The yin-yang symbol intrigues me. It attracts a part of me beyond reason, similar to an attractive painting in the art gallery. It reminds me of my own light and dark sides as a person. I suspect it applies to the Lasallian family as an organization. Personal Shadow Carl Jung might say my ego (what [...]
At 3 pm each day, John Joyce (22) reviews the day’s assignment with his class of 7th graders. For them, a review is often a new view. Some even stay later after school for extra practice in math. Most of the children at De La Salle Blackfeet in Browning, Montana, get this level of special [...]
On a foggy day before Christmas in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, Chris Giangregorio (33) followed his early morning routine on the school steps: he greeted each and every student by name, with a firm handshake and a word of welcome. At just about the same time on Hale Street in sunny Memphis, TN, [...]
For some time, Lasallians have published statements and chapter documents beginning with the words: “We Lasallians, Brothers and Partners...”
As Lasallian Volunteers (LV) approaches its 25th year, one major trend continues to unfold—the steady increase of women volunteers year after year. The three-year, groundbreaking effort of Betsy Nolan encouraged an eventual 425 combined years of service by women, volunteering anywhere from the Tenderloin in California to the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana to the South [...]
The Muller family, showcasing son George’s bottle cap collection. Alumni Mark & Amy married in 1996. This year, alumni of the Lasallian Volunteers have married each other in record breaking numbers: four couples in as many months. Since 1996, when Amy Smith and Mark Muller walked down the aisle on August 24 at [...]
Change is the air that Lasallian Volunteers breathe. “Changing the World” is their tagline, and a great expression of what they do for children and their parents as they discover themselves transformed in the process. For many, the reflection on and sharing of this transformation takes place in a community of friends, co-workers and (traditionally) [...]