On September 26, 2001, the Principal of Mont-Benilde, a Lasallian high school in Quebec, Canada, sent a letter of good will concerning the September 11th terrorist attacks. The letter was sent to all the Lasallian schools, universities, colleges, service centers and Brothers communities in the United States.
On receiving the letter, Skip Gaus, Director of De La Salle in Towne, offered to share it with one of his teacher’s classes. When they heard the letter, several students in Joe Barbuto’s class suggested that they write back to Br. Florent to thank him. (Joe teaches and mentors a student in the photo above.)
The result was a moving, heartfelt correspondence between two Lasallian schools over 600 miles apart, but linked closely together by the 9/11 tragedy and their Lasallian spirit.
Click here to look at the original letter from Canada.
Click here to look at De La Salle in Towne’s response.
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