LUMEN Issue 7 - June 2014 | Page 8

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LUMEN | PROGRAMMES

A

School

of the

Brothers

De La Salle

By Brother Paul Ho
When Saint John Baptist de La Salle was invited to help run the charity schools started by Adrian Nyel , it was clear to him that the key to success of these schools was to create three “ locks ” that would function simultaneously . They were a theology of the teaching profession ; a religious rule to bind the teachers together as brothers ; and teaching methods tested by the teachers .