The Christian Brothers started the De La Salle Academy in 1910. That school was a Catholic school until its closing in 1971, when the non-sectarian and free DeLaSalle Education Center was established.
The Christian Brothers then helped start the "new" DeLaSalle in 1971. One of the Brothers who helped for a time at the Education Center was Brother Louis Rodemann (right in photo above).
Brother Louis left DeLaSalle in 1980 and went on to develop the Catholic Worker House in Kansas City. He is one of many very dedicated and committed Brothers who have made a striking difference in Kansas City.
In recent years, the Christian Brothers have developed two other, important programs, both at a national level.
The first is the Lasallian Volunteers.
Lasallian Volunteers are (typically) young people who volunteer one or more years of their lives to live in a Christian Brothers' community and work in a ministry serving those most in need. In Kansas City, Lasallian Volunteers have worked at DeLaSalle and at the Catholic Worker House, among other agencies.
The second program is San Miguel Schools, which are Catholic middle schools for those most in need. They are similar to the Cristo Rey schools (which are for high school-aged students and were developed by the Jesuit teaching order) and are in many large cities around the country. Kansas City does not yet have a San Miguel School, but would obviously benefit from one.
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