lasallian thoughts

On April 17, 1668, St. La Salle received the minor orders of priesthood. He was ordained a priest ten years later, on April 9, 1678. He would later renounce his position as canon at the Cathedral of Rheims to form the first community of Brothers of the Christian Schools

He introduced innovative methods of education, preferring group, rather than individual instruction and integrating religious with secular subjects.
St. La Salle received the Last Rites on April 5, 1719. Before he died, he learned that he had been deprived of the exercise of his priestly powers in the diocese of Rouen. He died on April 7, 1719.