PRESENTATION
The criteria for the vitality of Lasallian education are reference points that have the purpose of contributing to the efforts of a Lasallian educational ministry in fulfillment of its particular mission. The International Council for Association and the Lasallian Educational Mission (CIAMEL) has worked on this project at the request of the 45th General Chapter, which requested an instrument for ensuring the vitality of the corporate commitment of Lasallians so that "the school runs well."1 (cf. Proposition 13). Given this task, CIAMEL has relied on the mission vitality criteria given by the 45th General Chapter itself in order to enhance them and then to present a comprehensive proposal. In order to do this:
b. A series of documents by Brothers who have identified Lasallian characteristics with the intention of having systematized studies were reviewed.
d. An exploratory study was carried out to identify the limits of the proposal and to validate the suggested methodology.
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a. The documents used by some Districts2 that have instruments of this nature were studied in order to consider their good practice.
c. Lasallians from the different regions of the Institute were asked to review the previous drafts in order to make the proposal more realistic.
Identity Criteria for the Vitality of Lasallian Educational Ministries
