our heritage
History
The beginning...Present day
John Baptist de La Salle founded the Brothers in France in 1679. There were only a handful of men to help him. At the time of his death in 1719 there were 100 Brothers in 22 schools, teaching 5000 students throughout France.
Today over 5,000 Brothers and many thousands of lay partners continue in the De La Salle tradition. They minister to more than 900,000 students in universities, schools and other educational and welfare institutions in over 80 countries around the world.
