Centro De Artes Y Oficios De La Salle is Founded
Fr Jose Joaquin Espino, Miguel Manzanero, Javier Camps and Father Raul Pérez Ros, all De La Salle alumni, visited the Santa Ana Mission in Naranja, carrying clothes and food..
An After School Program is Born
Youth express their desire for a safe refuge afterschool, a place where they could do their homework and where they could improve their educational skills. Sister Soledad and the volunteers accept the challenge and the Center was created.
The De La Salle Brothers Affiliate
Father José Espino invited the De La Salle brothers to participate in the program and Brother René Hernández from the District of South Mexico works at the Center.
The Center becomes a DENA Ministry
The Lasallian District of Eastern North America begins a covenant relationship with the Center and becomes responsible for its ownership and operation.
District Chapter Sets a New Mission for La Salle Educational Center
Responding to the call of the 46th General Chapter to reach out to those on the peripheries, DENA’s response to this call was to expand the good work already in place at the La Salle Educational Center with the migrant children and families. To quote from the Chapter and Assembly report, “Knowing the transformative power that our educational mission has had on past generations of immigrants to the United States, particularly in recent years with the Miguel Schools and the Cristo Rey Schools, we feel called to establish a Lasallian educational project that will address the needs of the children of Homestead.”
New President and Foundation of a School
With the hiring of a new President, the La Salle Educational Center’s mission changed to open a “Little School” on the grounds of the South Dade Migrant camp in August of 2024 with the hope of further expanding a Brother Victrino School in August of 2025.