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Lasallian Community

The Lasallian Community is a living-learning community for sophomores & juniors centered around the values of Faith, Service, and Community. It includes:

Guaranteed housing in Becket Hall
.25 TRS 017 course on Mondays in the Fall semester (meets the Community Engagement requirement of the Core Curriculum)
Weekly service
Community Nights in the Fall and Spring semesters
Fall Retreat
[Studying abroad in Spring semester is possible! As a Lasallian Community member, you may even receive priority consideration for the LUCE program in Rome!]

For more information, email Carrie Davis at cak6@stmarys-ca.edu or visit the Mission & Ministry Center (next to the Chapel)

TRS 017 Course Description

In this course, students will engage the Lasallian tradition and Catholic heritage of Saint Mary’s College by studying the life and spirituality of Saint John Baptist de La Salle; understanding the contemporary expression of the Lasallian Mission of education, Lasallian Heritage, and Lasallian Spirituality; exploring faith, prayer, and various spiritual practices and their intersections with service; and examining their full personal development through the lenses of faith, service, and community.

TRS 017 Learning Objectives

Students will:

Know the life and story of Saint John Baptist de La Salle and roots of our Lasallian Heritage.
Understand the definitions of vocation (as a lens through which to envision meaningful personal and professional lives), the practice of discerning individual gifts for the purpose of discerning vocation, and connections between their community engagement experience with vocation and their role as members of their local communities
Actively participate in the Lasallian Community, a living-learning community in Becket Hall that encourages active and thoughtful self-reflection through the critical reading of texts, as well as the synthesis with their own reflection and lived experiences.
Develop a deeper understanding of and participation in the Lasallian Mission of education, and how it is lived out today, through ongoing involvement with groups such as Lasallian Partners, Christian Brothers, and Lasallian Volunteers.
Synthesize students’ own articulation of faith/spirituality with community and service

Service Sites

Lasallian Community members will participate in 20+ hours of service in the Fall and Spring semesters at one of the following locations:

DE LA SALLE ACADEMY - 1380 Galaxy Way, Concord - Opened in 2014, De La Salle Academy is a middle school for 5th-8th grade boys of academic promise from low-income families in the Greater Concord area. The school is grounded in the belief that a well-ordered and rigorous education is a key to breaking the cycle of poverty. Such an education can prepare students to live meaningful and productive lives and to recognize and fulfill their obligation to contribute to the well-being of the larger community. By focusing on students during their formative years, De La Salle Academy helps boys to lay a foundation upon which to build future success.

MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER - 1990 Market Street, Concord - Founded in 2003, Monument Crisis Center is a community-based non-profit family resource center for Central and East Contra Costa County. The center offers nutritious food, quality resources and referrals to low-income individuals and families in order to help them become stable and secure in their community. The center also offers a Teen Center and tutoring programs.

FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO - 4010 Nelson Avenue, Concord - Started in 1975, the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano stores and distributes donated and purchased perishable and nonperishable food items. They distribute food directly to low-income people at community sites and make food available for other nonprofit organizations serving the ill, needy and children. The Food Bank works to reduce food waste, feed hungry people and raise public awareness of issues related to food and hunger.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL ALAMEDA COUNTY - 2272 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland - The mission of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County is to provide relief and support to those in need through person-to-person assistance and collective action guided by Vincentian principles of fellowship.