Last October 6 and 7, the Senior Brothers gathered virtually for the annual Senior Brothers Workshop. Due to the challenges of travel, the Zoom session offered insights to the Senior Brothers as to how they can participate in the mission and tackle the different challenges in their age group. Also, the workshop presented a comparison of a survey answered by our group of Senior Brothers and a study group chosen by our facilitators. The results showed that our Brothers responded more positively to the challenges of their age compared to the study group.

With faith in the resurrection, the Lasallian East Asia District (LEAD) announces the passing of Br. Victor Gil Muñoz FSC on the evening of 30 June 2021 at Chanthaburi, Thailand. He was 78 years old and a De La Salle Brother for 58 years.

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https://www.lasalle.org/en/lasallian-district-of-south-asia-subtitulo-a-new-district/

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - One Filipino De La Salle Brother has a fascinating history in serving poorer, or disadvantaged people. Raffy Reyes, in the 1980's, was a member of a De La Salle community that was established for the face-to-face service of poorer people. "We lived in a small fishing village and the work of the Brothers involved providing a non-formal education to farmers and fishermen which was based on the Paulo Freire model. Basically, we taught them how to read and write". Today, he is establishing a professional counseling service for teacher trainees at Mt.

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PHILIPPINES - It all started with a meme in the “Big Four Trashtalkan” Facebook group. In the photo, a community pantry was superimposed in front of De La Salle University (DLSU) and the caption imagined that products like Kirkland strawberries and Ritz were being given away.

Service and communion, the spirit of La Salle, is being practiced here in Hakodate, Japan. Currently, the country is under the state of emergency, and there is no work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this, the vulnerable people are those affected the most. Some of these belong to the families of our Youth Exchange program.

In 2005, the Lasallian Community in the Philippines was made aware of a humble chapel in honor of St. John Baptist de La Salle located in the mountain rice fields of Kalinga province, north of Manila. Through Br. Mawel Pajarillo FSC and Mr. Hector Gloria, a more formal relationship was further established and a plan to build a formal chapel was set in the works.