Edmund Rice International

ERI has been visiting Oceania, and we have found a place extremely conscious of itself as islands and oceans. On one hand, islands are separated by oceans. On the other, islands are joined by oceans. In a former life, Brothers down here lived in six provinces or regions, and their lay colleagues worked within those boundaries [...]

The work of the Christian Brothers in providing psycho-social and educational support to young people traumatized by war in Sierra Leone was acknowledged in a recent article in the local tabloid newspaper “We Yone”. Under the banner headline “Christian Brothers – Championing the Cause of Disadvantaged Children” the article featured an interview with David Yambusu [...]

Welcome to our new-look website! It has been somewhat longer in coming than we had hoped, but now that it is finally here we hope to keep it regularly updated so check back often!

ERI supports the Caritas Internationalis HAART for Children global campaign to promote supply of and access to medicines for children living with HIV/AIDS and is encouraging all Edmund Rice Schools to become involved in the children’s letter-writing campaign. Contact us at ERI for further information.

It is pleasing to report that with the recent decision of the G7 nations to cancel Haiti’s debt, organisers from ONE International, who organised the campaign are confident the full cancellation of Haiti’s debt has effectively been achieved, hence the campaign associated with this Action Alert is now suspended. No doubt we have all been [...]

Edmund Rice International participated in the forum for Catholic-inspired Non-Government Organizations working with the UN which was held in Rome last month.

This month we are urging members of the Edmund Rice Network to support Earth Hour.

There are more than 500 written international agreements or treaties registered or filed and recorded with, and published by, the Secretariat of the UN since 1946 which deal with issues as diverse as Refugees, Antarctica, Nuclear test bans and Desertification.