St. John Baptist de La Salle

1. The homeland of  St. John Baptist de La Salle.

• Spain
• Italy
• France
• Germany

2. The name of his mother.

• Mary Nicole

• Mary Moet

• Nicole Marie    

• Nichole Moet

3. The name of his father.

• Gabriel De La Salle

• Nyel De La Salle

• Nicolas De La Salle      

• Louie De La Salle

4. The person who influenced him greatly (reading him the lives of the saints).

• his best friend
• Father

• Nunr

• his mother

5. What did De La Salle do right after the death of his parents in 1672?

• Started the free schools for boys

• Became a brother

• Stopped studying priesthood and took care of his brothers and sisters

• Continued studying at the seminary in Paris

6. The very close friend of De La Salle who founded a congregation of Sisters to teach girls of the working class.

• Fr. Henry

• Fr. Roland

• Fr. Louise de Marillac

• Fr. Gabriel

7. The partner of De La Salle in training men to open free schools for boys.

• Adrien Nyel          

• Nicolas Vuyart  

• Gabriel Drolin

• LouieNyel

8. The meaning of Fratres Scholarum Christianarum (FSC).

• Brothers of the Christian Brotherhood
• Sisters of the Christian Schools
• Brothers of the Christian Schools
• Christian School Fraternity

9. What did De La Salle do in order to be as poor as the Brothers and to identify himself with the poor whom they were serving?

• Gave away his own material possessions

• Resigned his canonry (a special and honored position in the Church)

• Received a big donation from his aunt to make sure that these schools would sustain themselves

• All of the above

10. Which problems/crises went along as the institute grew?

• Brothers were either sick, dying or were leaving 

• Some parish priests wanted to control the brothers

• Financial problem was a reality

• All of the above