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 […]

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.

Edmund Rice International welcomes the recent publication of the Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse in Industrial Schools in Ireland.

Sometimes an email will arrive on my screen like a breath of fresh air. Daniel Devincenzi, from the City of Beautiful Breezes (Buenos Aires), sent me one with the refreshing title you see above. Isn’t that an idea to move the Edmund Rice Network to work? Colegio Cardenal Newman (yes, he who is moving towards […]

Two big schools, St Patrick’s and St Vincent’s, and a trades-training centre, are now embedded in two eco-parks, thanks to the work of Brother Frank Gale, many young men training to be Brothers, and the local staff and students. Ponds, trees, a vigorous undergrowth, and wildlife give a glimpse of the local ecosystem that almost […]

Oceania, as a Province, is about linking islands and oceans (East Timor, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines). It is fascinating to watch how a province renews itself, waking itself, shaking itself, and ever making itself anew. There have been new appointments, staff changes, new structures (ministry directorates and community clusters), and all […]

Br. Martin J. Fragala, CFC, received the Homines Pro Aliis Award for 2008 from the New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus on Sunday, June 8, 2008. The Homines Pro Aliis (“People for Others”) Award honors people who have demonstrated their faith in these traits: leaders in service, volunteer work, selflessness, care for others […]

The T.I. Murphy Centre, named for a wonderful Christian Brother of Newfoundland, operates now in a portion of The College of the North Atlantic in St. John’s Newfoundland. The Murphy Centre serves approximately 100 students per year in supporting their academic efforts to return to mainstream education after their schooling was interrupted. The Centre also […]