The Life of De La Salle

Question 1

April 30, 1651

Answer 1

When De La Salle was born.

Question 2

Parents

Answer 2

Louie De La Salle
Nicole Moet

Question 3

March 11, 1662

Answer 3

Recieved Clerical Tonsure at the age of 11

Question 4

Clerical Tonsure

Answer 4

A sacred rite. The act of shaving the back of the head- especially to those who are inspiring to become a priest.

Question 5

January 7, 1667

Answer 5

Installed as Canon of Rheims, at the age of 16

Question 6

Job at 16

Answer 6

Canon of Rheims: recite prayers of the church

Question 7

July 10, 1669

Answer 7

Went to the College des Bons Enfants - he took the degree of Master of Arts - graduated with summa cum laude

Question 8

October 18, 1670

Answer 8

Moved to Pairs to enter the Seminary of St. Sulpice at the age of 19 to become a Priest.

Question 9

July 19 1671

Answer 9

Death of his Mother - happened when he was 20

Question 10

April 9, 1672

Answer 10

Death of his Father - few months later after his mother died

Question 11

April 19, 1672

Answer 11

He left the seminary, 10 days after his father’s death to educate his four brothers and two sisters

Question 12

Father Nicholas

Answer 12

Spiritual Director of De La Salle - advised him to go back to the seminary

Question 13

April 9, 1678

Answer 13

Ordained as a priest at the age of 27, 2 years after he received a doctorate in theology

Question 14

March 15, 1679

Answer 14

Met Adrian Nyel, a lame man who made charity schools for poor boys

Question 14

1681

Answer 14

Brough teachers home to live with him - taught manners and basic education - they were known as the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Question 15

November 21, 1691

Answer 15

He made the Heroic Vow with Nicolas Vuyart and Gabriel Drolin

Question 16

1715

Answer 16

De La Salle left Paris and moved to Rouen to teach brothers and administer prayers for the prisoners

Question 16

April 7, 1719

Answer 16

He died in Rouen at the age of 67

Question 17

Last Words

Answer 17

Yes, I adore God guiding me in all the events of my life.

Question 17

February 19, 188

Answer 17

Beatified at St. Peter’s Basilica by Pope Leo the 13th (XIII)

Question 18

May 14, 1900

Answer 18

Canonized at St. Peter’s Basilica by Pope Leo the 13th (XIII)

Question 19

May 15, 1950

Answer 19

Proclaimed as Patron Saint of All Teachers by Pope Pius the 12th (XII)

Question 19

Parmenie

Answer 19

Where he fled during the crisis moment of the school

Question 19

Reims

Answer 19

Where he was born and became a Canon

Question 19

Paris

Answer 19

Where he entered the Saint Sulpice Seminary

Question 20

Rouen