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182 V. CHARISM IN THE RECENT INSTITUTE DOCUMENTS as individuals. Fidelity to the Founder is entrusted to the Institute, that is, to the community of men who constitute it” (7, 1-2). 2. The Rule, editions of 1967, 1976, 1987 and 2002 - and the RG of 1976. Only the Prologue of the 1967 edition which was not retained by the Chapter, picked up the personal approach of the Declaration. The Rule of 1967 made explicit one aspect of the CHARISM OF THE FOUNDER: he “knew how to recognize the educational needs of his period and how to respond to them by restoring the popular school and making it accessible to all” (1.b) In 1976, while adding the Constitutions of Chapter 1, we were asked to do research into the ministries, in fidelity to the CHARISM OF THE INSTITUTE (1.2). We will see that the Rule, in 1987, introduces a more pastoral tone: he “gave a new meaning to the school by making it accessible to the poor and offering it to all as a sign of the Kingdom and as a means of salvation” (3). The Rule - between 1987 and 2002 there is no significant difference - speaks fairly frequently of the CHARISM OF THE FOUNDER (2), “given in (sometimes understood as ‘to’) the Church in the person of St. John Baptist de La Salle” (20), “which even today inspires the Brothers and a great number of other educators” (20). When it is a question of Brothers and of the government of the Institute, the phrase used is the CHARISM PROPER TO THE INSTITUTE (103; 18a) or the LIVING CHARISM OF THE FOUNDER (116). Article 2 shows, in a historic summary, the structuring of the Institute. “The Brothers, in fidelity to the call of the Spirit and the charism of their Founder, consecrate themselves to God in order to exercise, by association, their apostolic ministry of education.” With the passing of time this took the form of “an Institute of pontifical right, composed exclusively of lay religious men.”
V. CHARISM IN THE RECENT INSTITUTE DOCUMENTS 183 Article 20 of the Rule states the aspects of the life of the Brothers which the charism animates: “The Brothers live their faith as a gift to be used for their ministry of Christian education. In faith they contemplate God as the one who chooses them to be workers bringing His salvation to the least and the poorest.” “‘Together and by association’ they labour to accomplish God’s saving work in a profession where ‘the poor have the Gospel preached to them’ and where young people grow as human persons and as children of God. In faith, the Brothers praise God as they see His kingdom being extended.” (20) We may also note the verbs: live their faith - contemplate God - work together and by association - praise God - see. The spirit of faith and of zeal which he inspires towards the young and especially the poor, is related to this charism. Article 146 recalls that “The spiritual gifts which the Church has received in St. John Baptist de La Salle go far beyond the confines of the Institute which he founded.” Far from seeing in this a dispersal or a loss, the Institute “sees the existence of the various Lasallian movements as a grace from God renewing its own vitality.” It has a role to play among these “Lasallians”: “It can associate with itself lay people who want to lead the life of perfection according to the spirit of the Institute and who participate in its mission”. How then is the FIDELITY TO THE CHARISM developed and verified Certainly not in the mechanical repetition of what the Founder did. Article 18a introduces a dialogue between embodiment of the charism and evangelization of the culture: “Every Lasallian foundation is embodied, together with the local Church, in the culture, the language and the life-style of the place where it is located. Such embodiment ought to be accomplished in keeping with the charism proper to the Institute” (see also 18 and 18c on ‘enculturation’). It should be remarked in passing that this text comes from the Chapter of 1976 , whose proposition 20 added two aspects, underlined here, which were not retained: “Every Lasallian foundation
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