Christian Brothers New Life
The Christian Brothers Oceania Province
Structuring the Organisation
They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. All who believed were together and had things in common;they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need.
(Acts 2/42, 44-45)
The fundamental objective of the formation of the lay faithful is an ever-clearer discovery of one’s vocation and the ever-greater willingness to live so as to fulfil one’s mission.
John Paul II, Christifideles Laici, 58, 1988
Give to the poor in handfuls Edmund Rice, Founder of the Christian Brothers …the rapidly changing world …sets a new agenda for the Church. In these changing circumstances we are called to discover anew what the true following of Jesus requires of us in the spirit of Edmund…
New beginnings with Edmund, 28th Congregation Chapter
Congregation Chapter 2002
Edmund Rice was always passionate about the evangelization of those whom society ignored… Like Jesus before him, Edmund Rice showed people that life could be lived differently, that human relationships could be different, that the dominant culture need not have the answers to how a society operated.
Philip Pinto cfc, Congregation Leader, 2006
They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. All who believed were together and had things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need.
(Acts 2/42, 44-45)
The fundamental objective of the formation of the lay faithful is an ever-clearer discovery of one’s vocation and the ever-greater willingness to live so as to fulfil one’s mission.
John Paul II, Christifideles Laici, 58, 1988
Give to the poor in handfuls
Edmund Rice, Founder of the Christian Brothers
…the rapidly changing world …sets a new agenda for the Church. In these changing circumstances we are called to discover anew what the true following of Jesus requires of us in the spirit of Edmund…
New beginnings with Edmund, 28th Congregation Chapter
Restructuring is an urgent call to transform minds and hearts. It facilitates new life in mission and ministry, promotes prophetic religious living and ensures a redistribution of resources in a spirit of fraternity.
Congregation Chapter 2002
Edmund Rice was always passionate about the evangelization of those whom society ignored… Like Jesus before him, Edmund Rice showed people that life could be lived differently, that human relationships could be different, that the dominant culture need not have the answers to how a society operated.
Philip Pinto cfc, Congregation Leader, 2006
The Structure has changed over the last three years but the basic idea remains
