{"id":107558,"date":"2025-01-25T18:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T17:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/?p=107558"},"modified":"2025-01-28T11:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T10:09:50","slug":"tercentenary-three-keys-to-understanding-the-bull-of-approbation-of-the-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/tercentenary-three-keys-to-understanding-the-bull-of-approbation-of-the-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Tercentenary: Three keys to understanding the Bull of Approbation of the Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107558?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"Download PDF\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-pdf-title\">PDF<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107558?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">PRINT<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container 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_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>300 years ago, on 26 January 1725, Pope Benedict XIII granted the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/letters-patent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Papal Bull of Approbation\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>by which the universal Church embraced and endorsed the work begun in Rheims (France) by John Baptist de La Salle.<\/p>\n<p>On the occasion of the Tercentenary of the Bull of Approbation, Brother Josean Villalabeitia, Vce-Postulator of the Institute, shares some insights to understand the meaning and importance of the Bull in our days.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Hno. Josean Villalabeitia: \u201cla Bula nos invita a seguir buscando respuestas para nuestra identidad\u201d\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m-gUJfpyYlw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-font-size:24px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\"><strong>1. Consolidation of the Institute<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-107605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SG-02-Frere-Timothee-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SG-02-Frere-Timothee-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SG-02-Frere-Timothee-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Brother Timothy, who was the Superior General of the Institute in 1725 \u2013 and the second successor of St John Baptist de La Salle \u2013 had been determined to achieve official and ecclesiastical recognition of the Institute\u00a0<strong>\u201cfor the consolidation of our small community\u2026\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This was not a minor issue, for by receiving the Letters Patent from King Louis XIV on 28 September 1724 and the Bull of Approbation a few months later,\u00a0<strong>the nascent Institute achieved the legal and ecclesiastical recognition\u00a0<\/strong>that would enable it to strengthen its management and organisation in order to carry out its educational mission.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-font-size:24px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\"><strong>2. Strengthening lay identity<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>One of the most important fruits of the Bull of Approbation of the Institute has to do with the strengthening of its lay identity. \u201cBefore the Bull, there were already some important points on which the Brothers had already tried to define, to determine, to discover their identity, what they wished to be\u201d, explains Brother Josean. \u201cWithout wanting to say them all, I can think, for example, of the Memorandum of the Habit, the two formulas of consecration, of the Heroic Vow and that of 1694, or the Rules\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, \u201c<strong>the Bull speaks of the lay character of the Institute. It says that the Brothers will not aspire to holy orders, to the ecclesiastical state<\/strong>\u201c, underlines the Vice-Postulator of the Institute, recalling that also \u201cthe Bull incorporated into the profession of the Brothers the three classic vows of the religious: poverty, chastity and obedience\u201d, which also \u201cwent from being the three original vows to the five that we profess today, although with some changes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For all that, Brother Josean affirms that \u201c<strong>the Bull is an invitation to continue seeking responses for our identity in these new times in which we are living<\/strong>; responses cathat the Holy Spirit will give us, that the Holy Spirit will in some way breathe into us, through our decisions\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-font-size:24px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\"><strong>3. Evangelising character and invitation to interiority<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>Another key aspect of the Bull of Approbation is that\u00a0<strong>\u201cit is very concerned with catechesis, with the Gospel, with the sacraments, with prayer\u201d<\/strong>, according to Brother Josean. This Christian perspective permeates the Lasallian mission, for ours is \u201ca school which is ultimately Christian\u201d and \u201cthis is a something that continues to this day\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the Bull also gives great importance to the life of faith and community life, \u201cbecause\u00a0<strong>those Brothers were concerned at that time (\u2026) with community life and also to a certain extent (\u2026) with the whole question of interiority<\/strong>, prayer, meditation, and these matters more directly related to spirituality\u201d, the religious concludes.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-color4);border-color:var(--awb-color4);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><ul>\n<li>On the occasion of the\u00a0<strong>Tercentenary of the Letters Patent and the Bull of Approbation of the Institute<\/strong>, a virtual exhibition has been set up on LaSalle.Org which includes documents, photographs and historical images. The exhibition can be accessed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/letters-patent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Institute has launched the\u00a0<strong>\u201cBeing an Educator Today\u201d Contest on\u00a0<\/strong>the occasion of the 75<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Anniversary of the Proclamation of St. John Baptist de La Salle as Universal Patron of Educators.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/being-an-educator-today-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>you can find all the information to participate.<\/li>\n<li>A microsite with resources for living the\u00a0<strong>Year of Lasallian Spirituality<\/strong>, including articles, publications, multimedia materials and weekly reflections on the writings of the Founder, will soon be available on LaSalle.Org. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/<\/a>and follow us on social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":107553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3269,3367],"tags":[3726],"class_list":["post-107558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-generalate","category-news","tag-bull-of-approbation-of-the-institute"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107558"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107610,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107558\/revisions\/107610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}