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Located at the East Campus near Museo De La Salle, Holy Rosary Chapel and Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo, the Residencia La Salle is part of the Cultural Heritage Complex of DLS-D. Guided by Brother Animators Br. Edmundo Fernandez FSC and Br. Raymundo Suplido FSC, the members of the Residencia La Salle Community include DLS-D Executive Vice President Estrellita Gruenberg, Lasallian Partners Office Executive Director Josefina Burgos, Lasallian Volunteer Program National Coordinator Roselyn Sumande, Lasallian Family District Justice and Peace Commission Coordinator Yuri Cipriano, Residencia La Salle Director Helen Mijares and Lasallian Partners Office Staff Margie Montuno. The community is the realization of the vision of the Lasallian District to empower laypersons as guarantors of the Lasallian mission and to reappropriate and reinforce Lasallian principles in the fields of school management, formation, pedagogy, advocacy, pastoral ministry and volunteerism. Despite their diverse backgrounds, the lay-partners have been bonded by a strong and growing commitment to spread the Lasallian charism and mission. They have expressed their common mission by sharing not just work, but also prayers, leisure, and other apostolic activities. True enough, the Residencia, as people fondly calls the community, serves as a haven, where lay partners grow personally and receive sustenance, care and help from one another. It is also an oasis where common and differing viewpoints about the Lasallian way of life surge and personal journeys flow. This unity in diversity - as each member lives out different forms of Christian commitment - does not only enrich the Residencia La Salle Community but the different ministries they serve as well. Undeniably, the Lasallian spirit continues to be at work in and through the people who embrace the mission started by St. La Salle. Offices led by the Residencia members The Lasallian Partners Council (LPC) serves as the non-FSC counterpart of the District Council. The LPC acts as an advisory body to the Visitor on matters relating to the Lasallian Family and Mission in the Philippines. Furthermore, it also provides direction for the Lasallian Family Office, the Lasallian Animation and Formation Team, the District Justice and Peace Commission, and the Lasallian Volunteer Program, as well as liaises with other Lasallian Associations. The District Justice and Peace Commission (DJPC) is committed to the integral evangelization of disenfranchised groups: those who have been deprived of the fullness of life, those who suffer from absolute poverty, and specifically the youth who are most vulnerable and constantly at risk. The Lasallian Volunteer Program (LSVP) is a community of Lasallian Lay Missionary Volunteers who commit their expertise, talents, and skills to the service of marginalized communities, thereby attaining fullness of life for all. The Lasallian Animation and Formation Team (LAFT) is a community of La Salle Brothers and lay mission partners created to respond actively to the call of the Holy Spirit who inspired the First Lasallian District Synod to risk lives for the youth at risk. Acutely aware of and disturbed by the desperate and worsening situation of the poorest members of our society, LAFT realizes the urgency to assist in forming and animating a vibrant Lasallian Filipino Family with special attention to the adult communities. |
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