schools. He is credited with establishing a regimen of education which emphasised the good of the student, banning corporal punishment from their institutions. The founding of the Institute is generally dated to 1680. It was the first religious community of men in the Roman Catholic Church not to include clergy, the Institute being composed solely of lay brother
s. At one point, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle had one brother, Henri L'Heureux, study for the priesthood, with the intention of having him take over the supervision of the Institute. However, Br. Henri soon became ill and died unexpectedly the night prior to his ordination. Jean-Baptiste took this as a sign from God that the order should remain as a society of lay brothers. He determined that his Brothers would be older brothers to those they taught and brothers to one another.
The Institute underwent two periods of upheaval in France. The first occurred during the French Revolution when schools were closed and some Brothers lost their lives. By 1805 Napoleon Bonaparte restored the Institute in France, beginning a period of rapid growth for the Brothers. By 1810, the Institute had 160 Brothers working in France and Italy; 90 years later by the end of the century, the Institute had 14,631 Brothers working in 35 countries.
The second period of upheaval began in 1904 when France began to enact a series of "secularisation laws". These laws essentially expelled most Catholic religious groups from France and forced the closing of schools. Brothers left France to continue work overseas, notably in Belgium, Canada, and Spain as well as Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Brazil, Panama, Mexico, North Africa, Australia and the Philippines.
Since 1937 its world headquarters has been in Rome. The community is headed by a Superior General
with the assistance of a General Council. As of 2000, the Superior General is Brother Alvaro Rodriguez Echeverria
, FSC, native of Costa Rica
.
The British province of the Institute, headquartered in Oxford
, is a registered charity
under English law.
, Brian Shelley
, Sean O'Connor
, Des Byrne
and Glenn Cronin
Ballyfermot
Ballyfermot is a suburb in the city of Dublin.Celebrities such as the famous Furey Brothers and the brilliant Keenan family have all resided in Ballyfermot.Ireland, located 7 kilometres due west from the city centre, and to the south of the Phoenix Park...
, South Dublin in Ireland. The school is run by the De La Salle Christian Brothers
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle and now based in Rome...
. St. John's College is fully funded by the Department of Education and Skills. In this school, there are only five levels. 1st year and 2nd year is divided into 4–5 classes. Each class has the average number of 21 students. In 3rd year, students are put into different classes, from highest to lowest. In St. John's College De La Salle, it does not allow students to do 4th (transition) year. In 5th year, students are divided into a two-year programmes called Leaving Certificate
Leaving Certificate
The Leaving Certificate Examinations , commonly referred to as the Leaving Cert is the final examination in the Irish secondary school system. It takes a minimum of two years preparation, but an optional Transition Year means that for those students it takes place three years after the Junior...
, Leaving Certificate Applied
Leaving Certificate Applied
The Leaving Certificate Applied is a self-contained two-year programme of the Irish Department of Education and Science. It was introduced in 1995...
and Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme
Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme
The Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme is a two-year Education Programme of the Irish Department of Education and Science. It was introduced in 1989. According to the Department, the programme is designed to give a strong vocational dimension to the Leaving Certificate...
. Students have the choice to pick one of these programmes. In 6th year, these programmes stay the same.
Like every school around the country, it has exams. In December all students must participate in the Christmas Exams. These exams usually take place on 15 December. Around 28 March every 3rd and 6th year student has to walk in and the Pre-Junior Certificate Examinations or the Pre-Leaving Certificate Examinations. This exam doesn't count for your actual Junior Certificate Examination or Leaving Certificate Examination, but it is dealt like an actual exam. On 27 May up to 3 June 1, 2 and 5 year students are put up to their last exam of the year, the Summer Exams. When these exams are over, the Junior Certificate
Junior Certificate
The Junior Certificate is an educational qualification awarded in Ireland by the Department of Education to students who have successfully completed the junior cycle of secondary education, and achieved a minimum standard in their Junior Cert. examinations...
Examinations and Leaving Certificate Examinations are held in the school on 10 June.
History
This college can trace it's history back to Jean-Baptise de La Salle back to the institute of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian SchoolsInstitute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle and now based in Rome...
back to 1680
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651–1719)
Tonsure
Tonsure is the traditional practice of Christian churches of cutting or shaving the hair from the scalp of clerics, monastics, and, in the Eastern Orthodox Church, all baptized members...
at age eleven and was named canon
Canon (priest)
A canon is a priest or minister who is a member of certain bodies of the Christian clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule ....
of Rheims Cathedral when he was sixteen. Though he had to assume the administration of family affairs after his parents died, he completed his theological studies and was ordained to the priesthood at the age of 26 on 9 April 1678. Two years later he received a Doctorate in Theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
.
De La Salle became involved in education little by little, without ever consciously setting out to do so. In 1679, what began as a charitable effort to help Adrian Nyel
Adrian Nyel
Adrian Nyel was a 17th century French educator. Nyel was a layman who was in charge of the house for the poor in Rouen, France, where he also oversaw the education of poor boys, along with other poorly paid teachers.-Life:...
establish a school for the poor in De La Salle's home town gradually became his life's work. He thereby began a new religious order, the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the De La Salle Brothers (in the UK, Ireland, Australasia and Asia) or, most commonly in the United States, the Christian Brothers. They are sometimes confused with a different congregation of the same name founded by Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice
Edmund Ignatius Rice
Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice , was a Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist. Edmund was the founder of two orders of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers....
in Ireland, who are known in the US as the Irish Christian Brothers.
In his own words, one decision led to another until he found himself doing something that he had never anticipated. De La Salle wrote:
At that time, most children had little hope for the future. Moved by the plight of the poor who seemed so "far from salvation" either in this world or the next, he determined to put his own talents and advanced education at the service of the children "often left to themselves and badly brought up." To be more effective, he abandoned his family home, moved in with the teachers, renounced his position as Canon and his wealth, and so formed a new community of lay religious teachers. The De La Salle Brothers were the first Roman Catholic religious teaching order that didn't include any priests.
His enterprise met opposition from the ecclesiastical authorities who resisted the creation of a new form of religious life, a community of consecrated laymen to conduct free schools "together and by association." The educational establishment resented his innovative methods and his insistence on gratuity for all, regardless of whether they could afford to pay. Nevertheless, De La Salle and his Brothers succeeded in creating a network of quality schools throughout France that featured instruction in the vernacular, students grouped according to ability and achievement, integration of religious instruction with secular subjects, well-prepared teachers with a sense of vocation and mission, and the involvement of parents.
De La Salle was a pioneer in programs for training lay teachers. In 1685, he founded what is generally considered the first normal school — that is, a school whose purpose is to train teachers—in Rheims, France. He was a pedagogical thinker of note and is among the founders of a distinctively modern pedagogy. His educational innovations include Sunday courses for working young men, one of the first institutions in France for the care of delinquents, technical schools, and, secondary schools for modern languages, arts, and sciences. Worn out by austerities and exhausting labors, he died at Saint Yon near Rouen early in 1719 on Good Friday
Good Friday
Good Friday , is a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The holiday is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, and may coincide with the Jewish observance of...
, only weeks before his 68th birthday.
De La Salle’s work quickly spread through France and, after his death, continued to spread across the globe. He was canonized by Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII , born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903...
on 24 May 1900 and was inserted in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints
Roman Catholic calendar of saints
The General Roman Calendar indicates the days of the year to which are assigned the liturgical celebrations of saints and of the mysteries of the Lord that are to be observed wherever the Roman Rite is used...
in 1904. Because of his life and inspirational writings, he was proclaimed as the Patron Saint
Patron saint
A patron saint is a saint who is regarded as the intercessor and advocate in heaven of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person...
of Teachers on 15 May 1950, by Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII
The Venerable Pope Pius XII , born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli , reigned as Pope, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State, from 2 March 1939 until his death in 1958....
. Since 1970, his feast is celebrated in the Catholic Church calendar on 7 April, but at La Sallian institutions, and in communities that follow a pre-1970 (but post 1904) calendar, on 15 May.
Currently, about 6,000 Brothers and 75,000 lay and religious colleagues worldwide serve as teachers, counsellors and guides to 900,000 students in over 1,000 educational institutions in 84 countries.
There is a street named after La Salle in Bangkok
Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
: Soi Sukhumvit 105. It got this name due to a La Salle school on this street.
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (also known as the Christian Brothers, the Lasallian Brothers, the French Christian Brothers, or the De La Salle Brothers; ; LatinLatin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
: Fratres Scholarum Christianarum) is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle and now based in Rome. Brothers use the post-nominal abbreviation FSC.
He trained and organised a group of men to live in community and conduct the schools. He is credited with establishing a regimen of education which emphasised the good of the student, banning corporal punishment from their institutions. The founding of the Institute is generally dated to 1680. It was the first religious community of men in the Roman Catholic Church not to include clergy, the Institute being composed solely of lay brother
Lay brother
In the most common usage, lay brothers are those members of Catholic religious orders, particularly of monastic orders, occupied primarily with manual labour and with the secular affairs of a monastery or friary, in contrast to the choir monks of the same monastery who are devoted mainly to the...
s. At one point, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle had one brother, Henri L'Heureux, study for the priesthood, with the intention of having him take over the supervision of the Institute. However, Br. Henri soon became ill and died unexpectedly the night prior to his ordination. Jean-Baptiste took this as a sign from God that the order should remain as a society of lay brothers. He determined that his Brothers would be older brothers to those they taught and brothers to one another.
The Institute underwent two periods of upheaval in France. The first occurred during the French Revolution when schools were closed and some Brothers lost their lives. By 1805 Napoleon Bonaparte restored the Institute in France, beginning a period of rapid growth for the Brothers. By 1810, the Institute had 160 Brothers working in France and Italy; 90 years later by the end of the century, the Institute had 14,631 Brothers working in 35 countries.
The second period of upheaval began in 1904 when France began to enact a series of "secularisation laws". These laws essentially expelled most Catholic religious groups from France and forced the closing of schools. Brothers left France to continue work overseas, notably in Belgium, Canada, and Spain as well as Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Brazil, Panama, Mexico, North Africa, Australia and the Philippines.
Since 1937 its world headquarters has been in Rome. The community is headed by a Superior General
Superior general
A Superior General, or General Superior, is the Superior at the head of a whole religious order or congregation.The term is mainly used as a generic term, while many orders and congregations use other specific titles, notably:* Abbot general...
with the assistance of a General Council. As of 2000, the Superior General is Brother Alvaro Rodriguez Echeverria
Álvaro Rodríguez Echeverría
Álvaro Rodríguez Echeverría is the 27th superior general of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, or De La Salle Brothers, a Catholic teaching order....
, FSC, native of Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
.
The British province of the Institute, headquartered in Oxford
Oxford
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, is a registered charity
Charitable organization
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under English law.
Notable Illuminati
St. John's College has a history of producing soccer players over the years, some of which have progressed to the English League system. Students at St. John's have included Willo FloodWillo Flood
William "Willo" Flood is an Irish footballer who currently plays as a right winger for Scottish Premier League club Dundee United. He has also won 15 caps for his country at under-20 and under-21 levels....
, Brian Shelley
Brian Shelley
Brian Shelley is an Irish footballer currently playing Ballarat Red Devils.He began his career at Shamrock Rovers but moved to rivals Bohemians in 2000. He made his first team debut for the club as substitute in the UEFA Cup tie against 1. FC Kaiserslautern in September 2000...
, Sean O'Connor
Sean O'Connor
Sean O'Connor is an Irish businessman and political activist. He is a co-founder of Rally Ireland, a round of the World rally Championship . In 2009 he joined the Automobile and Touring Club of the UAE as Director of Strategy to assist in the staging of the first Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix...
, Des Byrne
Des Byrne
Dessie Byrne is an Irish footballer currently playing for St.Neots Town FC-Career:Dessie Byrne is a left back but has also appeared at central defence and midfield....
and Glenn Cronin
Glenn Cronin
Glenn Cronin is an Irish footballer currently playing for Bohemians in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland.-Club career:...