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98 IV. DISCOVERING, LIVING, SHARING THE GIFT OF GOD order to do His work. The radical nature of this step implies a discernment, a movement, an experience of the God of Salvation, in order that it be done in a true manner. The vow is not a ready-made formula or one arising from a sudden burst of generosity. The vow is lived and expressed as a crystallization of the experience of God lived by these men. The vow of association of 1694 is the authentic threshold of Lasallian Association, since the latter is its essential element. Externally, the vow adds nothing, either to the mission or to the community but inwardly, it places these two realities in explicit relationship with God himself. Thus the people involved will be able to find a greater interior strength to give continuity to the project. The vow also projects towards the future what the Brothers are in the process of living. It is a prophetic gesture: they affirm that God is present in the work which they are carrying out, and thus in spite of their weakness, they are able to commit their lives to giving continuity to the experience. At the heart of the founding intention of John Baptist de La Salle and his Brothers, Association determines both the way of life of the community (to unite myself and live in society with the Brothers of the Christian Schools) and the way of exercising the ministry (to keep together and by association gratuitous schools). It is no longer a case, as in 1691, of establishing a Society, but of giving consistency to the objectives which that Society has set itself: to keep gratuitous schools. In 1694, there exists a constituted project. The formulae employed speak of reinforcing the internal cohesion of the Society, of making oneself available for the mission, of discerning the will of God by means of obedience to the body of the Society and to those who govern it.
IV. DISCOVERING, LIVING, SHARING THE GIFT OF GOD 99 As a whole, the formula of consecration or of commitment of John Baptist de La Salle and the first Brothers expresses the link which has been established between the “community” dimension (together) and the dimension of “association for the mission”. The link reveals the community style given to their lives, the radical way in which they have assumed the objectives of Association and the priority which they give it among the possible personal options which are offered to them in their lives. From then on this link underlines their absolute solidarity with the other members of the community and with the objectives of Association. It is “Association” and not a single individual, which carries the education project. They subordinate their personal interests and needs. This means to say that the kind of community established by John Baptist de La Salle and the first Brothers was certainly an intentional community. In the process of community construction, the vow has a vital, existential dimension. It gives body to a community history lived by the Brothers and not just by any Brothers but by those Brothers, the works created, the failures and successes, the lived community experiences. The vow ritualises this commitment in History, so as to go further. As a result of the Vows and of the Association which we have contracted by their means… the record of the election of the Superior, June 7 th 1694. We, the undersigned: Bros. Nicolas Wiart, Gabriel Drolin, Jean Partois, Gabriel-Charles Rasigade, Jean Henry, Jacques Compain, Jean Jacquot, Jean-Louis de Marcheville, Michel-Barthélémy Jacquinot, Edme Leguillon, Gilles Pierre and Claude Roussel, after having associated ourselves with Monsieur John Baptist de La Salle, priest, in order to keep together and by association, gratuitous schools by the vows which we took yesterday, recognise that as a result of our vows and of the association which we have contracted by them, we have chosen as our Superior Monsieur John Baptist de La Salle, whom we
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LASALLIAN STUDIES Nº 13 The Intern
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