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So disturbed by ruin of the region, Alberta’s Catholic bishop has written a lengthy letter arguing that the tar sands development “cannot be morally justified.” David Ebner, January 27, 2009, The Globe and Mail — The oil sands, hated by environmentalists and buffeted by plunging oil prices, now face the opposition of a representative of [...]

  One of the most frightening things I have heard this year, the Year of the Forests, was a statement by Brian Swimme, at the District Assembly of our Brothers in Zambia. The African Province Renewal Team, who facilitated the Assembly, showed a video clip of Brian saying that, “Every wild cheetah is now in [...]

For the past three weeks I have been living in our international, inter-congregational community just over the Swiss border in France, and taking part in a training program on the United Nations (UN) Human Rights processes and the work of Edmund Rice International (ERI). This has been a means of providing me with another lens [...]

Recently sixty-five students from the Edmund Rice Community (ERC) of Archbishop Curley Notre Dame High School fasted for twenty-seven hours from all food and beverages other than water, seeking to raise their own consciousness about world hunger and in a gesture of solidarity with the poor.  They also raised over $4,000.00 and packed and distributed [...]

The work of Edmund Rice International (ERI) has always been of great interest to me from its founding and I have slowly, over the years, built a great sense of belief and confidence in a ministry that not only seeks to help and support those who are made to be marginalised but also to effect [...]

There’s not a lot these two countries have in common, apart from spectacular mountains and some German churches, but they can work well together. Switzerland hosts the world capital of human rights agencies (in Geneva) and Papua New Guinea hosts Callan Services, a vigorous branch of the Edmund Rice Network that promotes the rights of [...]

Students from Parade College in Melbourne recently stood in solidarity with the poor and powerless people of the world by supporting the STAND UP Campaign. By physically standing up, the students were throwing aside the real killer of people, complacency. Hundreds of students at Parade College Campuses, based in Bundoora and in Preston, made a [...]

Members of the Edmund Rice Network in Kenya have demonstrated their support for the Millennium Development Goals by their participation in the recent Stand-Up against Poverty campaign. One of the actions involved a march through local streets as a means of ensuring their voices were heard by the delegations attending the Millennium Summit and by [...]

Young people representing over 30 countries held their 7th International Summit at the United Nations in Geneva. ERI had the privilege of participating with these dynamic young minds. Professional inputs were provided by a series of individuals whose job was to motivate the youth to discussion of relevant Human Rights topics. This was very well [...]

A couple of articles on corporal punishment elsewhere on this website have attracted some comment and discussion. Whilst it is undeniable that corporal punishment was once relatively common in many Christian Brothers Schools (as it was in most schools and in the broader community at the time) and whilst it was also the case that [...]