School Dropout Rates in Ireland Again in the Spotlight
The recent publication of the results of the Leaving Certificate examinations in Ireland prompts a reflection from Rachel Lucy from the Cork Life Centre. The Cork Life Centre is a…
Rome – Assisi Conference on Spirituality and Sustainability
Br. Kevin Cawley of Edmund Rice International joined a large group of scholars and practitioners this summer at a Conference on Spirituality and Sustainability assembled in Rome and Assisi from…
Impossible to Guarantee Safety of Afghan Returnees – Report
The Edmund Rice Centre for Justice & Community Education (ERC) has been documenting the fate of rejected asylum seekers returned to Afghanistan by the Australian government since 2002. Their latest…
ERI Advocacy Workshop in Western Zambia
From 5 – 8 June a group of over fifty people gathered at the Limulunga Pastoral Centre near Mongu in Western Province Zambia for an Advocacy Workshop, facilitated by Br.…
Citizens Climate March on Washington April 29, 2017 – Edmund Rice International Participation
There are always questions for some about the worth of public demonstrations on behalf of good causes. Assembling large contingents requires, among other concerns, months and months of careful planning…
Edmund Rice International Participates in Global March for Science
Science is God’s great gift to the human race because it allows us to wonder at the awe of creation and to better understand our collective vocation as its protector…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Warns on Unraveling of International Agreements.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, has expressed concern at the growing threat to important international agreements. He pointed to the refusal of Burundi to…
Edmund Rice Centre WA Heeds the Call of the United Nations on Sport
Participants in the Local Parks Project In December 2016, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution (A/71/L.38) recognizing the potential of sport as a valuable tool to bring about…
Religious Freedom Under Threat
The 2016 report on the state of Religious Freedom in the World was released on November 24th. The report was prepared by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) and…
Climate Change Could Drive 122m More People Into Extreme Poverty By 2030
A recently released major UN report from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warns that climate change is “a major and growing threat to global food security”. By 2030 an…