{"id":125275,"date":"2026-05-11T16:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/?p=125275"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:09:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:09:57","slug":"lasallian-best-practices-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/lasallian-best-practices-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lasallian Best Practices (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125275?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\/125275?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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following on from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/lasallian-best-practices-1\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lasallian best practices<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shared by some Brothers and Partners from various Districts during the last <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/artisans-of-an-institute-without-borders-united-by-the-same-spirit\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cluster visit<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in this second instalment we share three initiatives from the Arlep, Lwanga and Antillas-Mexico South Districts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/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-custom17);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\"><b>Formation for the Lasallian Educational Mission<\/b><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne of the good practices of the Antillas-Mexico Sur District in the area of Association for the Lasallian Educational Mission is our Lasallian formation workshop, which we know as Forla\u201d, says Jorge Luis Cu\u00e9tara. It consists of <\/span><b>\u201ca series of workshops whose sequence sets out a programme for all Lasallians in our District<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, beginning with \u2018what do we mean when we speak of La Salle\u2019: Culture of vocations, Lasallian charism, Lasallian Association, Celebration and Liturgy, Lasallian Spirituality\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, this workshop has been and is being delivered on a regular basis in the four countries that make up the District: Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Southern Mexico. \u201cPeriodically, <\/span><b>workshops are held so that those who have completed this programme can be trained as formators<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to replicate the workshop, and in this way its impact can be multiplied to reach as many people as possible within our wider Lasallian community\u201d, notes Jorge Luis.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:1000px;--awb-max-height:650px;--awb-align-self:center;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:65%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oS-hByh_FS4?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/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-custom17);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\"><b>\u201cOur strength comes from diversity\u201d<\/b><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the case of the Lwanga District, in terms of best practices, \u201cour strength comes from diversity\u201d, explains the Brother Visitor. \u201c<\/span><b>We collaborate not only within the District, but with a wider network<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d, continues Br. Betre Fisseha, explaining that \u201cwe have strong collaboration with different congregations\u201d, such as \u201cthe Mother Teresa Sisters, with whom we work and educate students with HIV in our centres; in South Africa, with the Sisters of the Holy Cross; and beyond that, with lay people\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similarly, in the Lwanga District <\/span><b>there are \u201cstructured programmes that attract candidates from outside the <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">District\u201d to take part in initial formation as future Brothers of the Christian Schools. \u201cWith all this, the District is embarking on a new mission and we hope that the collaboration we have with the Institute, the Lasallian world, the RELAF Districts and beyond RELAF will help us to continue with this mission\u201d, asserts Br. Betre.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:1000px;--awb-max-height:650px;--awb-align-self:center;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:65%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C0rZ5PnETB4?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/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-custom17);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\"><b>Lasallian Communities<\/b><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, Lidia Rey Lillo shares that <\/span><b>\u201ca good practice in the Arlep District of Spain and Portugal, to facilitate [formation in] identity, is Lasallian communities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; Lasallian communities with varying degrees of involvement and commitment\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are working to ensure that every educational institution has an intentional community \u2013 a group of people, including educators, teachers, non-teaching staff, families and young people \u2013 who meet regularly to grow in faith, fellowship and service\u201d, says Lidia, adding that \u201cif they can be supported, where possible, by a Brother from the educational institution or a nearby one, that would be ideal, and <\/span><b>always supported by the Animation Teams of the relevant Sector<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Arlep District there are various types of Lasallian communities: \u201cof Brothers, of Brothers and Associates, with a public commitment and without a public commitment, and Lasallian communities of Associates\u201d, concludes Lidia. \u201c<\/span><b>It is also a way of sharing faith, spirituality, fraternity and mission, developing a shared community project and carrying out this work together<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:1000px;--awb-max-height:650px;--awb-align-self:center;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:65%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cHrw-Izd08w?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/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;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find out more <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLZJGg-lyLV4OoTh4AupX2TLitocloZ1Cz\"><b><i>HERE<\/i><\/b><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about other <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/lasallian-best-practices-1\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lasallian best practices<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":125274,"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":[3304,3269,3367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-generalate","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125275","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125276,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125275\/revisions\/125276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}