JUNIOR LASALLIAN YOUTH INDUCTION
PEGASUS 8 students become members of the Junior Lasallian Youth Group.
On Wednesday afternoon, 30 September, following a morning of retreat activities, the students of PEGASUS 8 were inducted as members of Junior Lasallian Youth. Junior Lasallian Youth is based on three key Lasallian themes: faith, service, and community. Students, faculty, and family members gathered in the Chapel of the Brothers’ Residence for this traditional ceremony.
The Induction Prayer Service was organized and led by Mrs. Anne Ejnes, Dean of Students and Coordinator of PEGASUS 8. Six students gave personal reflections on and read Scripture passages about the Lasallian themes; three additional students lighted candles for each theme. After a short presentation by Brother Frederick Mueller, FSC, Coordinator of Lasallian Formation for the Academy, he first inducted the entire eighth grade as members of the group and then called forth the twenty-one young men and women who had expressed willingness to serve the group in a leadership capacity. These Lasallian Leaders lit individual candles from the Faith—Service—Community candles and then they were inducted by Brother Frederick as leaders. The Prayer Service ended with the entire class gathering before the altar to sing a final song, “All You Did Was Save My Life”, which had been taught to them by teacher/advisor Mr. Evan Gilroy.
La Salle Academy is a high school rich in history and grounded in the person and teachings of Jesus and the Catholic faith, which are core to the school's life and culture. The De La Salle Middle School provides a strong holistic foundation for students to transition into high school. The high school and middle school provide students of diverse ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds, a community to foster growth in the tradition of St. John Baptist de La Salle’s ideals of faith, service, and community.
