{"id":69228,"date":"2020-03-23T09:57:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T08:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/?p=69228"},"modified":"2020-03-27T09:15:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T08:15:23","slug":"the-district-of-france-and-french-speaking-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/the-district-of-france-and-french-speaking-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"The District of France and French-speaking Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ilaria Iadeluca
Director of communications
Brothers of the Christian Schools – Rome <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On\nMarch 12th, 2020, Brother Superior officially authorised the change of name for\nthe District of France, which now becomes the District of France and French-speaking Europe<\/strong>. It comprises France (with its overseas territories), South Belgium, Greece and Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Districtis, in the first place, a structural unit of government in the\norganisation of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rule<\/strong>, (Chapter 9,<\/strong> article 132)<\/strong>, states as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

132. “The District, as the ordinary expression of the communion existing between the communities and the Brothers who compose it, is more than a structure of government. It manifests and supports the fraternal union which enables all, communities and Brothers, to help one another to shoulder together the responsibility for their life and their apostolic work.

For this reason, the chief mission of those in charge of the District is to promote the unity, as well as the active participation of the Brothers and communities and, by this means, ensure the value and efficacy of their witness within the local Church.

The District is also called to establish and maintain relations with other Districts or Delegations, and strengthen those uniting it to the Centre of the Institute.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Currently, the Institute\nis organised into 29 <\/strong>Districts\nand <\/strong>3 Delegations<\/strong>. The PARC Region has 4 Districts and 1 Delegation\n(India); RELAF has 6 Districts and 1 Delegation (Rwanda); RELAL has 8 Districts;\nRELAN has 4 Districts; RELEM has 7 Districts and 1 Delegation (North Belgium).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total, the District of France today numbers 316 Brothers and 212 establishments<\/strong>\ndistributed as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

France<\/strong>: 277 Brothers and 147 establishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Belgium<\/strong>: 28 Brothers and 60 establishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greece<\/strong>: 3 Brothers and 4 establishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Switzerland<\/strong>: 6 Brothers and 1 establishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two Brothers from the District are working outside\ntheir own country, one in Italy and one in Peru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of the mission, the District serves 147,193 students<\/strong> in<\/strong> formal<\/strong> education <\/strong>and 17,265<\/strong> in informal education<\/strong>.\nIn terms of lay teaching staff<\/strong>, there\nare 16,500 <\/strong>in total (5,921 men and 10,579 women).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Visitor of the District is Brother<\/strong> Jean-Ren\u00e9 Gentric<\/strong>\nand he is assisted by Brothers Claude Reinhardt, Daniel Elzi\u00e8re and Nicolas\nCapelle. Nicolas Capelle will be directly responsible for\nthe animation of South Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For further information: https:\/\/lasallefrance.fr\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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