DENA Accompaniment: Brother Lawrence Goyette, Auxiliary Visitor, and Maryann Donohue-Lynch, Associate Executive Director, Office for Mission and Ministry
Together and by association, Brothers and Lasallians carry out the educational mission. Associative Groups are born out of this tenant, deriving skill and spirituality from one another to create educational communities to better serve their ministries and students. The Associative Groups are connected to and influence DENA through the Association for Lasallian Mission Committee.
LAAST
Lasallian Association of Albany, Syracuse, Troy
LAAST’s Lasallian membership are centered in the Capitol District of New York, but reach far west along the I-90 corridor to the Salt City.
Representatives on the Association Committee:
Mr. Matthew Michaud
(La Salle Institute)
LAMM
Lasallian Association of Metropolitan Ministries
Centered in the New York metro area, Lasallians of LAMM hail from ministries throughout New York City’s five boroughs, but also includes educators from upstate New York.
Representatives on the Association Committee:
Mr. Ted Frank
(Bishop Loughlin Memorial HS)
PALM
Philadelphia Area Lasallian Ministries
PALM’s membership of Lasallians hail from the City of Brotherly Love, most concentrated in the Philadelphia metro-area.
Representatives on the Association Committee:
Ms. Denise Wallace
(St. Gabriel’s System)
RILAG
Rhode Island Lasallian Association Group
A small state makes for a close-knit cluster of associated Lasallians in Rhode Island.
Representatives on the Association Committee:
Ms. Elissa Pensa-Cerros
(La Salle Academy)
YOUNG LASALLIANS
Young Lasallians are people who serve in our ministries between the ages of 23 and 35 years of age. DENA Young Lasallians have a representative Council and are connected to Young Lasallians on the Regional and Institute level.
Representatives on the Association Committee:
Ms. Sophia Cartagena
(Tides Family Services)
WAGL
Western Association Group of Lasallians
This group covers our Lasallians in our Western most reaches, including Buffalo, Warren MI, and Toronto.
Representatives on the Association Committee:
Mr. John Voutsinos
(De La Salle – Oaklands)
SOUTHERN TIER
South being a relative term in our District geography, our Baltimore and DC Lasallians are champions of the I-95 corridor.
Representatives on the Association Committee:
Mr. Colin Crawford
(St. John’s College HS)