LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS JANUARY 7, 1667 John Baptist de La Salle was made a canon of the Cathedral of Reims 12, 1996

Br. Alpert Motsch was declared Venerable 26, 1678 John Baptist de La Salle received his license in Theology 26, 1725 Pope Benedict XIII approved the Institute of the Brothers 26, 1987 Pope John Paul II approved the revised Rule of the Brothers 26, Feast of the Transfer of the Relics of St. John Baptist de La Salle, Eucharistic Readings 30, Feast of Saint Mutien-Marie Wiaux (Belgium), Eucharistic Readings FEBRUARY 9, Feast of Saint Miguel Febres Cordero (Ecuador), Eucharistic Readings 19, 1888 Beatification of the Venerable John Baptist de La Salle MARCH 3, 1990 Br. Exuprien Mas and Br. Teodoreto Garberoglio were declared Venerable 11, 2001 Beatification of the Martyrs of Valencia 19, 1719 John Baptist de La Salle, gravely ill, celebrated Mass for the last time 21, 1676 John Baptist de La Salle was ordained a deacon APRIL 4, 1948 Beatification of Br. Benilde Romanon 5, 1719 John Baptist de La Salle received the Last Rites 6, 1995 Br. Gregory Bhl was declared Venerable 7, 1719 John Baptist de La Salle died at Rouen 9, 1678 John Baptist de La Salle is ordained a priest 17, 1668 John Baptist de La Salle received the minor orders of priesthood. 26, Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Eucharistic Readings 27, Feast of Blessed Nicolas Roland (Rheims, France), Eucharistic Readings 29, 1990 Beatification of Br. Jaime Hilario 30, 1651 Birth of John Baptist de La Salle (Rheims, France) MAY 2, 1989 Beatification of Br. Scubilion Rousseau 8, Feast of Our Lady of the Star, Eucharistic Readings 15, 1950 Pius XII Proclaimed St. John Baptist de La Salle: Patron of Teachers 15, Feast of St. John Baptist de La Salle, Eucharistic Readings 24, 1900 Canonization of Blessed John Baptist de La Salle JUNE 2, 2000 Br. lvaro Rodrguez Echeverra was elected the 26th Superior General 6, 1694 John Baptist de La Salle and 12 Brothers profess perpetual vows of Association, Obedience and Stability 7, 1694 John Baptist de La Salle is elected superior by the 12 Brothers 24, 1681 John Baptist de La Salle moves teachers into his house 24, 1682 John Baptist de La Salle and the teaching masters move from his family home to the Rue Neuve JULY 11, 1907 Pope Pius X calls the Brothers of the Christian Schools the "Apostles of the Catechism" AUGUST 13, Feast of Saint Benilde Romanon (France), Eucharistic Readings 16, 1683 John Baptist de La Salle renounces his cannonry SEPTEMBER 2, Feast of Blessed Br. Solomon Leclercq and the Brother Martyrs of Rochefort (French Revolution), Eucharistic Readings

22, Feast of the Spanish Martyrs of Valencia 27, Feast of Blessed Br. Scubilion Rousseau (La Runion), Eucharistic Readings OCTOBER 1, Beatification of the Br. Martyrs of Rochefort 9, Feast of Saint Jaime Hilario, (Tarragona, Spain), Saints Cyril Bertrn and Companions, Martyrs (Turn, Asturias, Spain), Eucharistic Readings 10, 1993 Beatification of the Brother Martyrs of Almeria 17, 1926 Beatification of Br. Solomon Leclerq 18, 1670 John Baptist de La Salle enters the seminary of Saint Sulpice in Paris 21, 1984 Canonization of Br. Miguel Febres Cordero 23, Feast of Blessed Br. Arnold Rche (France), Eucharistic Readings 30, 1977 Beatification of Br. Miguel Febres Cordero and Br. Mutien-Marie Wiaux NOVEMBER 1, 1987 Beatification of Br. Arnold Rche 7, 1709 Br. Gabriel Drolan assumes the direction of a school in Rome 16, Feast of Blessed Aurelio Maria and Companions, Martyrs (Almeria, Spain), Eucharistic Readings 17, Feast of the Dedication of the Church of Saint John Baptist de La Salle, Casa Generalizia, Rome, Eucharistic Readings 21, 1691 John Baptist de La Salle, Nicolas Vuyart and Gabriel Drolin profess the "heroic vow" to remain together in the society even if it meant living on bread alone 21, 1999 Canonization of Br. Jaime Hilario (Manual Barbal Cosan) and Cyril Bertrn and Companions, Martyrs DECEMBER 3, 1803 Restoration of the Institute in France following the Revolution 10, 1989 Canonization of Br. Mutien-Marie Wiaux