<P> Lasallian educational institutions are educational institutions affiliated with the De La Salle Brothers, a Roman Catholic religious teaching order founded by French Priest Saint Jean - Baptiste de La Salle, who was canonized in 1900 and proclaimed by the Vatican in 1950 as patron saint of all teachers . In regard to their educational activities the Brothers have since 1680 also called themselves "Brothers of the Christian Schools", associated with the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools; they are often referred to by themselves and others by the shorter term "Christian Brothers", a name also applied to the unrelated Congregation of Christian Brothers or Irish Christian Brothers, also providers of education, which commonly causes confusion . </P> <P> The De La Salle Brothers, say that, with the assistance of more than 73,000 lay colleagues, they teach over 900,000 students as they provide Christian value education worldwide to 1,500 Lasallian educational institutions and is globally established in 82 countries . </P> <P> All Lasallian educational institutions come to prayer with the call: </P>

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