CLE 6

• St. John Baptist de La Salle's name means 'God is gracious' (John)
• St. John Baptist de La Salle's parents were, Louis de La Salle and Nicolle Moët de Brouillet.
• St. John Baptist de La Salle was born on April 30, 1651, in Rheims, France.
• St. John Baptist's feast day is celebrated on the April 7.
• He died on April 7, 1719, Rouen, France.
• He was beatified on February 19, 1888.
• He was an ordained priest on April 9, 1678.
• He is the proclaimed patron saint of teachers on May 15, 1950.
• He was canonized on May 24, 1900.
• Adrian Nyel is a layman who had worked in Rouen for many years, providing schooling for the poor. A teacher who convinced de La Salle to be a teacher for indigent boys.
• De La Salle University was established on 1911 by the Catholic teaching congregation Brothers of the Christian Schools.
• Brother Henri is the brother of de La Salle who got ill and died.
• 'Brothers' is what de La Salle calls their teachers.