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176 IV. DISCOVERING, LIVING, SHARING THE GIFT OF GOD [6] Fourthly, to be fully submissive to and united with the Brothers Inspectors or to the principal teacher in the schools, as is indicated in Chapter 11. [7] By the Vow of Stability, one commits oneself to remain stable in the said Society during all the time for which one has made the Vows, and one may not during the said time, either leave or absolutely wish to leave of one’s own accord, or wish to cause oneself to be expelled, under any pretext whatsoever, without violating one’s vow. [8] By the Vow of teaching children gratuitously and keeping schools by Association, one commits oneself to taking all the care necessary to instruct the children well and to bring them up in a Christian manner; to use well all the time necessary for this; to neither demand nor receive any remuneration whatsoever from the pupils or their parents, either by means of a present or in any other way whatever; and not to employ the parents of the pupils in any work, in the hope that they will do it without asking for any payment. [9] By the same Vow, the Brother commits himself to keep schools by Association with the Brothers who have come together for this purpose, wherever he may be sent; or to do anything else at which he might be employed by his Superiors, as is expressed in the Formula of Vows. 153 This wording of Articles 8 & 9 of Chapter 18 of the Rule, was kept without any change up to 1895: in the editions of the Rule of 1768, 1787, 1809, 1821, 1835, 1852, 1886, 1889, 1895. It should be noted that even though the Rule of 1726 contains a chapter on each of the three vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, it says nothing positive about the vows of stability and that of teaching gratuitously, or of their content or their spirituality. It simply gives instructions on what these vows oblige us to do. It is the explanation of the vow of teaching children gratuitously which introduces, in fine, the vow of association: “By the same vow, he is committed to keeping schools by Association with the Brothers who have 153 CL 25 op.cit. p. 69.
IV. DISCOVERING, LIVING, SHARING THE GIFT OF GOD 177 gathered for this purpose…” the vow of association to keep schools gratuitously, has now become an innuendo for keeping schools! This indecisiveness around the expression of the vow of ‘teaching gratuitously’ would also lead to some surprising interpretations. The Bull says “to teach the poor gratuitously”; the Formula of 1725/26: “to teach gratuitously in conformity with the Bull”; we end up (Circular of Brother Agathon of January 1 st 1784) explaining the vow of teaching gratuitously, by seeing it as two vows: The vow of teaching, by which one is committed to taking all the care necessary to instruct the children well and bring them up as Christians and employing well all the time necessary\u for this… The vow of gratuity: “that the Brothers teach all the children gratuitously… We cannot therefore receive, in return for teaching, any salary, from those who are in a position to pay the teachers”. 9. <strong>Charism</strong> is in association to keep gratuitous schools. You must not doubt that it is a great gift of God, this grace he has given you to be entrusted with the instruction of children, to announce the Gospel to them and to bring them up in the spirit of religion. (MR 201.1). The history of <strong>La</strong>sallian charism is the history of our understanding of the gift which God has given us: to be associated “to instruct children, announce the Gospel to them and bring them up in the spirit of religion”. The charism in not linked to the religious life, even if it presupposes a certain style of community life, in keeping with social realities, personal needs and the rhythms necessary to live “associated” in the context in which one finds oneself. The “community”, “association”, carry the educational and missionary project, closest to its own human and spiritual possibilities, closest to its terrain, to the calls made upon it, to its circumstances. This implies that when society evolves, whether ecclesial or civil, the practical details of association ought also to change, as well as the ways of living the project.
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LASALLIAN STUDIES Nº 13 The Intern
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