De La Salle University System
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Former name
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De La Salle University University System |
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| Motto | Indivisa Manent |
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2006 De La Salle Philippines 1987 De La Salle University System |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic, Lasallian |
| President | Br. Jose Mari Jimenez FSC |
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Administrative staff
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8,141 |
| Students | 91,515 |
| Location | Central House, La Salle Green Hills, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines |
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16 educational institutions in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao |
| Website | www.delasalle.ph |
16 educational institutions in
De La Salle Philippines (DLSP) (incorporated as De La Salle Philippines, Inc), established in 2006, is a network of Lasallians within the Lasallian East Asia District established to facilitate collaboration in the Lasallian Mission and the promotion of the spirit of faith, zeal for service and communion in mission. There are currently sixteen Lasallian Educational Institutions in the Philippines. De La Salle Philippines replaced the De La Salle University System which was established under the presidency of Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC in 1987 as a response to the rapid expansion of Lasallian educational institutions nationwide.
In line with the Lasallian Mission, the network holds various projects that serve the poor, improves their welfare. Among these are the One La Salle Scholarship Fund, which aims to support 20 percent of each La Salle educational institution's student population as full scholars by 2011, the centenary of Lasallian presence in the Philippines.
The history of Lasallian education in the Philippines dates back to 1905 when the then Archbishop of Manila, Jeremiah James Harty, an alumnus of a La Salle educational institution in the U.S., appealed to the Superior General of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Fratres Scholarum Christianarum) - FSC for the establishment of a De La Salle educational institution in the Philippines due to the very small number of Catholic institutions at that time. Archbishop Harty's request was rejected at first due to lack of funds, however he would continue to appeal to Pope Pius X for the establishment of additional Catholic educational institutions in the country.
From March to June 1911, nine De La Salle Christian Brothers from Europe and the United States led by Brother Blimond FSC of France arrived in the Philippines. Together on June 16, 1911, the Brothers established the first Christian Brother educational institution in the Philippines, De La Salle College, on Calle Nozaleda (now General Luna St.) in Paco, Manila.
Because of increasing student population, the Brothers transferred the educational institution to its present location on Taft Avenue in the Malate district of Manila in 1921.
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