The Congregation of Presentation Brothers is an international Catholic congregation of laymen founded in 1802 in Waterford, Ireland, by a local businessman, Edmund Ignatius Rice. Presentation Brothers live and work in Ireland, England, USA, Canada, Ghana, St. Lucia and Grenada with about 100 Brothers throughout these countries. The Brothers take three promises—poverty, chastity and obedience—and live together in small groups called "communities". The motto of the congregation is the same as that of the Jesuits: "Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam" or "For the Greater Glory of God". Brothers bear the initials F.P.M. (Friatrum Presentationis Mariae). The expressed mission of the Presentation Brothers is to "form Christ in the Young" and traditionally they have worked to achieve this through education. Today Presentation Bothers work in a wider range of ministries including with the homeless, elderly, disadvantaged youth and the Roma people. The Presentation Brothers Leadership Team Congregation Leader: Br Martin Keanneally Deputy Congregation Leader: Br Rupert O'Sullivan Team Members: Brothers Barry Noel, Denis Claivaz and Walter Hurley Contact Information Presentation Brothers GeneralateMount St. JosephBlarney StreetCork CityIRELANDTel: +353-(0)21-4392160Fax:... Read more...

[ Other Reflective writing ] Brothers’ Presencing ‘We affirm the significant role Brothers have to play as ‘brother’ in the life of the Province in developing the spirituality and ethos of the ministries and the lives of all in the Edmund Rice Network’. (Oceania Chapter 2008) A Bigger Picture ‘We reflect on our mission, community, vision and spirituality, in the light of the Earth Community in which they are embedded, and the issues flowing from the fragile relationship we have in Earth Ecology.’ (Oceania Chapter 2008) The Oceania Province seeks to facilitate a high quality of presence in relationships in local and extended communities and as well as consciousness of the bigger issues facing us as brothers – the plight of refugees and asylum seekers, our engagement with indigenous peoples in Oceania, climate change and the imminent fate of the people of Kiribati through rising sea levels and the challenges facing our brothers and volunteers in the Philippines, East Timor and PNG. In recent articles published in ‘Heartbeat’ two of our brothers expressed their concern that the ‘corporate structure’ of the Province does not necessarily move us towards either of the two directions stated... Read more...