Edmund Rice International

  To celebrate the International Day of Mother Earth, a group of young people from the Chapel of Christ the Conqueror, in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho in Lima, kept a Vigil to raise awareness about  care of the planet. On Sunday April 21, when the clock in front of the Chapel marked [...]

The southern part of Zimbabwe has received below average rains for the past three years, believed to be a result of climate change. In addition, illegal gold panning has contributed to increasing silting of dams which in turn has reduced the capacity of the dams to supply water to the city of Bulawayo. Residents of [...]

 An estimated 27 million people are presently enslaved around the globe as a result of trafficking, debt bondage, illegal contract labour and prostitution – more than the total figure of all people trafficked during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. After learning about modern day slavery as part of their transition year program, students from Presentation College, [...]

 ERI Team member Peter Harney visited the Philippines in February to conduct two training workshops, one in Maasin and the other in Kabankalan. The latter was held at the San Columbano Retreat and Conference Center, on, 21-23 February, 2013. Here is a report from Br Rod Ellyard who facilitated the workshop:- Those who attended the training [...]

 This month ERI welcomed two new interns to Geneva, Jordan Wren from Australia and Cathal Ó Fainín from Ireland. Their internships will be for 3 months. Jordan is from Bacchus Marsh near Melbourne and is a past student of Loreto College in Ballarat where she first become involved in Edmund Rice camps. Jordan maintained her [...]

 “In some States, converts may face criminal prosecution, at times even including the death penalty, for offences such as ‘apostasy,’ ‘heresy,’ ‘blasphemy’ or ‘insult’ in respect of a religion or the country’s dominant tradition and values,” stated Heiner Bielefeldt, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief when presenting his report to the [...]

  Human Rights are inscribed in the heart of people; they were there long before lawmakers drafted their proclamation. (Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) Through an invitation from Peter Clinch and Shane Wood who lead the ministries outreach of Oceania, I was privileged to present workshops on the vision and work [...]

 An updated video introducing the work of Edmund Rice International has been placed online. It can be viewed via the above link or through the link on our website or Facebook page. If visiting our facebook page please show your support for ERI by clicking the ‘like’ button for the page and sharing it with [...]

Around sixty former students of Edmund Rice Secondary School Sinon in Arusha, Tanzania, who are currently studying in various universities and educational institutions, responded to an invitation to gather at the end of July to reflect on and share how their lives had been inspired by Edmund Rice. Participants spoke of their having been transformed [...]

Aidan Donaldson is Chaplain at St Mary’s Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Belfast. He also plays a key leadership role in the Edmund Rice Network particularly in ‘Project Zambia’ part of the Christian Brothers’ Developing World Immersion Program. Here is Aidan’s reflection on a recent experience in Zambia:- “Trying to come to any sort of an [...]