Early Life
What year was DLS born?
1651
When the DLS parents perished, who became the head of the family?
De La Salle
What language did DLS' school teach in?
French
People didn't like that DLS taught in French because he was putting _______ out of business.
Tutors
What important day did DLS die on?
Good Friday
What beverage did DLS and his family drink every night?
Champagne
How did DLS' siblings feel about the teachers living with them?
They were not happy, but supported DLS
DLS became known for the teacher of ...?
Teachers
St. John Baptist DLS taught in what instead of individually?
Groups
What did the Brother have to do now that their leader of the Christian Brothers was gone?
Elect a new leader
What friend of DLS' convinced him to open a school for boys?
Adrian Nyel
How many siblings did DLS have?
6 Siblings
What social class were the new teachers coming from?
The poor social class
People didn't like that he was trying to break the cycle of what?
Poverty
How old was DLS when he died? (Or what year?)
67 years old (1719)
What was DLS studying before opening schools and pursuing a teacher career?
Priesthood
Besides his siblings and parents, who was St. John Baptist DLS close to in his family?
His maternal grandparents
Name on of the struggles of working in the Christian schools.
Long hours
Crowded schools
Exhaustion (some died of exhaustion)
No money → famine (no food)
Disease
People tried to get them to stop wearing what?
Their uniforms
Who canonized Saint John Baptist DLS?
Pope Leo XIII
What did DLS witness on his way home after his parents died that made him really want to open a school for poor boys?
He met very poor children and saw what poverty really looked like
Name one of the years Saint John Baptist DLS' parents died.
1671 or 1672
Fill in the blanks: “Must love them with the _______ of a father and the ________ of a mother”
'firmness of a father' and 'tenderness of a mother'
Who tried taking over or shutting down the schools?
Courts
When DLS died, what chant did everyone go around saying?
"The saint is dead”