UPDATE - Lasallian Volunteers

LASALLIAN VOLUNTEERS
UPDATE
ANNUAL
REPORT
INSIDE
SPRING 2015
EXPLORING
VOCATION
A Brother’s Dance
Inspiring Students
LVs, alums and the students/clients we serve are identifying God’s call for their skills and talents
BROTHER MICHAEL PHIPPS (09-11)
STEVEN PATZKE (14-15)
by Frances Correa Ufnar
by Steven Patzke
When Michael Phipps took to the stage to play the part of a De La
Salle Christian Brother during a high school variety show, he wasn’t
expecting that role would foreshadow his ultimate vocation. He was
only a freshman at La Salle High School in Yakima, Washington—
and just starting to break in his dancing shoes—but his reverence for
the Lasallian life had begun to take hold.
Throughout his schooling at the University of Northern Colorado
Michael remained involved with Lasallian Student Leaders and Lasallian Collegians. He met Marilyn Paquette (99-01), an alum of
Lasallian Volunteers and former chair of the Lasallian Volunteers
Advisory Board. Marilyn would become one of the most influential
people along his vocational path.
Marilyn admits she can be “annoyingly Lasallian sometimes.” But
she noticed that same fervor in Michael.
“To see him as a Lasallian for life was a given for me,” Marilyn says.
And her certainty was just the encouragement he needed to agree to
join the Lasallian Volunteers in 2009.
The Christian Service program at Saint Raymond High
School for Boys’ strives to bring young men out of the
classroom and engage the Bronx in a whole new way. Each
student is asked to complete a reflection paper to serve as a
way for them to process experiences and show me that they
are meeting the learning outcomes.
Freshmen serve at the St. Augustine Food Pantry. It challenges these young Ravens to step out of their comfort zones
by seeing, smelling, touching, and speaking to the food
pantry clients as they come into the pantry. I love witnessing
my students’ transformation as they overcome their preconceived notions and take their faith deeper.
A student’s reflection (on the following page) meets the
learning outcomes I set from his very first sentences. His
experience left him feeling humble and willing to serve in
the future. In recognizing his inexperience and willingness to
open up, he senses authentic happiness that does not come
from material possessions. Most importantly, he draws a
connection to Christ calling him to serve the least among
him in the future. He questions food distribution inequalities and links it to Jesus providing for the masses when they
do not have enough to eat. His faith is the catalyst drawing
him to those society often marginalizes. It makes me proud
to see a student (a freshman in particular) grasp his service
learning experience with the faith and zeal that each Lasallian strives for.
My service experience as a Lasallian Volunteer closely
resembles this Christian Service novice’s—I came to St.
Ray’s to push myself to be uncomfortable. Each day, I call
Jesus to live in my heart forever, that prayer is answered
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Michael admits that
when he received his
assignment to volunteer at the San
Miguel School of
Providence Rhode
Island, he was terrified. The most he
knew about Rhode
Island was that it was
the smallest state. He
was relieved to find
out his high school
friend Amanda Rodela
Weingarten
would be volunteering at a community
nearby, but was still
unsure what to expect.
“I was scared to death the entire summer,” Michael remembers.
It wasn’t until after a few weeks in Rhode Island, and several long
conversations at the beach with his fellow Lasallian Volunteers that he
felt at peace. “It was authentic,” he remembers, “I felt like these people
I had known for less than a month, I could trust.” His volunteer experience played an integral role in helping him to explore and strengthen
his spiritual life, within a familial environment.
“It’s a welcoming environment of being in this family, to allow someone to fully express themselves,” Amanda says. She remembers Michael’s fear that he may not pray correctly. Yet, with encouragement
from his community and the Christian Brothers, Michael developed
his passion for liturgical dance during this time,
often leading the group in an improvised prayerful dance.
With a background in ballet, modern and classical dance, Michael was overjoyed to use his gift
to connect with his community, and with God.
He also remembers discovering an unexpected
joy in teaching, in witnessing his students succeed and creating bonds with them. He remembers one student he taught in 7th grade, whom he
helped apply to get into high school, and whose
graduation he will attend this spring.
“Very often as educators, we don’t get the chance
to see the fruits of our labors,” Michael says.
“There are rare glimpses of that … that’s the cross
between ministries becoming prayer and prayer becoming ministries.”
After serving two years in Rhode Island, Michael became an LV Scholar at Lewis University. For the first time, he began seriously discerning the brotherhood. He reached out to Brother Stephen Markham,
FSC about joining the Midwest District Contact program for men interested in potentially becoming a De La Salle Christian Brother.
“He was one of the men at the top of the list,” Br. Stephen remembers.
“Community is a very powerful experience,” adds Br. Michael Reis,
FSC, Michael’s former Community Director. “We all listen for God’s
call to each of us. Community helped Michael to hear that call.”
Surrounded by other men who were also considering a religious vocation, Michael finally felt he could open himself up to the possibility,
despite any trepidation. “When I thought about becoming a Brother,”
Michael remembers. “I had complete peace. I had questions but I was
okay with the questions.”
Michael Phipps will enter the Novitiate in August, after which he will
profess first vows as a De La Salle Christian Brother.
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as my students open my eyes to a world self discovery and
social justice. Reflections like this challenge me to humble
myself because of the growth and example of these wonderful
students. I hope to finish my time as a Lasallian Volunteer
following God’s command in Deuteronomy to “be open
toward your brother and toward the poor.” Only when doing
this, can Jesus live in my heart, forever.
After completing a service learning experience through the Christian Service program at Saint Raymond High School for Boys in
the Bronx, LV Steven Patzke’s student wrote this inspired reflection for class.
THE STUDENT REFLECTION
by Saint Raymond Student
The service that I provided was serving food to the homeless
in a soup kitchen. When I went there, I felt very nervous. I
did not know what to expect. I never served food to anyone
except my family.
We were a group of students and we all went to different
spots that were assigned to us.
“When I started,
I felt I wanted to go home”
When I started, I felt I wanted to go home—this is not for
me. But as time passed I realized that I was doing something
very good. I forgot about the feeling I had.
I saw how lucky I was. I don’t have to worry about my next
plate of food. My parents make sure of that.
During this time, I thought of the thousands and thousands
of people dying of hunger worldwide.
How can this happen?
I thought the universe is supposed to provide enough food
for the whole world. I was wrong.
One of the challenges I needed to overcome was not to
be judgmental. First I thought why don’t these people stop
spending money on useless things, but when I saw seniors and
children, I stopped. I thought many things, many thoughts
rushed through my mind.
Why is this happening?
Is this what I have to look forward to when I get older, to
walk around this country seeing the people in the thousands
suffering from starvation? For a moment I wished I was Jesus.
I remember the story when Jesus multiplied the fish to feed
the mass crowd of people before him. “God,” I said in my
head, “please Lord help these people so they don’t have to suffer and worry where their next meal will come from.”
While I was distributing the food, one old lady said to me,
“God bless you.” It made me feel that I was doing something
important. I was so involved with what I was doing that for a
moment I felt like a monk or priest in the wilderness helping
and protecting the less.
I decided right then and there I will continue to do this every time I can. This whole experience has humbled me. It has
taught me to be less arrogant.
Deuteronomy 15:11, “There will always be poor people in
the land, therefore I command you to be open handed toward
your brother and toward the poor and the needy in your land.”
UPDATE
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
LASALLIAN VOLUNTEERS
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UPDATE
2014 Lasallian Volunteers
JANUARY - JUNE
JULY - DECEMBER
Where LVs Served
53 LVs
15 States
WA
MT
OR
Lasallian College/
Univ. Grads
CA
MO
OK
7
NY
PA
IL
AZ
37
MN
WI
28 Sites
44 LVs, 15 2nd Yr
Non-Lasallian
College/Univ. Grads
RI
9
Lasallian High
School Grads
TN
28 Sites
TX
20 Communities
19 Communities
NEW SITES/COMMUNITIES
RETURNING SITES
• St. Peter’s Boys HS,
Staten Island, NY
• St. Raymond HS for Boys,
Bronx, NY
•
• De La Salle Academy,
Concord, CA
• St. Raphael Academy,
Pawtucket, RI
West Catholic Preparatory HS,
Philadelphia, PA
14% Administration & Finance
7% Promotions
10% Development
15% Recruiting
& Placement
EXPENSES
14% Staff Support of LV & Alumni
LASALLIAN VOLUNTEERS
40% Training
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EXPENSES
Total
Per LV
Recruitment & Placement $69,500
$1,448
Training $183,000
$3,813
Staff Support of LV & Alumni
$64,000 $1,333
Administration & Finance $63,000
$1,313
Promotions $33,000 $688
Development $47,000 $979
TOTAL $459,500
$9,574
UPDATE
Program Highlights
YOUNG LASALLIANS
IN ROME
CATHOLIC
SCHOOLS WEEK
RELAN highlights two former volunteers Sean Barber (11-13) and
Patricia “Chay” Tanchanco (11-13).
January
The 3rd International Symposium of
Young Lasallians includes LV Director
Jolleen Wagner (04-07) and alums
Sarah Laitinen (06-08) and Chris
Swain (04-06), three of ten RELAN
participants in Rome, Italy. February
FUNDRAISING
SUCCESSES
Lent 2014: Annual appeal to former Christian Brothers raises over
$25,000 during Lent. 12/2 GivingTuesday raises $4,200+ in one
day! 12/14 LVs Run in St. Louis,
Missouri raises over $73,000!
Brother Brian Henderson
facilitated his 13th consecutive retreat with the
Lasallian Volunteers. May
FAITH3
DIRECTOR HONORED
Director of Lasallian Volunteers Jolleen Wagner
(04-07) is honored by alma mater, Siena College
for her dedication to service with the Franciscan Spirit Award. June
COMMITMENT
CAPACITY
BUILDING GRANT
NEW VOCATION
COORDINATOR
The Forum for Theological Exploration provided a grant to Lasallian
Chris Swain (04-06) joins the RELAN Volunteers to develop the Spiritual
staff as the new Regional Coordina- Companions Initiative, providing
tor for Lasallian Vocation Ministry. formation to alums while providing spiritual direction for current
July
volunteers. July
10% Grant Income
40% Donations
12%
Site Contributions
INCOME
INCOME
Site Contributions
$54,000
Grant Income
$47,975
Donations$181,237
Donations$176,455
TOTAL 38% Contributions from
Christian Brothers Conference
LASALLIAN VOLUNTEERS
DEBRIEFING
RETREAT
Lasallian Volunteers Highlighted by FAITH3 as a
Service Program that Changes the World. June
of a Busy
LV Year
At Christian Brothers Center in Narragansett, Rhode Island. Bassen Service Award
honorees Sarah Laitinen (07-09) and Jim
Ruck & Gail Britanik (95-96). Johnston
Faith Award honoree, Br. Brian Henderson.
Farrell Community Award honoree, Br.
Michael Reis. September
De La Salle Academy in Concord,
CA, opened with alum Marilyn
Paquette (99-01) hired as founding Principal. Alum Carly Myrtle
(12-14) was hired as a faculty
member. August
Brother Robert Schieler, FSC,
served as General Councilor
of RELAN for seven years,
was elected Superior General
and Brother Timothy Coldwell,
FSC was elected General
Councilor, succeeding Brother
Robert. May
Snapshot
5TH ANNUAL
FSC AWARDS
NEWEST MIGUEL
SCHOOL
NEW GENERAL
COUNCILOR
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$459,667
LV alums Dan Monroe (13-14) and
Michael Phipps (09-11) made promises
for postulancy—entering initial formation as Brothers—during the Midwest
District Jubilee Celebration in July.
They spent the past year discerning their vocation in preparation for
novitiate. July
CHARTS EXPLAINED ADMINISTRATION
& FINANCE: Budgets, billing & payments
• DEVELOPMENT: Appeals & thank yous,
making contacts, grants • FSC & ALUMNI
CONNECTIONS: National & district meetings,
Advisory Board, alumni relations. •
PROMOTIONS: Newsletter production, creating
promotional materials, maintaining databases,
reporting • RECRUITING & PLACEMENT:
College fairs, recruitment, interviews,
screening, selection, placement. • STAFF
SUPPORT OF LVs: Site visits, troubleshooting
problems, holistic community care, volunteer
resources • TRAINING: Orientation, Midyear &
Debriefing Retreats (staff time, group travel,
lodging, presenter/facilitaor fees)
UPDATE
2014 Donors
JANUARY 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2014
These are the people who are making a difference in people’s lives all across America by helping us continue to find,
cultivate and retain such incredible volunteers. Your support makes us a success — thank you!
Leadership
Circle ($1,000+)
Anonymous Donor
ACTA Foundation
Benilde De La Salle
Community
Christian Brothers
Community, Glencoe,
MO
Christian Brothers of
the Midwest
Christian Brothers
University
Christian Brothers
Community West
Catholic
Michael Costello
Joe Coyle
John & Marilyn
Cullen
Bro. Thomas Daigle
Thomas & Joanne
Darnowski
DeLaSalle
Community,
Minneapolis
District of Eastern
North America
Henry & Caroline
Dugan
First Tennessee
Foundation
Forum for
Theological
Exploration
Bro. James Gaffney
Michael & Joette
Gostomski
Alberto Guerrero, LV
03-05
Lisa & Michael Hills
Dorothy Hopkins
Anne Hotze, LV
01-03
La Salle Academy
Community,
Providence, RI
Tim Farley & Eileen
Roberts-Farley
Darnowski
Joe Sperske
Carter, LV 97-98
Fitzsimmons
Charles Desnoyers
Edward Springer
Bro. Allen D. Ganz
Brian Guidera
St. Joseph’s
Collegiate Institute
Clinton & Mary
Flowers
La Salle University
Alisan & Michael
Engle
Casa Benedicta
Community
LaSalle Community
(Lewis University)
Tim & Regina
Johnson
Bro. Chris Englert
St. Peter’s
Community
De La Salle
Community-Freeport
Cassie & Joe Flynn,
LV 08-09
Cheryl Connolly
Lasallian Education
Fund
Bernard & Joanne
Kenyon
Michael & Barbara
Foley
Mark LeVota
Bro. Bud Knight
Lewis University
Michael Stallion
Jean Connolly
Elizabeth Fisher
Steve Stolz
Geralyn Convery
Sheila Foley
John & Anita
Fitzgibbons
Christopher Swain,
LV 04-06
Kristen Cornicello,
LV 05-07
Jennifer Foster
Paul & Ellen Lewis
James Freihaut
Makrod Investment
Associates, INC.
Bro. Stephen
Markham
Bro. Gerard J.
Frendreis
Stephen & Barbara
Sweeny
Stephanie & Joseph
Corson
Bro. Brendan
Garwood
Manhattan College
Robert & Maggie
McCarty
Diana FuentesMichel
The McKnight
Foundation
Bro. John Crawford
Bro. Nicholas Geimer
Laura Cruz
Evangelina Genera
Joseph & Nancy
McGowan
Kerry Garesche
Fr. Daniel Torson
Bill & Mary Curran
William Giddings
Eugene Gorman
Bro. Robert Veselsky
Michael & Mary
Noetzel
Lynda D’Angelo
Bro. James N.
Grahmann
Thomas & Nancy Vitt
Ellen Dalton
Maryellen & Joseph
Glackin
Peter & Michele
Harris, LV 92-93
Emily Vogel, LV
99-01
Amy & Daniel
O’Connell
Maria & William
Salvador
Bryan & Justine
Davies McClellan, LV
06-07
Armand Gonsoulin
Gabriel Moran
Frank & Susan
Patzke
Bro. Lawrence D.
Goyette
Marybeth Zuhlke
Bro. Walter
Schreiner
Chuck & Carrie
Davis, LV 96-00
Robert Greason
Brian & Lisa O’Neill
Hilary House
Community, Santa
Fe, NM
St. La Salle
Partners
($100-$249)
De La Salle at
Blessed Sacrament
Maura Deek
Terrence & Marianne
Allen
Bernard Grove
Edward & Clare
Delaney
Raphael Guajardo
Samantha Almanza,
LV 09-11
Dell
Felipe & Courtney
Gunn, LV 03-05
Lydia Delmore
Grace Haagenson
Kaitlin Depuydt, LV
09-11
Rosemary & Bill
Hallinan
Jim & Lisa Diecidue,
LV 01-02
Jim & Shannon
Hanzel
Bethami Dobkin
Cornelius &
Geraldine Harrington
James Kevin & Carol
McDonnell
Richard & Judy
McKay
Bro. Raymond
McManaman
Our Sunday Visitor
Institute
Bro. Edward Phelan
William Phillips &
Monica Sullivan
Ron Turner
Ronald Reis
Saint Mary’s College
of California
Jolleen Wagner, LV
04-07
Saint Mary’s
University of
Minnesota
Alan & Beverly
Weyland
St. Peter’s Boys High
School
Raymond and Diane
Swain
Tides Family
Services
Special Partners
($500-$999)
Anonymous Donor
Paula Aments
Mary Beth & Richard
Ketchum
Lynn Bromstedt
La Salle Academy
Community, New
York, NY
St. Gabriel’s Hall
Community
Jennifer Tyndall, LV
09-12
Paul and Diane
Hurst
David & Kelly
Laflamme, LV 93-95
Jim & Corrine
Feldman
Janet Baran
John & Yvette
Connell
Carol Daly
De La Salle High
School, Concord, CA
Bro. John W. Fairfax
LASALLIAN VOLUNTEERS
Dennis & Pat Zerega
LV Partners
($250-$499)
Marie Anderson
Erin Arnold, LV 02-03
Rosa KaderaRedmond, LV 03-04
David Kelly
La Salle School
Albany Community
Senabar and John
Lanigan, LV 93-95
Marcos & Fiona
Leibovic
Anne MacKinnon
William McAdams
Don & Marie
Mulholland
Brianna Mustard, LV
10-12
William Wolff
Peter & Melissa
Altman, LV 02-04
Charles Amenta
Christopher & Susan
Anderson
Alina Baietti, LV 0810 & Scott Baietti, LV
08-10
Paul & Katherine
Beinkafner
Mary Anne Block
New York Life Giving
Campaign
Kevin & Virginia
Brooks
Marilyn Paquette, LV
99-01
Bro. Dominic
Berardelli
Susanne Cassidy
Bro. John T. Patzwall
Christian Brothers
Community, Yakima,
WA
John & Mary Penna
Denis Block, LV
07-09
Frank & Carol
Petroski
Angela Bruni
Christian Brothers
Community, New
York, NY
Bro. Edmond
Precourt
Catherine Calogero,
LV 10-12
Bro. Michael Reis
Robert Carrejo
Charles & Dianne
Shanabruch
Cathleen Carroll
Reid & Franki Smith,
LV 03-04
Carolyn & Andrew
Cornelius
Francis Coughlin
Karen & Jim
6
Msgr. David H. Benz
Frank Cafaro
Brian & Martina
Donahue
Brian & Maryann
Donahue-Lynch
Kathy & Andy Doom
Wayne & Mary
Draudt
Bro. William Fecteau
Mike Fedoruk, LV
10-12
Mary & Michael
Feeney
Heather & Anthony
Ferro
Edward & Else
Griffin
Michael Griffin
Edward Hartmann
Maureen Haskell
Dawn HaskellCarbone & Mario
Carbone
Shirley Heck
Fred & Patricia
Hemmer
Jen & Geoff
Henggeler, LV 04-05
Bro. Thomas Hetland
Nancy Hobert
Laurier Fish
Holy Family Catholic
High School
Laura Carroll
Bill & Anna
Fitzgerald
Chris & Kathleen
Molly & George
Hottinger
John & Rita
Michael &
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Jacqueline Hyland
Matthew Joram, LV
05-07
Community, St. Paul,
MN
Mary Ruple
Kenenna Amuzie, LV
12-14
Marie Cantwell
Timothy Darnowski
Nicole Flores
Edward & Alice Carey
Sandra Davidson
Beth Ford McNamee
Ronald & Peg Miros
John & Jeanette Ryan
Kathleen Ryan
Joan Anderson
Christy Carl
San Miguel
Community, Chicago
Margaret Anderson
Linda Carlin
Megan Davison, LV
12-14
Bernard & Janet
Freiland
Mari Anzicek, LV
07-09
Stephanie Carlsen, LV
11-13
Katie Deger
Michael & Anne
Frontier
Kiley & Mike
Armstrong
Mary Carlson
Joseph Alemany
Community – Moraga,
CA
John & Caroline
Mockler
John Jude
Bro. Mark Murphy
James Kandell
John T. Kane
Robert & Kathleen
Murphy
Noreen Kavanaugh
Robert Murphy
Marty Keefe
John Neuschel
Bro. Charles Kelly
Richard & Patricia
Neville
Bob & Patti Kennedy
Bro. Charles F. Kitson
Thomas Koch
Joe Kolar, LV 07-09, &
Claire Kolar, LV 07-09
John & Richelle Koller
Debra Kolp
Bro. Edward
Koronkiewicz
Christian Kuczynski
Eric & Sarah Laitinen,
LV 07-09
Susan & Richard
Larson
Kathleen Leon
Patricia Mulligan
Evan Noetzel
Kathleen Noetzel, LV
13-15
San Miguel
Community, Tucson
Phil Schumaker,
LV 02-04 & Nikki
Schumaker, LV 02-04
Chris Sciglitano, LV
93-95
Bro. Anthony Scotto
Dominic & Lori
Seraphin
Jeanne Sheehan
William Norton
Priscilla O’Connell
Steven & Elizabeth
O’Connell
Sean & Barbara
O’Keefe
Richard O’Prey
Ronald Olowin
Ronald & Judith
Sommer
Bro. Colman Coogan
Judy Boals
Art & Linda Cook
Joann Boczenowski
Raegan Cook
Bridget & Phil
Dujardin, LV 95-96
Janis Boehm
Susan Cook Northway
Joe Dulak
Lauren Bogacz
Andrew & Judith
Cordell
Stephen & Judith
Dunn
Lauren Cordova
Bro. Thomas Dupré
Michael Grogan
Amanda CosioBognuda, LV 08-10 &
Brendan Corcoran, LV
08-10
Antony Eddy, LV 09-10
Bro. Mark Gubbels
Lily Eder
Maureen Guscetti
Susan Hagner
Joseph Costanzo
Tyson Edmonds, LV
97-99
Kathleen Esling
Michael Hairsine
Lupita Espinoza
Amber & Brian Halma
Carmen Esposito
Michelle Hanock
Shannon Ewing
Bro. Javier Hansen
Maureen Fanning
Joan Iva Fawcett
Frank & Agnes
Hartmann
Molly Fay
Barbara Haskell
Jodi Fedoruk
Frank Haskell
Elizabeth Fehl
Genene Haskell
Jordan Feld
Letha Healey
Leon Femino
Jenny Heil
Francis & Catherine
Curran
Mackenz Ferguson
Jennifer Heipp
Stephanie Ferry
Clare Curry
Barbara Fisher
Bro. Charles
Henderson
Gillian Cutshaw
Harry Fisher
Joseph & Mary
D’Agostino
Bro. Kevin Fitzgerald
Patrick & Arline Daley
Robert Fitzgerald
Stephanie Daley
Gary & Lita Flinders
Megan Darnowski
Kathleen Florence
Pamela Thomas
Michael & Linda
Bowers
Nancy Bowers
Rachel Bowers
Diane Brann
Margaret Wartko
Mary Brevard
Therese Weber
George Brignac
Amanda Weingarten,
LV 09-11 & Andy
Weingarten, LV 08-10
Rosanne Brouette
Maureen Wesolowski
Sheryl & Bryan Brown
Kayla Bryson-Tucker,
LV 12-14
Peter Robbert
Howard & Susan
Whetzel
Bro. Christopher Buck
James & Barbara
Robillard
Charles & Mary
Zebley
Tracie Burke
James Rodemann
Bro. Richard Roller
Bro. John Achin
Charles McGovern
Mary Jo Rossi
Jessika Acilio
Daniel McKaveney
Bro. James Roszak
Shane Alexander
Michael McNamara
Howard & Carol
Rovegno
Kristen Aliotti
Robert & Susan
Rundle
Saul M. Almanza
Nancy & Saul Almanza
Anne & Kit Ruona
Angela & Pete Amann,
LV 90-92
Heather Ruple, LV
01-03
La Salle University
Ambassadors
LASALLIAN VOLUNTEERS
Padraic & Bridget
Glackin
Bro. Patrick Conway
Donors (to $99)
Miguel House
Kathleen Glackin, LV
09-11
Thomas Blum
Bro. Louis Rodemann
Peter Michell
Elizabeth DiPlacido,
LV 14-15
Bro. Dominic Gisondo
Lois Connolly
Thomas & Helen
Wallace
Jose & Diana Michel
Eileen & Joseph
DiPlacido
Anthony Giacometti
Casey Bjornstad
Timothy Reardon
Richard & Mary
Meroney
Sr. Jean Dietrich
Virginia Giacobone
Carole Swain
Anna Tufano
Lawrence McShane
Stephanie Diamond
Deborah Gentil
Gina Bixler
Mike & Debby Reagan
Colleen McGeehan, LV
93-94
Colleen Dhamer
Joaquin Genera
Margaret Conley
Jaime Reagan
Bryan & Frances
Rivera, LV 02-03
Deborah Deweese
Charles Gaus, Jr.
Chris Birzes
Nicholas & Elizabeth
Magri
Alexander Rigney
Mariela Castillo, LV
13-14
Eileen Devlin
Jenae Gaskin
William & Colleen
Sullivan
Peter Tooher & Erin
Ramsey
Tim & Mary Riggins
Al & Jamin Cassidy
Kyle Garesche, LV
13-15
David Devine, LV 0002 & Teisha Devine, LV
00-02
Brittany Cohen
Anne Ranallo
Juliette Relihan
James Casey
Bro. Richard Galvin
Clare DeVeau
Ann & Michael Galvin
David Bessette
Julie Macksey
Bro. Joseph P. Reilly
Jack Casazza
Paulette Demarinis
Marie Cilluffo
Robert Lynch
Kevin Regan
Michele & Phil
Beauboeuf
Sophia Cartagena, LV
07-09
Michael Gallagher
Nancy Benoit
Richard & Patricia
Stroh
Kathleen Terrillion
Katherine Pederson
Bro. Joel Baumeyer
Rosemarie Carsello
John Dellipriscoli, LV
09-11
Central Catholic
Community
Rachel & Mario
Ragghianti, LV 07-09
Francis McGarry
Lea Barbano
Shenonel Fry
Monika Beliveau
St. Raymond’s
Community
Robert Teegarden
Patrick & Peggy
McEvoy
Madonna Carsello
Kathleen Battistini
Phillip A. Pusateri
Edward Maziarz
Karen Carsello
Brian & Jennifer
Banker
Thaddeus Smith, LV
90-92
Ammi Ludwick, LV
92-95
James Mawn
Bro. Alfred Baltz
Michael Barram
Dylan Perry, LV 10-11
Nancy Mattson
Alexandra Carroll
Brian Singer-Towns
Debbie & David Perry
Mary Mother of the
Redeemer Parish
Sarah Balas
Elizabeth Nolan, LV
83-86
John & Charlene
Lorenz
Phylis & Philip
Martinelli
Bro. Francis A. Carr
Emily Simons
Thomas Hannigan &
Jillian SzczepaniakGillece LV 03-05
Bro. Joseph Martin
Bro. Anthony Baginski
Mark Noetzel
Gary & Karla Park
Jane & David Maher
Michael Carlson, LV
08-10
Julia Barboza, LV
05-07
Desiree Lopez, LV
10-12
Tom Magrini, LV 10-12
Alicia Atkinson
Katie Delaney, LV
12-14
T.J. Buckley, LV 11-13
Katie Burns, LV 05-07
Kevin Buschiazzo
Desmond & Valerie
Butler
Shannon Byrne
John & Bernadette
Callanan
Jane Camarillo
Claudia Campeau
Armand Campos
James & Kathleen
Canavan
7
Maurice Costello
Kenneth Cottrell
Justin Couts
Bro. Stephen Creagh
Kristen Crone, LV
11-13
Alexander Cruz
Marissa Cruz
Theresa Cullen
Virginia & Pat
Cunningham
Meg Diviny
Kathy Donohue
Katherine GlassDesforge
Tim Donovan
Eileen & Jack Glover
Kathleen Dorsey, LV
10-11
Judith Goldhammer
Dan & Sarah Dowling,
LV 03-05
Dan & Chris Gorenz
Monica Fitzgerald
Oralia Gomez
Grant & Betty Gorman,
LV 07-09
Timothy Gossen
Forrest Gray
Arthur Griffin
Carissa Hahn
Enrique Henriquez, LV
01-03
Annie Henry
Douglas Herbek, LV
13-14
Robert & Bridget
Hesselberg
UPDATE
Bro. Francisco
Martin
Patrick & Virginia
Murphy
Pastorius
12-14
John Tiglias
Ellen Patch
Victoria Rudd
Timothy Tiu
Ali Martin
Scoufield
Jim & Ann Murray
Karen Patricia
Michael Russo
Ashley Torres
John Murray
Bro. James
Martino
Kevin Patzke
Evelyn Torres
David Pecorini
Patricia Masone
Charlene Myers
LV 99-00 & Jeb
Myers, LV 97-00
Raymond & Nancy
Ryan
Reena Kumar
Emily Mattoon, LV
13-14
Carly Myrtle, LV
12-14
Dan Lam
Samantha Maye
Amy Lamparelli,
LV 11-13
Dan & Natalie
McCarron
John & Lucille
Naughton
Mario & Susan
Lanna
Virginia McCarthy
Margaret
Naughton
Michael & Jeanne
McElroy
Cindy Nava
Lupe Nelson
Charles & Evelyn
McGettigan
Edmund Nespoli
Michael
McGettigan
Becky Newlin
Freeman
McGlothlin
Barbara Nichols
Mary Hesser
William Kritek
Monica Higgins
Andrea & Walter
Kuczynski
Bro. Charles
Hilken
Michelle Hoffman,
LV 08-09
Kathleen Holland
Anna M. Holt, LV
13-14
Karen D. Hoover
Rosanne Hoskins
Michael Hreyo
John & Elizabeth
Humbel
Sean Hutchinson
Maribeth Hutson
Rev. Edward
Kuczynski
Dawn Gullickson
& Justin Kuehl, LV
03-05
Lansdale Catholic
High School
Anthony Hylkema
Martin & Donene
Larkin
Deborah J.
Inzurriaga
Kenny Latta, LV
10-12
Diane Jakosz
Erin Laverty
Kara Jakosz
Scott & Kelly
Morgan, LV 09-11
Ellen McKee
Jeremy House
Community
Erin Leboeuf
Damian McShane
Erica LeCoure
Elizabeth Jodice
Joe McShane
Sonya Lee, LV
08-10
Stacey McShane
Teresa Jennings
Gerard & Virginia
Johnson
Tim Lee
Molly McKeogh
Lane Neubauer
Malcolm Newman
Susan Niro
Dolores Procaccio
Judy Pruett
Andrew Meyer
Jacob Loechler
James Logiudice
Deborah &
Michael Kilmade
Neena King
George & Valerie
Kirchmann
Daniel Klee, LV
08-09
Jonathan
Knappenberger
Katie Koch
Bridget Kolp
Meghan Kolp
Sarah Kolp
Bro. Leo Kramper
Suzanne Polen
Matthew
O’Connell
Terrence Mehan
John KennedyFarrell
Emily Plummer
Rachel Nuzman
Samuel LoCoco
Veronica Kennedy
Hank & Erica Pitts,
LV 06-08
Javier & Sarah
Mechtenberg, LV
99-00
Richard &
Kathleen
O’Connell
Nate Kennedy
Ben Pietrzyk
Julia McStravog
Ellen Mehan
Bridget Kennedy,
LV 14-15
Samuel Pickard
Gary Pritts, LV 0709 & Sarah Pritts,
LV 08-09
Joel & Jackie
Lipenta, LV 08-10
Vincent Kelly
Betty Phipps
Alexandra
Nowakowski
Philip Joyce
William & Paula
Kefer
Chrissie Phillips
Ramos
Emily Poynton
Molly Linehan
Bro. Conrad
Kearney
Garrett Philbin, LV
09-11
Lawrence & Carol
Norton
Bro. James Joost
Julie Kane
Rick & Sue
Petrocelli
Janine Noetzel
Anthony Lerro
Bro. Michael
Kadow
Dustin Perry
Ron Pollak, LV
13-14
Bro. Leo Jones
JPMorgan Chase
Foundation
Shannon Pera
Laura Puls
Marit Pywell
Tom & Joanne
Saldarelli
Rebecca Sallee
Hanson
Leslie Anne
Salvador, LV 14-15
Veronica Santiago
Laiza Santos
Mareesa Santos
Evan Saunders, LV
13-14
Lynda Schachner
Bro. Larry Schatz
Richard &
Margaret Schieler
Jason & Angela
Schnobrich, LV
00-02
Kelly Schreiber, LV
13-14
Mark Silverbush
Mike Miller
David O’Keefe
Kelly QuistDemars
Bro. Mariano
Lopez
Nancy & Greg
Miller
John & Cecilia
O’Leary
Lisa & Brian
Ragghianti
Courtney Slack
Justin Lorenz
Ryan Miller
Freeden Oeur
Maureen Lorenzo
Kara Minogue
Cyndi Oji
Jillian Lucanie
Nicola Minogue
Eileen Lynch
Thomas Minogue
Michael & Lori
Lyons
Katherine Mockler,
LV 14-15
Takiyah
Olatunboson, LV
98-00
Len & Jane
Mackesy
Michael Mockler
Bro. Hugh
Maguire
John Maher
Bro. Gerard F.
Molyneaux
Whitney Monastra
Cory and Erin
Olson, LV 09-11
John Omernik
Scott & Alison
Orbin, LV 99-00
Sandra Majkrzak
Bro. Dan Monroe,
LV 13-14
Don & Mary
Maloney
Jan & David
Monroe
Brianna Ortiz
Christina Mariani
Brinley Mooney
Louis &
Bernadette Marino
Jeanne Mooney
Lawrence &
Gladys Palkert
Anthony & Ellen
Marks
James Marrin
Bro. Alfred
Marshall
Will Marszalek
Theresa Marten
LASALLIAN VOLUNTEERS
Frank Moreno
Andrew Morgan
John Morris
Bro. Frederick C.
Mueller
Colleen Mullane
Eileen Murphy
Joanna Pace
George & Siobhan
Pallace
Mary Ann Robbert
Kate Ward-Gaus
Brandon Simmons
Jillian Smith
Carol Soltys
Thomas & Patricia
Speakman
Kathy & Bill
Spitzmueller
Bro. Kevin Stanton
Leslie Stewart
Alexis Stinger
Norm & Connie
Weiss
Sarah Weld
Stacie West
Joseph Westrich
Nancy & Jim
Wheeler
Seth & Lindsey
Whetzel
John & Suzanne
Wilcox
Kimberly Williams
JoAnn & Earl
Wilson
Ynez Wilson Hirst
Bill Sullivan
Katherine Sullivan
Rich & Kathy
Roberts
Rebecca Sullivan
Bro. Tom Sullivan
Whitney Wozniak,
LV 12-14
Tyson Roberts
Marni Sweetland
Brendan Young
Matthew Roche
Susan Szendrey
Amy Yunis
Sarah Rodzewich
Ron Tapper
Keith Zahner
Ronn Rogers
George
Theotokatos
Evan Zierk
Fred & Christine
Thieman
Angela Zuccaro
Joyce Rothermel
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Julia Walsh, LV
12-14
Paul Roberts, LV
04-05
Eon & Deniece
Parks
Victoria & Mike
Michael Wall, LV
13-14
Hugh Stringer
Judith Roggow
Alisha Passaretti
Ron Vossen
Jessika Roberts
Anna Pappas
Joseph Parrella
Sara Vogelpohl, LV
06-08
Bro. James
Wegesin
Cullen O’Donnell
Annie Oliverio
Ricky Vides, LV
09-11
Susan Waterman
Eric Miller
Brent Rempe, LV
04-05
Margarita
Vardalos
Anne Scola
Kristen Shirley
Megan Rankel
Bro. George Van
Grieken
Elliott Waterman
Florence Quinn
Fernanda Olivera
Kellen Utecht
Robert
Schwendau
Tommy O’Connell
Veena
Rangaswami
Frances Correa
& Zac Ufnar LV
07-09
John & Mary
Wasacz
Corey Quinn
Denise Ramirez
Ella & Mike Tripp
Cindy Schultz
Danielle Schuck
Debra & Clifford
Sheets
Alexandrina
Ramirez
Patricia & Chico
Torres
Courtney Rowe &
Ross Nodurft, LV
04-06
Sean Ruane, LV
Loretta Woods
Steven & Barbara
Woods
Nancy Zlataritz
Bro. Robert
Thomas
Griffin Thompson
UPDATE
MISSION
Called to
Education
The Lasallian Volunteers, a program of the De La Salle Christian
Brothers in the Lasallian Region of North America, provides dedicated, well trained volunteers
for one or more years of service to schools and agencies of the Brothers whose mission is
to serve the poor. Acting out of faith, rooted in the Gospel, and sharing community with the
Brothers and other Lasallians, the volunteers empower the poor by personalized service
primarily through education.
VISION
We will be an expanding movement of volunteers, alumni and friends
serving the poor in association with the De La Salle Christian Brothers and sharing community and faith in the tradition of Saint John Baptist de La Salle. LVs will transform the lives of
impoverished children and families in all Lasallian ministries to the poor nationwide that request our help. To be effective in their outreach, current volunteers will benefit from the most
appropriate training and support network possible. Formed spiritually during their service
years, alumni will continue in the Lasallian mission to the poor. We will continually develop
appropriate structures for cultivating among all our members service to the poor, community
and faith. The Lasallian Volunteers movement will accompany the Brothers as they return to
their founder’s mission to the poor and form effective communities that make this possible.
ANDREW KETCHUM (09-11)
LV ADVISORY BOARD
When I was in grad school I taught at a public school in
Manhattan. There were a lot of parts of it that were really
awesome and helped me grow immensely as an educator.
But over that year I felt like something was missing.
I loved the kids and really enjoyed the content that I was
teaching, but I didn’t feel like I belonged in comparison
to my years as an LV at San Miguel School in Tulsa, OK.
What I realized was missing was the faith and community that was such a crucial part of my experience in Tulsa. Thankfully those elements are very present at Cristo
Rey in Brooklyn, NY, where I currently work. Faith and
community are a huge part of why this has been a second
home to me over the past three years.
Wendi & Bill Boselli (94-95)
LV Alum
LAFAYETTE, CA
Lori Dressel
Community Director
La Salle Manor Retreat Center
PLANO, IL
Heather Ferro
Clinician at Heather L Ferro, LLC
PROVIDENCE, RI
Jen Foster
Director of Development
San Miguel School of Providence
PROVIDENCE, RI
Marybeth Ketchum
Parent of an LV Alum
RYE, NY
“I realized what was missing was
the faith and community”
Joseph Kolar (07-09)
Graduate School of Education, Field Specialist
Saint Mary’s University
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
When I joined Lasallian Volunteers I was not sure what
I truly was being called to do. I knew I enjoyed working
with youth and had flirted with the idea of pursuing a
career in education, but I was far from certain. In fact, my
initial request was to work in a campus ministry setting or
in a student services role.
Thankfully there were other plans in store for me and I
spent two years teaching middle school social studies at
San Miguel. It was during that time that I truly learned
of my passion for urban education and the experience has
been a guide for my career path since.
I think we can all agree that although education is incredibly rewarding, it is not necessarily a low stress career.
I have stayed up late nights, given up weekends for retreats
and service projects, and on a daily basis I depend on a
group of 17 year olds to define whether or not a lesson is
successful.
There have been many times that I can relate to St. La
Salle in saying that if I had seen my entire path when I
started on my vocational journey, then I might not have
had the courage to pursue it at all. It is at those moments
I think of the words of the people I met through the Lasallian Volunteers: whether it is Brother Chris Baker telling me to pray over difficult students or Principal Anne
Edwards reminding me of the importance of laughing at
myself and situations, the experiences and connections I
made while an LV have served as a sustaining force during
my vocational journey.
JD Lanigan (93-95)
Partner, Performance Consulting International
NEW YORK, NY
Brother Stephen Markham, FSC
Director of Vocation Ministry
MIDWEST DISTRICT, BURR RIDGE, IL
Eon Parks
Assistant Executive Director
Martin De Porres Group Homes
SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY
REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Brother Timothy Coldwell, FSC
General Councilor, Christian Brothers Conference
DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCISCO
NEW ORLEANS
Brother Donald Johanson, FSC
Visitor
Brother James Joost, FSC
Auxiliary Visitor
MIDWEST DISTRICT
Brother Larry Schatz, FSC (Vice-Chair)
Visitor
Brother Mark Snodgrass
Auxiliary Visitor
DISTRICT OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
Brother Dennis Malloy, FSC (Chair)
Visitor
Brother Charles Kitson, FSC
Auxiliary Visitor
Brother Ed Phelan, FSC
Auxiliary Visitor
Brother Thomas Scanlan, FSC
Auxiliary Visitor
Brother Ed Phelan, FSC
Emeritus Member
BRONX, NY
Heather Ruple, LV 01-03 (Chair)
Director of Lasallian Student Programs
DIST. SFNO, NAPA, CA
Jolleen Wagner Director
Dylan Perry Associate Director
Kathleen Glackin Recruitment Coordinator
Christopher Anderson Director of Development
Christian Brothers Conference
415 Michigan Avenue NE, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20017-4501
www.LasallianVolunteers.org
LASALLIAN VOLUNTEERS
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UPDATE
From the Desk of Chris Swain (04-06)
Regional Coordinator for Lasallian Vocation Ministry
In reflecting on my vocational journey, the experience I had as a
Lasallian Volunteer played a foundational role in recognizing how
God calls me through others for others.
Like many Lasallians, the founding story of St. John Baptist de La
Salle and the first Brothers resonates with my own experience, particularly the movement down a path I may not have foreseen at the
beginning. At present, that movement has taken shape in my new
role as Regional Coordinator for Lasallian Vocation Ministry, being
charged to promote Lasallian vocation in its diversity of expressions,
especially to the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
Part of my new ministry has been the privilege of walking with current Lasallian Volunteers. It has been both humbling and inspiring
to witness their service advancing the Lasallian educational mission
across the United States.
The Rule of the Brothers offers “firsthand experience of the poor
through voluntary service, and living and working with them, offers
young people the opportunity to understand the value of a vocation
and the service of others.”
The value of a vocation discerned through voluntary service is
expressed not only through educational ministry, but also through
single, married and ordained and vowed religious life, especially
as Brothers of the Christian Schools. We can all give
thanks for our personal vocational journey rooted in
our shared Lasallian charism and mission.
I am struck that over 700 women and men are alums
of Lasallian Volunteers and of those 20% work in Lasallian ministries while many others continue working
with underserved youth in a variety of settings.
Through their year of service, each LV is given the opportunity to
reflect not so much from the perspective of what am I called to do?
but rather, from the perspective of who am I called to serve?
Grounded in our mission and values of faith, service and community, we are invited to the understanding that to be Lasallian
is to have a vocation, and also that the entire people of God is
responsible for awakening vocations in the Church.
Each of us are invited to accompany and invite young people into
experiences of faith, service and community, and to affirm their gifts
and talents to provide a setting in which life’s meaning is understood
as a personal call to serve the community. May we all be challenged
to invite and accompany young people in this way, that we may
continue to be blessed with Lasallian vocations in all their forms.
Living the Values Beyond Lasallian Volunteers
CARRIE DAVIS (96-00)
How has your Lasallian vocation to live the values of
faith, service and community taken shape over time?
It used to be that living out a life of faith, service and community
were wrapped into one all-consuming experience—Lasallian Volunteers. You live where you work, where you pray, and where you
eat. Now that I am married and a mother of a three-year-old, I find
that I am still able to incorporate those values into different aspects
of my life. I no longer live in community, but I find community
among my work colleagues and my play date mom friends. I no
longer participate in community prayer each morning and evening,
but I experience it at church and with my young families church
group. I am not a long term volunteer but I’ve found a way to serve
through my educational vocation as a middle school teacher for 14
years, and now as a coordinator of the Lasallian Service Internship
program at Saint Mary’s College.
How was the LV experience a foundation for your continued deepening of your vocation over time?
I knew from my first year as an LV that I wanted to be involved
LASALLIAN VOLUNTEERS
in the Lasallian mission for the rest of my life, and I am so fortunate that has been the case thus far. There are few things that I am
surer about than that I love the Brothers, their tradition, and how
the mission continues to manifest itself differently as it constantly
strives to meet the needs of the people it serves. I am honored to
work alongside the Brothers and my fellow Lasallian partners, and
to have been invited to become more deeply knowledgeable and
involved in the mission through opportunities such as LLI (now
Johnston Institute) and as a member of the district mission council.
I am more sure than ever that this is where I am meant to be!
How has your LV experienced shaped your vocation
as an educator?
As an LV at San Miguel, Back of the Yards in Chicago, I had my
first experience as a middle school teacher. And I quickly learned
it is so much more than teaching math, English, etc. It is teaching
self-esteem, perseverance, social skills - and being a cheerleader as
they try, fail, and try again. It is being a coach to a team that wins
no games, yet going out for a celebratory dinner at the end of the
season anyway. And so much more. I find that in my current role
instructing college students, that most of the same principles apply.
Of course, I have to hold students to high academic standards, but
am also interested in their spiritual and personal growth and I want
them to know that through how I interact with them.
What from your LV experience continues to nourish
your vocation?
I think that many of the relationships I built during my time as
an LV have done the most to nourish my vocation. Many of those
people with whom I lived, worked, and prayed are not geographically near to me—although I am lucky that some are - but that
community of people (almost 20 years later!) continues to inspire
and support me.
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ALUMNINOTES
KENDALL MARSDEN GRANT (0810, Holy Family Catholic Worker,
Kansas City, MO) and husband
Chris welcomed a son Colin
James on March 24, 2015.
JOHN YORK (10-11, San Miguel
School of Chicago, Gary Comer
Campus) married Bridgette
Davis on December 5, 2014, in
Shallowater, TX.
GOSIA SZYMANSKI (10-11, De
La Salle Elementary at Blessed
Sacrament, Memphis, TN) and
husband Kuba welcomed their
second child on January 1, 2015.
MEGAN MOSTELLER (06-07, San
Miguel School, Providence, RI)
married Nick Dwyer on November
22, 2014, at St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church in Memphis, TN.
KATIE ROSE QUANDT (10-11, St.
Frances Academy, Baltimore, MD)
moved from California to New
York to join Moyers & Company
as a reporter and producer
for BillMoyers.com. She was
previously a senior fellow at
Mother Jones, and has written for
America, In These Times, Solitary
Watch and LV Update.
Former coordinator of recruitment
SETH WHETZEL, wife Lindsey,
and son Leo, welcomed Clara
Jeanne to the family on
December 6, 2015.
(04-06, Bishop Loughlin Memorial
High School, Brooklyn, NY) and
husband Marc welcomed their
first child named June in October
2014.
JILLIAN SZCZEPANIAK-GILLECE
(03-04, The De La Salle School,
Freeport, NJ, and 04-05, Martin
De Porres, Springfield Gardens,
NY) married
Thomas
Hannigan at St.
Vincent de Paul
Catholic Church
in Baltimore,
MD, on October
25, 2014.
In the autumn of 2014, our
Lasallian family lost Arthor Curley
(08-09) and Micah Wheeler (0506). Alumni, friends and family
joined together to celebrate the
lives of these two young men and
the bright lights they were. We
remain grateful for the opportunity to walk shared paths with
Arthor and Micah and hope that
their individual impact as friends,
leaders and Lasallians will be felt
for many years to come.
MAUREEN (KRAUSE) BROWN
WANT
TO LV?
ALUMNI MARRY
WITHIN THE
NETWORK
Young adults serving others
in the Lasallian charism who
find themselves and others
transformed in the process.
by Francis A. Minneci (11-12)
An implicit agreement binds communal life for Lasallian Volunteers.
Despite the dishes left in the sink from the dinner prepared after a long,
stressful day, the prayer that persisted just a little longer than patience
demands, the only community TV tuned to a football game when everybody knows it’s time for Keeping up with the Kardashians, LVs know
that more than the individual is at stake—more than our good intentions and selfish motives, more than success and missteps. For my year of
service during the 2011-2012 school year, and certainly for every LV I’ve
ever met, self-sacrifice in the pursuit of something greater than ourselves
motivated every day’s toils and joys.
That’s a powerful thing. Small wonder, then, that quite a few LV alumni have chosen to continue their lives in a smaller community: since the
program’s founding, some 60 former volunteers have walked down the
aisle with a fellow LV. In the words of Chris Giangregorio (02-04), marriage is “about putting the needs of others before your own.” His wife
Kristen (02-04) agrees. “We take care of each other. Our commitment to
each other is like our commitment to the mission.” The vocation of marriage, like our one-to-two years of service, is a commitment to something
greater than oneself, a daring step toward solidarity in Christ. Sharing
that sense of purpose with a man or woman formed in the LV experience
can only render a stronger partnership.
LASALLIAN VOLUNTEERS
REMEMBERING
ARTHOR & MICAH
FAITH
Through prayer, retreats and reflections on lived
experiences, LVs grow in their spirituality
SERVICE
In schools and social service agencies,
Volunteers contribute to vibrant ministries
across the country
Community
By living with the Brothers and partners, LVs are
part of intergenerational support structure in the
Lasallian tradition.
Become a
Lasallian
Volunteer!
Visit www.LasallianVolunteers.org
or contact
Kathleen Glackin
[email protected]
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Lasallian Volunteers
Celebrating 1,000 years of service
Orientation is a 10 day experience that
prepares and energizes volunteers for
the upcoming year of service. It builds a
foundation for the three core values of
faith, service and community.
Orientation includes sessions like: community life, peace and justice,
cultural awareness and diversity, introduction to St. John Baptist
de La Salle, Lasallian spirituality, the Lasallian charism today, the
Catholic Mass, and multiple prayer workshops and experiences.
Other topic areas also offered include: professionalism, supervisor/
supervisee relationships, lesson planning, classroom management,
social services, tutoring, campus ministry, mentoring, elementary
school, middle school, and high school aged learners. Additionally,
time is spent on details like program procedures, insurance concerns,
and related topics.
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