HISTORICAL EVENTS AND LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS

JANUARY
7, 1667 John Baptist de La Salle was made a canon of the Cathedral of Reims
12, 1996 Br. Alpert Motsch was declared Venerable
26, 1678 John Baptist de La Salle received his license in Theology
26, 1725 Pope Benedict XIII approved the Institute of the Brothers
26, 1987 Pope John Paul II approved the revised Rule of the Brothers
26, Feast of the Transfer of the Relics of St. John Baptist de La Salle, Eucharistic Readings
30, Feast of Saint Mutien-Marie Wiaux (Belgium), Eucharistic Readings

FEBRUARY
9, Feast of Saint Miguel Febres Cordero (Ecuador), Eucharistic Readings
19, 1888 Beatification of the Venerable John Baptist de La Salle

MARCH
3, 1990 Br. Exupérien Mas and Br. Teodoreto Garberoglio were declared Venerable
11, 2001 Beatification of the Martyrs of Valencia
17, 1668 John Baptist de La Salle received the minor orders of priesthood
19
, 1719 John Baptist de La Salle, gravely ill, celebrated Mass for the last time
21, 1676 John Baptist de La Salle was ordained a deacon

APRIL
4, 1948 Beatification of Br. Benilde Romançon
5, 1719 John Baptist de La Salle received the Last Rites
6, 1995 Br. Gregory Bühl was declared Venerable
7, 1719 John Baptist de La Salle died at Rouen
9, 1678 John Baptist de La Salle is ordained a priest
26, Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Eucharistic Readings
27, Feast of Blessed Nicolas Roland (Rheims, France), Eucharistic Readings
29, 1990 Beatification of Br. Jaime Hilario and the Martyrs of Turon
30, 1651 Birth of John Baptist de La Salle (Rheims, France)

MAY
2, 1989 Beatification of Br. Scubilion Rousseau
8, Feast of Our Lady of the Star, Eucharistic Readings
15, 1950 Pius XII Proclaimed St. John Baptist de La Salle: Patron of Teachers
15, Feast of St. John Baptist de La Salle, Eucharistic Readings
24, 1900 Canonization of Blessed John Baptist de La Salle

JUNE
2, 2000 Br. Álvaro Rodríguez Echeverría was elected the 26th Superior General
6, 1694 John Baptist de La Salle and 12 Brothers profess perpetual vows of Association, Obedience and Stability
7, 1694 John Baptist de La Salle is elected superior by the 12 Brothers
24, 1681 John Baptist de La Salle moves teachers into his house
24, 1682 John Baptist de La Salle and the teaching masters move from his family home to the Rue Neuve

JULY
11
, 1907 Pope Pius X calls the Brothers of the Christian Schools the "Apostles of the Catechism"

AUGUST
13
, Feast of Saint Benilde Romançon (France), Eucharistic Readings
16, 1683 John Baptist de La Salle renounces his canonry

SEPTEMBER
2
, Feast of Blessed Br. Solomon Leclercq and the Brother Martyrs of Rochefort (French Revolution), Eucharistic Readings
22, Feast of the Spanish Martyrs of Valencia
27, Feast of Blessed Br. Scubilion Rousseau (La Réunion), Eucharistic Readings

OCTOBER
1
, Beatification of the Br. Martyrs of Rochefort
9, Feast of Saint Jaime Hilario, (Tarragona, Spain), Saints Cyril Bertrán and Companions, Martyrs (Turón, Asturias, Spain), Eucharistic Readings
10, 1993 Beatification of the Brother Martyrs of Almeria
17, 1926 Beatification of Br. Solomon Leclerq
18, 1670 John Baptist de La Salle enters the seminary of Saint Sulpice in Paris
21, 1984 Canonization of Br. Miguel Febres Cordero
23, Feast of Blessed Br. Arnold Rèche (France), Eucharistic Readings
28, 2007 Beatification of Br. Leonardo José and Companions, Martyrs in Spain
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, 1977 Beatification of Br. Miguel Febres Cordero and Br. Mutien-Marie Wiaux

NOVEMBER
1
, 1987 Beatification of Br. Arnold Rèche
6, Feast of Blessed Leonardo José and Companions, Martyrs in Spain
7, 1709 Br. Gabriel Drolan assumes the direction of a school in Rome
16, Feast of Blessed Aurelio Maria and Companions, Martyrs (Almeria, Spain), Eucharistic Readings
17, Feast of the Dedication of the Church of Saint John Baptist de La Salle, Casa Generalizia, Rome, Eucharistic Readings
21, 1691 John Baptist de La Salle, Nicolas Vuyart and Gabriel Drolin profess the "heroic vow" to remain together in the society even if it meant living on bread alone
21, 1999 Canonization of Br. Jaime Hilario (Manual Barbal Cosan) and Cyril Bertrán and Companions, Martyrs

DECEMBER
3
, 1803 Restoration of the Institute in France following the Revolution
10, 1989 Canonization of Br. Mutien-Marie Wiaux
17, 2007 Br. Raphaél-Louis Rafiringa was declared Venerable

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