To mark the beginning of the tercentenary since the death of Saint John-Baptiste de la Salle, La Salle Campus Barcelona-URL yesterday held an act that brought together members of the whole educational community: students, teachers, administration and services staff.
Attended by members of the Lasallian network with: Br. Josep Canal, President of the Board and Assistant Visitor of the ARLEP district; Jordi Jover, Director of La Salle Catalunya; Josep Iglesias, Delegate for Pedagogy and Innovation; and Isabel Soler, Delegate for Training and Identity. Various authorities from Ramon Llull University were also in attendance, represented by the university's dean, Dr Josep Maria Garrell, as well as Dr Carlo Gallucci, Vice-Dean for International Relations and Students.
Josep M. Santos, General Director of La Salle URL, opened the event, praising the 300 years of the entity's history as a global network which continues to be faithful to its mission of humane and Christian education for children and young people, while at the same time creating a strong, creative and innovative community that gives it strength for the future. Brother Josep Canal, Assistant Visitor of the ARLEP district, spoke of the importance of the past 300 years of history, drawing a symbolic link between Brother Mateo, who has been at La Salle since the 1950s, and a young Campus student who is now seeing in the next 300 years of the institution's history. For his part, Josep Maria Garrell, Dean of URL, recalled that "any project that lasts 300 years must be a good project", stressing the shared values of Ramon Llull University and La Salle.
300 people from the Campus, one for each year of celebration, came together to form La Salle’s tercentenary logo and commemorative events began with the revealing of two banners that will remain in place for the rest of the year.
