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John Baptist de la Salle was a Frenchman. At age of 11, he received the tonsure and prepared for priesthood to which he was ordained at 27. He held a high position in Church. Subsequently, he became more involved in working with deprived youths. Once convinced that this was his divinely appointed mission, John threw himself wholeheartedly into the work, left home and family,abandoned his position as canon at Rheims, gave away his fortune and reduced himself to the level of the poor to whom he devoted his entire life.The remainder of his life was closely entwined with education. He founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools(Christian Brothers, or De La Salle Brothers). This community grew rapidly and was successful in educating boys of poor families using methods designed by John, preparing teachers in the first training college for teachers and setting up homes and schools for young delinquents of wealthy families. The motivating element in all these endeavors was the desire to become a good Christian. Afflicted with asthma and rheumatism in his last years, he died on Good Friday at 68 and was canonized in 1900. In 1900, John Baptist de La Salle was declared a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.
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