University of La Salette

La Salette education is a transformative process towards the fullness of being, inspired by the message of reconciliation, as lived and experienced by the community through the integration of Filipino cultural and University core values rooted in Jesus Christ.The University of La Salette, Inc., a Catholic institution founded by the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette, forms RECONCILERS “so that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10).The University of La Salette, Inc. is a premier institution of choice, providing accessible, quality, and transformative education for integral human development particularly the poor.

On Saturday, September 19, 1846, a “Beautiful Lady” appeared to two children, both from Corps, in the French Alps: Maximin GIRAUD, eleven years old, and Melanie CALVAT, almost fifteen, who were watching their herds on the slope of Mont Planeau (alt. Approx. 6,000 ft.), not far from the village of La Salette. In a little hollow, they suddenly noticed a globe of fire – “as though the sun had fallen on that spot.” Within the dazzling light they gradually perceived a woman, seated, her elbows resting on her knees and her face buried in her hands.

The Beautiful Lady wept all the time she spoke. She was tall, and everything about her radiated light. She wore the typical garb of the women of the area: a long dress, an apron around her waist, a shawl crossed over her breast and tied behind her back, and a close-fitting bonnet. Along the hem of her shawl she wore a broad, flat chain, and from a smaller chain around her neck there hung a large crucifix. Under the arms of the cross there were, to the left of the figure of Christ, a hammer, and to the right, pincers. The radiance of the entire apparition seemed to emanate from this crucifix, and shone like a brilliant crown upon the Beautiful Lady’s head. She wore garlands of roses on her head, around the edge of her shawl, and around her feet.