{"id":8472,"date":"2018-12-10T12:26:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T12:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lasalle.vl20054.dinaserver.com\/ven-alpert-motsch\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T11:53:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:53:30","slug":"ven-br-alpert-motsch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/lasallian-holiness\/ven-br-alpert-motsch\/","title":{"rendered":"Ven. Alpert Motsch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.56%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.56%;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.56%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.56%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom17);--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom17);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\">Venerable Br. Alpert Motsch<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/alpert_motsch-249x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/alpert_motsch-249x300.png 249w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/alpert_motsch.png 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/>Brother Alpert (Chr\u00e9tien Motsch) was born in Eywiller, Alsace, on May 26, 1849. In 1879 he was entrusted with the direction of the large and splendid school, the &#8220;St. Joseph Mission&#8221;, Rue Lafayette, for the sons of emigrants from Alsace and Lorraine during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>A clever teacher, he combined kindness with strictness in the training of his pupils. And they, in their turn, responded generously to his zeal, taking part in all night adoration in Montmartre and in the Association of St. Benedict Labre founded by Brother Exup\u00e9rien. During the Franco-Prussian war he contracted creeping paralysis which he accepted as a grace of God.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>He was a religious and an apostle till the very last moment of his sacrifice. He died in Paris on April 16, 1898.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom17);border-color:var(--awb-custom17);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><nav class=\"fusion-breadcrumbs fusion-breadcrumbs-1\" style=\"--awb-breadcrumb-sep:&#039;\/&#039;;\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"awb-breadcrumb-list\"><\/ol><\/nav><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:25%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:7.68%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:7.68%;--awb-width-medium:25%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:7.68%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:7.68%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom17);--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom17);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\">Important dates<\/h2><\/div><ul style=\"--awb-line-height:27.2px;--awb-icon-width:27.2px;--awb-icon-height:27.2px;--awb-icon-margin:11.2px;--awb-content-margin:38.4px;--awb-circlecolor:var(--awb-custom17);--awb-circle-yes-font-size:14.08px;\" class=\"fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-1 fusion-checklist-default type-icons\"><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-yes\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-star-half far\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">Born in Eywiller (Alsace) on 26 May 1849<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-yes\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-star-half far\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\"><p>Died in Paris on 16 April 1898<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom17);--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom17);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\">Resources<\/h2><\/div><ul style=\"--awb-line-height:27.2px;--awb-icon-width:27.2px;--awb-icon-height:27.2px;--awb-icon-margin:11.2px;--awb-content-margin:38.4px;--awb-circlecolor:var(--awb-custom17);--awb-circle-yes-font-size:14.08px;\" class=\"fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-2 fusion-checklist-default type-icons\"><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-yes\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-file-image far\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/photos\/cW7j5hs6rwf9kjhH8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Images<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-yes\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-file-pdf far\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pdf\/postulacion\/presentation_alpert.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presentation<\/a> (fran\u00e7ais)<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" 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