Lasallian East Asia District 3.96

The Lasallian East Asia District (LEAD) is the new governance structure of the De La Salle Brothers in East Asia. It is a product of 8 years of dialogue and discussion on the vitality and viability of the Lasallian mission in this part of Asia. It is composed of seven sectors (countries) of Hong Kong/China, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand. All in all, LEAD is composed of 137 Brothers, 36 Communities, 105 Schools / Institutions, and almost 180,000 students.

It envisions itself to be a fraternal and cohesive District, with members who are willing collaborators in building truly human communities amidst the diversity of faith traditions, culture, educational and political-economic systems and that reflect the values of God’s Kingdom as expressed in the Gospel; and will be constantly searching for and effecting ways to better fulfill the Lasallian mission of providing a human and Christian / Spiritual education to the young, especially the poor and those at risk in the context of new forms of interdependence on international levels.