De La Salle Brothers

The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (also known as the Christian Brothers, French Christian Brothers, Lasallian Brothers, or De La Salle Brothers; Latin: Fratres Scholarum Christianarum; French: Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes; Italian: Fratelli delle Scuole Cristiane) is a Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by a priest named Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651–1719), and now based in Rome.

The Brothers use the post-nominal abbreviation FSC to denote their membership of the order, and the honorific title Brother, abbreviated Br..

The Lasallian Christian Brothers are not the same order as the Irish Christian Brothers.

There are 560 Lasallian educational institutions around the world which, assisted by more than 73,000 lay colleagues, teach over 900,000 students in over 82 countries, from impoverished nations such as Nigeria to post-secondary institutions such as Bethlehem University, Manhattan College, and the La Salle Universities in Philadelphia.

The central administration of the Brothers operates out of the Generalate in Rome and is made up of the Superior General and his councilors.

A number of Lasallian institutions have been accused of, and have admitted and apologized for, longstanding and serious physical and sexual abuse against their charges.

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