Style Guide
| Item | Description |
| Br. Armin Luistro FSC BR. ARMIN LUISTRO FSC |
罢丑别听FSC聽after a Brother’s name should not be preceded by a comma and should not contain periods or spaces. It is always in caps. |
| Br., BR. | When the word聽Brother聽precedes a name, it is abbreviated as聽Br. (or聽BR. if all caps), not Bro. (BRO.) |
| Brother Visitor | Brother Visitor聽is the official title of the head of a District of the De La Salle Brothers |
| Provincial | This is sometimes used to refer to the head of a District particularly for communications with non-members of the Lasallian Family as this is the more commonly used title in other religious congregations. For members of the Lasallian Family, the preferred and official title is聽Brother Visitor. |
| Brother, Brothers | When referring to the De La Salle Brothers, the word聽Brother(s)聽is always capitalized. |
| De La Salle Brothers | This is the other official English name of the聽Brothers of the Christian Schools. |
| De La Salle Brothers – Philippine District | This is the official title of the entity of the Brothers in the Philippines |
| De La Salle Brothers, Inc. | This is the corporate name of the De La Salle Brothers – Philippine District. |
| District | When used to refer to the De La Salle Brothers – Philippine District, the word聽District聽is always capitalized. |
| District school | This is used to refer to schools whose majority of corporation members are De La Salle Brothers. The word school is not capitalized. |
| Founder | This word should always be capitalized when used in reference to St. John Baptist de La Salle. |
| FSC | These initials refer to the official Latin name of the congregation:聽Fratres Scholarum Christianarum |
| John Baptist de La Salle or St. John Baptist de La Salle | This refers to the complete name of the Founder in English. The word de when used this way is not capitalized. |
| St. La Salle or De La Salle | The first letters of the Founder’s shortened name are capitalized. |
| La Salle Novitiate | This is the official name of the Novitiate of the Brothers in Lipa City, Batangas. |
| Lasallian Formation Center | Situated on the second floor of the Brothers’ Community at La Salle Green Hills, the LFC houses the postulants and the scholastics. |
| La Salle Provincialate | This is the official name of the office headed by the Brother Visitor. |
| Lasallian | Lasallian聽is always spelled as one word and the first letter is always capitalized. |
| Lasallian Family | Family聽is always capitalized when preceded by聽Lasallian. It is an all-encompassing term that refers to the Brothers, affiliates, benefactors, Lasallian partners and associates, students and alumni. |
| Lasallian Partner | Partner聽is always capitalized when preceded by聽Lasallian; Also the official name for a non-FSC co-worker in the Lasallian Mission |
| Lasallian Mission | Refers to the mission of providing a Christian and human education to the young, especially the poor.聽Mission聽is always capitalized when preceded by聽Lasallian. |
| Auxiliary Visitor | This is the official title of the equivalent of a vice provincial for the De La Salle Brothers. |
| District Bursar | This is the official title of the District officer in charge of the assets of the District. |
| District Chapter | This is the triennial assembly of Brothers that sets the directions of the District. |
| District Council | This is the council of Brothers that helps the Visitor in leading the District. |
| Philippine Lasallian Family Convocation | This is the triennial assembly of the Lasallian Family that sets directions for the Family and its mission. |
| Official Name | Preferred Acronym/Remarks |
| De La Salle University-Manila | 开元真人-Manila, 开元真人-M |
| De La Salle-Professional Schools, Inc. | DLS-PSI |
| De La Salle-College of St. Benilde | 开元真人-CSB |
| De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School | DLSZ |
| De La Salle Lipa | DLSL |
| De La Salle University-Dasmari帽as | 开元真人-Dasmari帽as; 开元真人-D |
| De La Salle-Health Sciences Campus | 开元真人-HSC |
| De La Salle Araneta University | DLSAU |
| 开元真人– Canlubang | 开元真人-C |
| La Salle Green Hills | LSGH |
| La Salle College Antipolo | LSCA |
| University of St. La Salle | USLS |
| St. Joseph School – La Salle (formerly St. Joseph’s High School) |
SJS-LS (formerly SJHS) |
| La Salle Academy | LSA |
| La Salle University – Ozamiz (formerly Immaculate Concepcion College-La Salle) | LSU-Ozamiz (formerly ICC-Ca Salle; ICC-LS) |
| Federation of Lasallian Institutions | FLI |
| Lasallian Partners’ Council | LPC |
| Directors’ Association | DA |
| Lasallian Animation & Formation Team | LAFT |
| District Justice & Peace Commission | DJPC |
| Lasallian Supervised Schools Office | LASSO |
| Lasallian Family Office | LFO |
| Basic Education Commission | BEC |
| Tertiary Education Commission | TEC |
| District Catechetical Commission | DCC |
| Lasallian Youth Commission | LYC |
| Commission for the Special Education of the Disadvantaged | CSED |
| Economic Planning & Development Committee | EPDC |
| Initial Formation Board | IFB |
| Continuing Formation Board | CFB |
| De La Salle Brothers, Inc. | DLSBI |
| La Salle Provincialate | PRV |
| Signum Fidei Foundation, Inc. | SFFI |
| Signum Fidei Association | SFA |
| Signum Fidei Learning Center | SFLC |
| Adult Night High School | ANHS |
| La Salle Novitiate | LSN |
| La Salle Novice | NFSC |
| La Salle Provincialate | PRV |
| Hermanas Guadalupanas de La Salle | HGS |
| Sister | Sr. |
| 11th Philippine District Chapter | PDC XI |
| Lasallian Ministry Action Plan | LS MAP |
| Executive Vice President | EVP |
| Lasallian Institute For the Environment | LIFE |
| Sub-District | Never Sub-district/subdistrict |
| La Salle Provincialate mailing address (postal) | Greenhills P.O. Box 5601502 Greenhills, San Juan Metro Manila, Philippines |
| La Salle Provincialate location address (courier) | 343 Ortigas Avenue 1501 Mandaluyong City Metro Manila, Philippines |