La Salle Brothers, Pakistan

The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a Roman Catholic religious order for men. It was founded in France in 1679 by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, who is also the Patron of Christian Teachers. The order was founded for setting up gratuitous schools where the children of workmen and the poor would learn reading, writing and arithmetic, and would also receive a Christian education through catechisms and other forms of instruction appropriate for forming good Christians.[1][2]

The La Salle Brothers were established in Pakistan in 1960. [3]

In 2010, the Brothers of La Salle also known as the Congregation of Christian Brothers celebrated their 50th anniversary in the country. Brother Shahzad Gill is the Superior of the Pakistan Province. Many political figures, members of Parliament, and even Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, studied in Christian Brothers schools. It is an education based on the values of respect for others, rights, freedom, and individual responsibility, which helps to form leaders who are now guiding the nation.

The La Salle brothers also set up the St. Patrick's Technical School in Karachi in 1968 and Brother Norman Wray was its Principal for 15 years.[4]

In 1999, the De La Salle brothers in Pakistan have two formation houses, in the Faisalabad and Lahore. In the last few years brothers from Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Malta and the United States have joined the brothers in Pakistan. [5]

Today, the Christian Brothers' schools are in all the main cities of Pakistan: Rawalpindi, Multan, Faisalabad, Karachi. [6] A complete list is given below:

La Salle High School Faisalabad

La Salle Urdu School, Faisalabad

La Salle Middle School, Sant Singh Wala

La Salle School, Gokhowal

St Catherine’s Primary School

Don Bosco Home for Boys, Karachi

La Salle High School Multan

La Salle Higher Secondary, Multan[7]

Alban Academy

John Paul II Hostel for Boys, Rawalpindi

Marie Adelaide Rehabilitation Centre, Sindh[8]

In 2011 the Brothers formed a new district under the Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea alliance. Br. Ambrose Payne now heads the mission in Pakistan. [3]

On 23 March, 2012, the President of Pakistan conferred the civil award of Tamgha-e-Pakistan (Medal of Pakistan) on La Salle Brother Emmanuel Nicholas in recognition of his outstanding and meritorious services to the education sector in Pakistan.[9]

In 2020 there were 16 young men undergoing training to be De La Salle Brothers in Pakistan. Training takes place at Miguel House, Faisalabad and usually lasts four years.[10]

References
  1. "Lasallian Heritage". Archived from the original on 2005-02-04. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  2. Capelle, N. The religious institute of Catholic education: the Brothers of the Christian Schools in the twentieth century. International Studies in Catholic Education, Volume 4, 2012 - Issue 1.
  3. The Catholic Weekly, Sydney, February 13, 2011
  4. "Brother Norman Wray" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-28.
  5. "UCANews.com March 26, 1999".
  6. "Christian Brothers celebrate 50 years in Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  7. "La Salle Higher Secondary School Multan". Archived from the original on 2009-04-05. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  8. "Delegation of PAKISTAN". Archived from the original on 2005-02-18. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  9. Dawn 13 April 2012
  10. De La Salle website Accessed September 11, 2020

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