Joseph Calasanz

Many religious congregations took their first steps in the fie- these fields of knowledge, enriching education in a pedagogically innovative and socially visionary way.

In the 17th century Rome, Saint Joseph Calasanz opened free schools for the poor, sensing that literacy and numeracy are a matter of dignity even before they're a matter of competence.

In France, Saint John Baptist de La Salle, realizing the injustice caused by the exclusion of the children of workers and ordinary people from the educational system, he founded the Brothers of the Christian Schools.

Similarly, Saint John Bosco transformed discipline into reasonableness and closeness.