Topic 2 Flashcards
is the correct French name of the Founder
JEAN-BAPTISTE de LA SALLE
is the correct name of the Founder in English
JOHN BAPTIST de LA SALLE
D.O.B. and Place
APRIL 30, 1651 in REIMS, FRANCE
Spent the first __ years of his life in the Hotel De La Cloche with cousins
13
Influenced greatly by his maternal grandparents
Jean Moet and Perrette Lespagnol
The parents of John Baptist de La Salle
Louis De La Salle and Magistrate Nicole Moet
De La Salle was the oldest of
11 children
how many died in infancy of DLS’ siblings
4
how many survived of DLS’ siblings
7
largely tutored at home until the age __ at the College Des Bons Enfants
10
received the symbolic tonsure at age
11
became a Canon or the Cathedral of Rheims at age __ until he was __
16, 32
His life (1651-1719) coincides with the reign of
King Louis XIV (1654-1715)
- was 4 yrs old when his father died
- became king at 13 yrs old
- in 1680 started full reign
- was an autocratic ruler
King Louis XIV (1654-1715)
DATE: Entered University of Reims to start his Theological Studies
October 18, 1669
Entered the seminary of St. Sulpice in Paris and enrolled at the Sorbonne School of Theology in the University of Paris
October 1670
finished his Master of Arts degree at 18, Summa Cum Laude
July 10,1669
What was DLS’ course?
Master of Arts
DATE & PLACE: was able to continue his studies for priesthood in the _______ graduating in _______
University of Rheims, 1678
ordained a priest in
April 9, 1678
his spiritual director
Nicholas Roland
which school: helped Father Nicolas Roland in the establishment of a school for girls from the poorest class
School of the Holy Child Jesus