High School: St. John Baptist De La Salle's Life & Legacy: Home

Saint Jean Baptist de La Salle

Birth: 30 April 1651      

Death: 7 April 1719 

Feast Day: May 15th

    Canonized by Pope Leo XIII: 24 May 1900

Named Patron Saint of Teachers 

by Pope Pius XII:  May 15, 1950

SIGN OF FAITH

POLITICS

History World: "France 1661-1715"

Chateau De Versaille:  Louis XIV & Louis XV

BBC: Louis XIV

CATHOLIC CHURCH & CHRISTIAN MOVEMENTS

Sommerville: Univ. of Wisconsin: Louis XIV - Religion and Dissension

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC REALITIES

Santiago Azcarate, C.M.: "The Poor in the 17th Century in France (II)"

Mandia @SUNY: "The Little Ice Age in Europe"

SMALL POX/PLAGUE AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES

 World Health Report, 2007: " Evolution of Public Health Security" 

FASHION

AmericanRevolution.org (Lacroix): French Fashions: 1700-1789

The Brothers' Dress: Lasallian Themes No. 33

Stained Glass Masterpieces by L. Mazuet and Sons, 1901-1909

VIDEO: lluminations: the Life  and Work of Saint John Baptist De La Salle

[story of the installation of the restoration and installation of the stained glass windows

@ Manhattan College, April 2016]

One image from: Fire in the Heart: the Patrimony of St. John Baptist de La Salle by Jim Casey [a biography in stained glass]

 WEBSITE: In the Footsteps of 

De La Salle:

A Vocational Journey

Created by: Brother George Van Grieken, FSC, Brother Roch Dufresne, FSC & Brother Gerard Rummery, FSC &The Christian Brothers Conference

Also compiled by

Brother George Van Grieken:

The Lasallian Resource Center