English
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Drawing on the documents Identity Criteria for the Vitality of Lasallian Educational Ministries and A Conversation for the Lasallian Family: Deepening our Identity, the session invites participants to reflect on how our shared identity finds expression in everyday educational practice.
At the heart of this reflection is a mission lived together: nurturing faith, building fraternal and inclusive wcommunities, and responding to the needs of children and young people, especially the most vulnerable.
Group work and shared reflection provide opportunities to consider how formation, accompaniment and shared responsibility can strengthen the Lasallian character of our schools.
Building communities of faith in our schools
The later morning session with Brother Paco Chiva continues our reflection on Lasallian identity, focusing on the school leader’s role in building an intentional faith community.
Drawing on Gerald A. Arbuckle’s Intentional Faith Communities in Catholic Education, the reflection highlights the responsibility of leaders to give clear direction to the school’s mission, nurture the formation of educators and encourage shared responsibility among staff, students and families.
Particular attention is given to small, voluntary communities where members share faith and life, learn together and support one another in their educational ministry. These communities help make compassion, justice, reconciliation and peace visible in daily school life.
An invitation to deepen the relationships and shared commitment through which our Lasallian mission is lived.
Christian education and Lasallian pastoral ministry
Thursday afternoon’s session with Grégory Leonard explores the place of pastoral ministry in the Lasallian educational mission, highlighting how teaching and accompaniment work together to nurture the whole person.
Rooted in the Gospel and inspired by the example of Saint John Baptist de La Salle, the reflection places relationships at the heart of education: listening, encouraging and helping young people discover meaning, develop their potential and grow in freedom and hope.
Pastoral ministry finds expression throughout school life, through prayer and reflection, solidarity, welcome and everyday gestures of care. It is a shared responsibility involving the whole educational community, respectful of different beliefs and attentive to each person’s dignity.
Group reflection invites participants to consider how their schools can make this mission visible, working with young people to build communities of faith, fraternity and hope.
