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knew each other.Karin is an alumna of St. Mary’s College in
Moraga, CA. Upon graduation in 1990, she became one of the first
women to join the Lasallian Volunteer Movement, to share fully in
community life with De La Salle Christian Brothers, and to work
with the Brothers in the Bronx, NY. Karin continued her formation
experience, living, working, and studying in Lasallian ministries in
the Bronx for seven years. In 1997, Karin became the Director of
the Lasallian Volunteer Program for the US-Toronto Region, a
position which she held three years. During this time, Karin completed
the Buttimer Institute of Lasallian Studies, an intensive formation
program covering the life of De La Salle, Lasallian educational
philosophy, and Lasallian spirituality.
Mike is an alumnus of La Salle College High School in
Philadelphia, PA. After graduating from college and teaching for a
couple of years in public school, Mike received the habit of the
Christian Brothers in the Fall of 1992 in the Baltimore District. For
the next four years, Mike lived in community with the Brothers,
studied theology, taught high school, and worked as a campus minister
before entering the novitiate in the Fall of 1996. In 1997, after
completing the novitiate and taking temporary vows, Mike joined
Brothers William Johnson and Patrick Cassidy in founding the
third San Miguel Middle School in Camden, NJ. In the winter of
1998-99, Mike chose not to renew his annual vows, but remained
teaching at San Miguel and living in a house in the neighborhood
of the school.
Our Commitment to God.
Throughout our 20s and early 30s, many people - Brothers and lay
- nurtured our Christian and Lasallian vocations. It was during this
time that the Lasallian charism, a gift of the Spirit given to us by
God, was activated within us through our encounters with others,
especially the poor. We felt called by God as Lasallian ministers. We