Heritage
Let us remember that we are in the holy presence of God.
Live Jesus in our hearts . . . forever.
As a Catholic institution of higher learning, Christian Brothers University brings the timeless wisdom and religious heritage of centuries into an encounter with the twenty-first century. Universities are dedicated to teaching, to fostering research and to the education of students who freely associate with their teachers in a common love of knowledge. The privileged task of a Catholic university is to bring together in one community the intellectual search for truth in the context of faith based on the gospel and mission of Jesus Christ. St. John Paul II described the Catholic university as “an incomparable center of creativity and dissemination of knowledge for the good of humanity . . . born from the heart of the Church.”
At CBU, the rich intellectual heritage of the Catholic university is expressed within the Lasallian tradition. St. John Baptist de La Salle is the patron saint of teachers and an educational innovator who founded the Brothers of the Christian Schools in seventeenth century France. Now a worldwide community of vowed religious brothers and dedicated associates, the Lasallian family remains committed to the vision of the founder: “… not only is God so good as to have created us, but God desires all of us to come to the knowledge of the truth.” St. John Baptist De La Salle, therefore, made it his life’s work to bring the blessings of a practical education beyond the privileged classes of French society, to all people, especially the young, who have an inherent dignity as those created in the image and likeness of God. A Lasallian institution continues to affirm the dignity of all people and embraces the presence of God.