ST. JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE

FRENCH HISTORY

• Cardinal Mazarin ordered the arrest of the leaders of the parlement of Paris, which provoked widespread rioting.
• The Peace of Westphalia ended the war with France obtaining the better bargain, and annexing eastern territories.
• Louis XV Became the new King of France.

FRENCH HISTORY

• Louis XIV died of gangrene. His five-year-old great-grandson Louis XV succeeded him.
• The signing of the treaty, dictated by France and Britain, ended the War of the Austrian Succession.
• http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/History/DF_history.shtml

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HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN BROTHERS

• The Brothers' Rule states that the mission of the Institute is "to provide a human and Christian education to the young, especially the poor, according to the ministry entrusted to them by the church."
• Members of the order take vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, and are required to give their services without any remuneration and to wear a special habit of coarse black material, consisting of a cassock, a hooded cloak with hanging sleeves and a broad-brimmed hat.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/priests/christianbroth...

HISTORY OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE

• De La Salle was born to a wealthy family in Reims, France on April 29, although some say 30, in 1651.
• Pope Leo XIII canonized him on 24 May 1900 and Pope Pius X inserted his feast in the General Roman Calendar in 1904 for celebration on 15 May
• His mother died on July 19, 1671, and on April 9, 1672, his father died.

HISTORY OF ST.JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE

• St. John Baptist De La Salle died April 17, 1719
• He is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and the patron saint of teachers.
• http://www.lasallian.info/about/history/saint-john-baptist-de-la-salle/