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39-629: De La Salle Philippines ( DLSP ) ( incorporated as De La Salle Philippines, Inc ), established in 2006, is a network of Lasallian educational institutions within the Lasallian East Asia District established to facilitate collaboration in the Lasallian Mission and the promotion of the Spirit Of Faith, Zeal For Service and Communion In Mission. There are currently sixteen Lasallian Educational Institutions in

78-765: A La Salle educational institution in the U.S., appealed to the Superior General of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Fratres Scholarum Christianarum) - FSC for the establishment of a De La Salle educational institution in the Philippines due to the very small number of Catholic institutions at that time. Archbishop Harty's request was rejected at first due to lack of funds, however he would continue to appeal to Pope Pius X for

117-644: A diverse range of education ranging from Basic Education up to Graduate Studies. It consists of six universities, six colleges (with five providing basic education), four basic education granting schools, and two stand-alone high schools. Source: Lasallian educational institutions In 2021 the International Lasallian Mission Web site stated that the Lasallian order consists of about 3,000 Brothers, who help in running over 1,100 education centers in 80 countries with more than

156-514: A greater impact. The De La Salle University System was created in 1987, composed of De La Salle University-Manila, De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School , and the newly acquired De La Salle University-Dasmariñas and De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute in Dasmariñas , Cavite . A year later, the newly established De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde in Malate, Manila was included in

195-454: A million students, together with 90,000 teachers and lay associates. Short "one-line" prayers are recited in Lasallian educational institutions during the school day, Typical wordings of some are: Let us remember that we are in the holy presence of God. Live Jesus in our hearts! Forever! Saint John Baptist de La Salle, pray for us. The US-based La Salle International Foundation, which supports global educational and other networks of

234-617: A number of cases of institutional sexual and physical abuse of children , many over a period of several decades, in Lasallian educational institutions in several countries. Some branches of the De La Salle Brothers admitted to these cases, and issued apologies publicly and to victims. The Northern Ireland Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry in its report on physical and sexual abuse at the De La Salle Boys' Home at Rubane House considered "the extent and frequency of

273-632: A semi-autonomous entity in 1996 working within the campus of De La Salle University-Manila. In 2002, the management and ownership of the Gregorio Araneta University Foundation in Malabon was transferred by the Araneta Family to the system and was renamed De La Salle Araneta University , becoming the eighth member of the system. In 2006, the 8-Campus De La Salle University System was abolished and in its place

312-424: A sprawling fifty-hectare campus. Laguna is fast becoming the country's industrial and technological site. Its large, industrial companies presently make it the home of the first Science Technological Park. In response to the ever-quickening pace of scientific and technological development of modern times, the concept of a three-level science and technology oriented school took root. Hence, De La Salle Canlubang (DLSC)

351-477: Is located right across the Laguna Technopark district. The campus, which was acquired on 2003, is a 50-hectare (120-acre) prime property. Part of this property was donated by the family of the late National Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin (DLSU HS 1947). In 2012, the administrators of De La Salle University - Manila and De La Salle Canlubang approved the integration of DLSC to DLSU, becoming

390-537: Is the four-storey Milagros V. del Rosario Building, which houses the school's administrative offices and classrooms. The building was donated to the school by Ambassador Ramon V. del Rosario. The building has 35 classrooms, a 200-seat auditorium , three audio-visual rooms, three libraries, a media lab, a dark room for the photography students, a radio station, a children's playroom, a robotics classroom, and three computer laboratories. Construction began in April 2002 and

429-492: Is where the LC1 clinic is. The Pergola is a multi-purpose hall for the students. It stands beside the new Integrated School Building. It is used for the weekly prayers (Every 1st Monday of each month), it also is where some of the sports activities are held in the annual Sports Fest. It houses the classrooms for Preschool, Kindergarten, Elementary school (Grades 1–4). Also considered to be part of LC1, LC1 Annex or more commonly Annex

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468-560: The DLSU Science & Technology Complex or DLSU Leandro V. Locsin Campus, then later renamed to De La Salle University – Laguna Campus. The Brothers of the Christian Schools, officially known as Fratres Scholarum Christianarum or FSC, is a congregation dedicated to the teachings espoused by Saint Jean Baptiste de La Salle. The first De La Salle School in the Philippines was opened on June 16, 1911, along General Luna, Paco, Manila at

507-550: The Philippines . De La Salle Philippines replaced the De La Salle University System which was established under the presidency of Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC in 1987 as a response to the rapid expansion of Lasallian educational institutions nationwide. De La Salle Philippines is a member of a network of over 1,100 Lasallian educational institutions in 80 countries. In line with the Lasallian Mission,

546-489: The 17-Campus De La Salle Philippines, Inc. was established in order to have a more focused and unified implementation of the Lasallian Mission, generate greater and more creative synergy among Lasallian educational institutions, improve the overall quality of Lasallian education in the country and promote the spirit of “One La Salle” with a common vision of educating the Filipino youth. Ten more Lasallian institutions throughout

585-586: The 17th and 18th La Salle Schools respectively. In 2008, the De La Salle Professional Schools was re-integrated back to De La Salle University . In 2012, De La Salle Canlubang was officially merged with De La Salle University to become the De La Salle University Science and Technology Complex , bringing the number of La Salle educational institutions in the Philippines down to sixteen. The schools provide

624-667: The 1980s increasing numbers of cases of sexual and physical abuse of children, covered up by authorities, in institutions of the Catholic Church and others have been reported. Cases of physical and sexual abuse of children in Lasallian educational institutions, and failure to investigate, report, and subsequently protect children have been investigated, admitted , and apologised for. (Note: The Lasallian Education Mission in Malaysia cites 44 schools in total) Former Lasallian schools; no longer affiliated In 1975, all of

663-719: The Board of Trustees of DLSP. As the highest policy-making body of the network, it accompanies school boards and school heads in following the Lasallian Mission. The NMC also provides assistance with regard to financial matters such as fundraising for scholarships or social projects. The network was originally composed of eighteen La Salle educational institutions. Two De La Salle Supervised Schools , Andres Soriano Memorial College located in Toledo, Cebu and John Bosco College located in Bislig , Surigao del Sur (both added in 2006), becoming

702-828: The Brother Visitor and seven Lasallian Partners elected by corporate members; DLSP Corporate Members which includes all incumbent trustees of the La Salle educational institutions as well as the Lasallian Educational Corporations; and the DLSP President which acts as the Chief Mission Officer and Chief Executive Officer of the National Mission Council. The National Mission Council (NMC) serves as

741-490: The Brothers transferred the educational institution to its present location on Taft Avenue in the Malate district of Manila in 1921. During the 1980s, then President of De La Salle University, the late Brother Andrew Gonzalez FSC, Ph.D. introduced the idea of a multiversity because of the growing number of Lasallian institutions nationwide. His vision was to establish a system where the resources could be utilized to create

780-548: The De La Salle Brothers, say on their Web site that they sponsor educational projects and support schools in 80 countries; and that they give special attention to youth at risk, including those "educationally excluded, street children, orphans, victims of child abuse, drug addicts, disabled youth, individuals with mental illness, migrant and refugee youth, HIV+ and AIDS children, child victims of war, juvenile offenders, child laborers, victims of child trafficking, ethnic minorities, disadvantaged girls, and impoverished children". Since

819-677: The La Salle schools in Việt Nam were dissolved. In the following year the École Taberd was taken over by the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and transformed into a secondary school becoming the Trần Đại Nghĩa Specialist High School for gifted students in 2000. Vienna In France, the Brothers of the Christian schools run 68 primary schools, 92 middle schools, 53 general high schools and 47 vocational high schools, including: There have been

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858-527: The Sisters of St Louis, Pádraigín Drinan from Survivors of Abuse, and Alice Harper, whose brother, a victim of the De La Salle Brothers, had since died. Peter Murdock, from campaign group Savia, was at Nazareth Lodge Orphanage with his brother (who had recently died); he likened the institution to an "SS camp". He said "It's shocking to hear a nun from the institution apologising ... it comes 30 years too late ... people need to realise that it has to come from

897-446: The abuse was such that it was systemic" and that "the [La Salle] Order's failings to properly investigate allegations of sexual abuse and to properly report them to relevant authorities and its failure to take proper steps to protect children from further sexual abuse" amounted to "a systemic failure to take appropriate steps to ensure the investigation and prosecution of criminal offences involving abuse". On 11 March 2022 ministers from

936-544: The apology, BBC News reported that Jon McCourt from Survivors North West said "If what happened today was the best that the church could offer by way of an apology they failed miserably. There was no emotion, there was no ownership. ... I don't believe that the church and institutions atoned today." He called on the intuitions to "do the right thing" and contribute to the redress fund for survivors, saying that institutions have done similar for people in Scotland. McCourt praised

975-505: The convention to introduce improvement and innovations to existing programs and structures among the campuses. A task force to study the different needs of the campuses was formed in 1994. It was also during this year that an organizational structure was formed and a vision and mission statement was created for the system. In 1995, a 50-hectare property in Biñan was acquired by the System from

1014-509: The country were integrated into the eight campuses of the DLSU System, bringing the total number of campuses to eighteen. Since then, De La Salle-Professional Schools, Inc. and De La Salle Canlubang were integrated into De La Salle University which brought back the number of educational institutions to sixteen. The network administration is composed of a National Mission Council (NMC) which includes eight De La Salle Brothers including

1053-605: The establishment of additional Catholic educational institutions in the country. From March to June 1911, nine De La Salle Christian Brothers from Europe and the United States led by Brother Blimond FSC of France arrived in the Philippines. Together on June 16, 1911, the Brothers established the first Christian Brother educational institution in the Philippines, De La Salle College, on Calle Nozaleda (now General Luna St.) in Paco, Manila . Because of increasing student population,

1092-409: The family of the late National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture and La Salle High School alumnus Leandro Locsin to be used as the site of De La Salle University-Canlubang , a science and technology-oriented campus. Construction of the first building of the campus as well as start of operations both began in 2003. De La Salle University-Professional Schools, Inc., established in 1960, became

1131-784: The five main political parties in Northern Ireland and six abusing institutions made statements of apology in the Northern Ireland Assembly . The six institutions that apologised for carrying out abuse were De La Salle Brothers, represented by Br Francis Manning; the Sisters of Nazareth, represented bySr Cornelia Walsh; the Sisters of St Louis represented by Sr Uainin Clarke; theGood Shepherd Sisters, represented by Sr Cait O'Leary; Barnardo's in Northern Ireland, represented by Michele Janes; and Irish Church Missions, represented by Rev Mark Jones. In live reporting after

1170-487: The government ministers' apologies; they had "sat and thought out and listened to what it was we said.", but said that the institutions had failed to do this, leading to some victims having to leave the room while they were speaking, "compound[ing] the hurt." Others angry at the institutions' apologies included Caroline Farry, who attended St Joseph's Training School in Middletown from 1978 to 1981, overseen by nuns from

1209-616: The heart. They say it came from the heart but why did they not apologise 30 years ago?" De La Salle Canlubang The De La Salle Canlubang , currently the De La Salle University – Laguna Campus , was a private Catholic basic and higher education institution and a member institution of De La Salle Philippines run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in Biñan , Laguna , Philippines . It

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1248-521: The idea of having another La Salle School, this time in the Laguna area was conceptualized. This was when Architect Lindy Locsin, then a member of Manila's De La Salle University (DLSU) board of Trustees, offered to donate several hectares of his family's land to La Salle. In 1997, this generous donation of the Locsins was realized. La Salle purchased additional contiguous lands making De La Salle Canlubang

1287-412: The most progressive educational institutions south of Metro Manila with a population of more than 1,000 students from Kinder 1 to Grade 12 geared towards producing lifelong learners with the spirit of Faith, Service and Communion and equipped to meet the challenges of the new 2000 millennium. The campus was later renamed De La Salle University - Laguna Campus. The first building to be constructed on campus

1326-493: The network holds various projects that improve educational communities for the youth, especially to those who are poor. Among these are the software training for indigenous peoples and the exhibit on people killed during the Philippine government's operations against illegal drugs. The history of Lasallian education in the Philippines dates back to 1905 when the then Archbishop of Manila , Jeremiah James Harty , an alumnus of

1365-794: The request of the Archbishop of Manila. In 1921, the school was moved to its present site on Taft Avenue. Unable to accommodate requests for admission to the elementary grades, they had to revert an earlier policy not to expand. To date, they have spread out to different provinces. The Brothers have since opened in Greenhills, Antipolo, Lipa, Bacolod, Iligan, Dasmarinas, and Alabang. They have also undertaken supervision of some schools in Manila, Cavite, Bataan, Cebu, Bukidnon, Surigao del Sur, Negros Occidental, Masbate, Capiz, and Ozamis. Today they are known as De La Salle Supervised Schools . Around 1977,

1404-494: The science education as its basis. Science emphasizes hands-on exploration and direct experience with the natural world; thereby producing young scientists who are well-rounded and whose strength include: science and technological skills, clear-analytical thinking, and scientific literacy , to be active members of society. After DLSC was integrated into DLSU to become De La Salle University Science and Technology Complex (DLSU -STC) in 2012, its Integrated School has grown to be one of

1443-443: The system. De La Salle University-Manila initially provided the resources and expertise needed in the establishment of these institutions where it extended financial assistance and human resources in building the other campuses. The first general assembly of administrators and their representatives from the five campuses was convened in 1992 to support and facilitate the establishment of the system. Several committees were formed during

1482-744: Was completed in June 2003 and was designed by the firm L.V. Locsin and Partners. Beginning construction in August 2005, the Integrated School building was finished in March 2006, right on time for the following academic year. The IS Building houses the classrooms and other spaces for the Nursery students of the Integrated School. The building used to have a canteen of its own near the Pergola, but now it

1521-461: Was established in June 2003 in order to address the educational concerns of our nation with its youth as its strength. They are envisioned to be grounded on science and technological skills cloaked in the ideals of St. La Salle as an answer to the demands and challenges of the 21st century. The Integrated school opened its doors to 240 students from preschool to grade 4 and grade 8 (second year high school) during its first year. The curriculum adapts to

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