PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA - One of the most dedicated old boys of the La Salle schools fraternity, Don Darrell Augustine Jayasekare, lost his battle with cancer.

Don Darrell, who had just celebrated his 52nd birthday with family and friends on September 20, died at his home in SS2, Petaling Jaya at 12:54 pm last Saturday.

His trademark was his instant captivating and striking broad, gleaming smile whenever he met someone, thanks to his decades of customer care service in the food and beverage industry.

One of our number, named Raphael, lived in Kowloon and was unmarried. He was a spiritual director of a Catholic organization called the Legion of Mary. The idea behind this organization is for members to give glory to God through honouring his mother. Each group meets every week for prayer and for reporting on work done for the poor and needy. The weekly meeting is regarded as important and members are not expected to miss it without good cause. Raphael’s group met every Sunday.

Songs are such wonders; they can inspire, uplift, and heal. The talent in bringing the lyrics and melody together to create a masterpiece is truly remarkable.

In Yangon, Myanmar, a young De La Salle Brother named Br. Josaphat Ai Saw Hung Htoo FSC writes songs about La Salle, family, love, etc. in English and Burmese languages. He composed “New Light of La Salle” and “Let Your Light Shine... Lasallians” to name a couple. Let’s get to know more about this budding singer-songwriter Brother and his music.

PHILIPPINES - On this Lasallian Vocations Day, we give thanks to the many Young Lasallians from various Lasallian Schools in the Philippines who were with us in the very first Brothers' Vocation Gathering. For three nights we talked about the different aspects of Lasallian life seeing these in the light of our vocation as De La Salle Brothers.

For the first time in the history of our Hong Kong Lasallian Family, managers from our eight schools came together on the 19th September for a training programme. The programme was held in the Hall of La Salle College and there was a large turnout of about 90 participants.

Chan Sui Ki (La Salle) Primary School was featured in TVB’s programme ‘News Magazine’ on 5 September 2020. In this episode, the Principal, the Primary 1 teachers and parents shared their views about how to prepare for a new school year with challenges. ‘We can’t use the old methods or strategies anymore… ’ Brenda Wu, the Principal of CSKPS, said in the interview.

The Hakodate La Salle Mission Club had their weekend training camp last September 26-27 at the Laura Farm in Hakodate, Hokkaido. It was a day of prayer, games, reflection and community building attended by 8 students, Mr. Deok Bosco Han and Br. Rodrigo Treviño FSC. With the theme, ‘Think Globally, Act Locally’, 22 Vietnamese internship trainees who are active in the local parish also interacted with the students and staff. Despite a forecast of strong winds and rains, the weather was clear until the end of the activity. (Text: Br. Aikee Esmeli FSC; Photos: Mr.

The LEAD Provincialate in Hong Kong, consisting of the Brother Visitor’s OfMice, Secretary’s OfMice, and Conference Room, were blessed by Fr. Ambrose Mong on 2011 October 01 in the presence of the District Council and members of the Lasallian Family in Hong Kong.

Congratulations to Br. Jeano Endaya FSC for being granted admission to Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) for his Masters Degree in Sociology.

All the best, Br. Jeano!

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