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He has a PhD in adolescent male spirituality and Masters degrees in Counselling and Educational Leadership. Please keep Paul and his family in your prayers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1675896494869-7UXDDP0BTC4UUFOSRMUZ/Christian+Brothers+Oceania+-+Edmund+Rice+Laudato+Si+.png News - Adoption of Simple Lifestyles - Handy Hints and Behaviours by Chris Hill Care of the Earth Inspired by Laudato Si, comes “Care of the Earth” - with one hundred and thirty hints and behaviours listed in this booklet to identify things that you may not already be doing and it may inspire you to embrace something additional to your current sustainable lifestyle activities. https://www.edmundrice.org/news/150years monthly 0.5 2025-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/b7a32753-5199-4714-974c-04a832d264f7/St+Stephen.png News - 150 Years of Edmund Rice Ministries in Queensland - Eucharist of Gratitude and Hope The Cathedral of St Stephen in Brisbane was filled to capacity on Thursday, 31st July, as many expressions of the Edmund Rice charism gathered to remember and celebrate the profound impact of Edmund Rice Ministries over the past 150 years in Queensland. This deeply moving Eucharist of Thanksgiving was a highlight of the year, touching the hearts of all who attended. The celebration gave recognition to the tireless contributions of countless Christian Brothers, lay partners, and associated workers who have served faithfully across generations. A particularly proud moment came during the Entrance and Recessional Processions, which beautifully showcased the breadth and diversity of Edmund Rice Ministries throughout the state. It was a powerful visual testament to the legacy of service, education, and compassion that continues to shape communities today. 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Dr. Conor Finn delivered a compelling reflection on Br Ambrose Treacy, highlighting his commitment to "getting his hands dirty” in Colonial Queensland for the sake of the Kingdom of God. In exploring Br Ambrose Treacy’s work—and the passion and energy with which he carried it out—listeners were invited to reflect personally: How am I living? What am I doing to help bring the Kingdom to fruition? Dr. Conor Finn’s in-depth research was both thorough and thoughtfully contextualized for the audience. He offered meaningful challenges to those who today walk in the footsteps of Ambrose. Thank you, Conor, for taking the time to bring Ambrose’s story to life and for making it resonate so powerfully with us today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/6513b6e4-953e-47bc-8f69-4fb13e572646/Roby.png News - 150 Years of Edmund Rice Ministries in Queensland - “What would Edmund call us to do and be today?” A reflection led by Guest Speaker Roby Curtis, Emmanuel City Mission on what Edmund would see today if he looked out the window at the quays which are our lives. Edmund’s step- sister challenged him to look out the window to the poor on the quays of Waterford. 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A total of around 250 delegates had the opportunity to establish extensive relations with members from all the countries where the EREBB educational network is present. Congregation Leader, Peter Clinch prayed a blessing over the members of Congress in the chapel of the Marino Institute, and CLT member Hugo Cáceres delivered a keynote address on behalf of the CLT. The invited members were more than our lay colleagues and Brothers who minister in the school world. This time, the Congress also included other organisations from the ER, advocacy, and development networks. This Congress was a microcosm of the organisations inspired by the ER's charism. As Pope Francis says, "Enlarge the space of your tent…”(Isaiah 54:2), referring to the Church, EREBB also invited and challenged those present to enlarge the space of their tents, to make the educational movement a more inclusive space and to continue to reflect and dream about the mission of the ER tradition. 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EREBB was inaugurated in May 2014 when leaders representing Edmund Rice Education gathered in Nairobi, Kenya to establish an inclusive international network of Edmund Rice educational communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/37cfbf8e-c767-4181-bbba-2d77c0bd15e4/map.jpg News Archive - Edmund Rice Education Beyond Borders - World Congress 2023 - Edmund Rice Schools Since 1802, when the first school began in Waterford, Ireland, Edmund Rice education has grown in over 20 countries. 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The program, ‘Under Southern Skies’, inspired by the first line of the Statement from the Heart, was developed for young people from across Australia to create connections to our Founding stories, First Nations stories, and the stories of Creation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1684208547484-NYYBW2H6TFZ2EMVJ7I8Q/ERF-2.jpeg News Archive - Formation ~ Under Southern Skies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1684208549226-JGF0VTBTLN61GO7DEHNT/ERF-5.jpg News Archive - Formation ~ Under Southern Skies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1684208578423-Y3JGMRI4G0OXGZ0EL6XZ/ERF3.jpeg News Archive - Formation ~ Under Southern Skies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1684208681446-BIPWWO0YLKOJQ1L9SK5I/EERF-4.jpeg News Archive - Formation ~ Under Southern Skies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/ded5931d-60ee-4177-bdb8-c89dcdc5855c/ERF-11.jpeg News Archive - Formation ~ Under Southern Skies The program was full of rich knowledges and conversations, including a Welcome and Smoking from Mandy Nicholson (Djirri Djirri Dance Group), workshops of First Nations History and Spirituality from Sherry Balcombe (Aboriginal Catholic Ministry), a forum on the Voice to Parliament from Nic Emili (Camps SA volunteer), workshops on Trauma Informed Practice from Mary Watson Burton (ERCS) and introductions to the Edmund Rice Justice Centre from Dan Prichard, and the Edmund Rice Centre WA from Jordan Iley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/c00f4097-8f22-4362-aff7-95091f8da791/ERF-9.jpg News Archive - Formation ~ Under Southern Skies Reflection Daniel Prichard encapsulated the weekend beautifully in his reflection… “….Those of us who are lucky enough to be moved by the spirit of this work and the children we engage with are left wanting to bring the gifts of our collective presence and compassion into the wider world. Having the chance to connect with a group of people committed to the Edmund Rice mission from across the country was a surreal experience. All over Australia, young people are driven to be agents of change within their communities through their experiences as Eddie Ricers, meaning we are never alone as young people committing to faith in action. In connecting and sharing our stories, we learn from one another and recognise both our place in a bigger community, and the potential we hold as a collective daring to imagine what the world could be. Looking beyond our gathering, we share a desire to keep our connections and passion for justice alive. The spiral continues... https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/the-christian-brothers-handball monthly 0.5 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/44b6c78e-93a5-4405-85d5-33dedcd32202/Christian+Brothers+and+Handball.png News Archive - The Christian Brothers and Handball in Australia - The Irish Christian Brothers and Handball in Australia There are various views about the purpose of handball in the history of the Brothers in Australia. One view was posited by Ron Blair in his one-person play The Christian Brother. The character in the play has very clear views about the place of handball in the Brothers’ lives: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1676343673399-FQ1E65HK8UZ6I0QXWZ8Y/Christian+Brothers+-+Handball+8.png News Archive - The Christian Brothers and Handball in Australia - Juniorate boys at the handball courts, Mount Saint Mary’s, Strathfield, 1960s. Christian Brothers Archive, NSW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/44b6c78e-93a5-4405-85d5-33dedcd32202/Christian+Brothers+and+Handball.png News Archive - The Christian Brothers and Handball in Australia - Christmas Day handball tournament at Mount St Mary’s campus, Strathfield. Players, Brothers, and spectators at handball courts, 1919. Christian Brothers Archive, NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/8e99808d-d77a-41d6-a2b1-af504573e9ac/Christian+Brothers+Handball+10.png News Archive - The Christian Brothers and Handball in Australia - Junior students at St Enda’s, Strathfield, due to enter the Novitiate, in front of handball courts on Mount Saint Mary’s campus, 1926. 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The Scholasticate itself stands directly behind the alley. Christian Brothers Archive, NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1676343662389-M4P5VFQT3AMBC8XT4PSH/Christian+Brothers+-+Handball+5.png News Archive - The Christian Brothers and Handball in Australia - Handball courts at St Joseph’s, Minto, the Christian Brother’s provincial Novitiate from 1939 to 1970. Christian Brothers Archive, NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1676343658765-WO70199R2SM9MNSGHBUT/Christian+Brothers+-+Handball+3.png News Archive - The Christian Brothers and Handball in Australia - View of the Junior courts from the St Enda’s dormitories, busily occupied by students, 1924. Christian Brothers Archive, NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1676343657850-VC1A7ZGD5ERBCW4AMTO3/Christian+Brothers+-+Handball+2.png News Archive - The Christian Brothers and Handball in Australia - Strathfield handball courts known as ‘Davy’s Dell’, 1958. Christian Brothers’ Archive, NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/c90c6e71-c6b6-4e58-a2b0-f8ef4f6b3519/Screenshot+2023-02-20+at+12.06.29+pm.png News Archive - The Christian Brothers and Handball in Australia - From ‘Irish Exile’ to ‘Australian pagan’: the Christian Brothers, Irish handball, and identity in early twentieth-century Australia Another more academic approach was taken by Rowan Light in his thesis: “The Christian Brothers school culture was characterised by strict discipline, methodology, methodical teaching, hard work, and devotion to academic results. Also not to be forgotten is the Brothers’ commitment to sport as a means of developing health and character among their young students. This was not unique to Irish Catholic schools but was part of a wider discourse around health culture and muscular Christianity in British educational reform…” Pictured: Handball champions in the senior, junior, and ‘midget’ competition at Christian Brother’s College, Lewisham, 1910. Christian Brothers Archive, NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/44b6c78e-93a5-4405-85d5-33dedcd32202/Christian+Brothers+and+Handball.png News Archive - The Christian Brothers and Handball in Australia Handball today Existing circulars and Draw Sheets from Victoria indicate that Competitions began in earnest in 1930, with preliminary rounds being held in various local courts and the finals being played at St Vincent’s Orphanage. The executive committee arranged the rules and the entries; John Ambrose Mullavey was the Secretary. Up to 12 communities around the city were involved. Not many of the original handball courts around the country have survived. (Perhaps people could send in photos of those still in existence.) The three at Lower Plenty have survived – even though two of them have been put to other uses. Until very recently a small group of enthusiasts used play in the later afternoons on the third court during Summer. The court at North Melbourne was used as recently as 2015 for the Australian 3-wall National Handball Championships. The Archives would welcome any Brother’s recollections of handball in the life of the Congregation, especially any references to local competitions amongst the Brothers, Past Students, or amongst the general public. Pictured: Christmas Day handball tournament at the Mount Saint Mary’s campus, Strathfield. Handball players, Brothers, and other spectators converse under the sports pavilion in front of the handball courts, 1919. Christian Brothers Archive, NSW. https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-adoption-of-simple-lifestyles monthly 0.5 2023-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1476d0d3-5f27-4583-a2cf-c7c4e8dd6e64/Chris-Hill-Griffith-University.jpg News Archive - Adoption of Simple Lifestyles - Handy Hints and Behaviours by Chris Hill - Adoption of Simple Lifestyles I am sure you are all aware of the goals of Laudato Si' and the commitment from the Oceania Province to implement initiatives and actions to meet the intent of all the seven goals. One of the Goals is “Adoption of Simple Lifestyles”, and I am pleased to share this “Handy Hints and Behaviours” booklet with you as a simple guide to showcase several activities and behaviours that you can participate in at an individual level. As mentioned in the Introduction of the booklet, combining the actions of many individuals can lead to significant change and actioning some of these changes as an individual allows you to contribute to the Chapter priority of “Care of the Earth”. This intent was clearly identified by Pope Francis as he stated in Laudato Si paragraph 179 “….. local individuals and groups can make a real difference”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/f0b8d931-0ec8-48c4-a592-713b5ff30a86/Screenshot+2023-02-09+at+11.00.31+am.png News Archive - Adoption of Simple Lifestyles - Handy Hints and Behaviours by Chris Hill - Care of the Earth There are one hundred and thirty hints and behaviours listed in this booklet to hopefully identify something that you may not already be doing and it may inspire you to embrace something additional to your current sustainable lifestyle activities. https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-who-is-edmund-rice-sean-mcmanus monthly 0.5 2023-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/9bb3d43b-4715-44d0-9227-521f3eeaa551/Edmund+Rice+Br+Sean+McManus.png News Archive - Who was Edmund Rice? The life & times of our founder. - Who was Edmund Rice? “…It's symbolic, somehow, of Edmund engaging with people and enabling them to flourish, to get out of this, that which holds them back, to liberate them. That word can be used. Edmund didn't use that word, but we can say he was a liberator in a way, whether it be through the children who came to the schools. And often now we use the words “liberating education”, because he had an effect. He didn't realise it at the time, but he had an effect that was part of educating a whole set of generations of Irish people that never would have had education. Part of that was a sense of their own nationhood that developed out of that. It's no accident that the majority of volunteers in the Irish Rebellion of 1916 were from Christian Brothers schools, not from the Jesuit schools or the other schools. Now, I don't think we'd call Edmund a revolutionary politically, although he sort of knew both sides. But he had to deal with and exist in a British-controlled setup and technically was operating against the law by setting up a religious order in Ireland. That was he was contrary to the law and Prime Minister Wellington knew that, but he was never acted against…” https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-edmund-rice-province-new-ceo monthly 0.5 2022-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1668045655879-O9EH1NHJTQ9V1CQLHTCO/Anthony+Banks+-+Province+Chief+Executive+Officer.png News Archive - Appointment of Oceania Province Chief Executive Officer - Appointment of Oceania Province Chief Executive Officer The Oceania Province Leadership Team (OLT) is pleased to announce that Mr Anthony Banks has been appointed to the new position of Province Chief Executive Officer (CEO). This is the most senior lay leadership role in the Province, providing leadership and management to all aspects of province life in relation to our civil responsibilities. Anthony will report directly to the OLT and will commence on Monday, 23 January 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/d64e6cbf-ac24-4225-bd4b-9a6558734805/Screen+Shot+2022-11-10+at+1.59.23+pm.png News Archive - Appointment of Oceania Province Chief Executive Officer - Anthony pictured with students at Padua College. Situated on the Mornington Peninsula, Padua College is a Catholic co-educational Secondary College located in Victoria, Australia. The college derives its name from Franciscan friar Saint Anthony of Padua, a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order who was known for his powerful preaching, expert knowledge of scripture, and undying love and devotion to the poor and the sick. Photo courtesy: Padua College https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-40-years-of-erc-celebration monthly 0.5 2022-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/39c5b290-9e85-42a1-8d3d-c29518b16ed7/Edmund+Rice+Christian+Brothers+Edmund+Rice+Camps+-+Australia.jpg News Archive - 40 Years of Edmund Rice Camps Celebration - Edmund Rice Camps Today Today, Edmund Rice Camps maintain the core values and premise of founder Edmund Rice, by providing quality, mutually enriching programs that are delivered by inspired staff and volunteers. January 2021 will marked 40 years since Edmund Rice Camps began in Melbourne. Stay up to date via the Edmund Rice Community Services newsletter and social media channels for more information on the planned celebrations. https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-st-josephs-technical-college-jncm5-jsxdh monthly 0.5 2022-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/38aa5409-0682-470e-9cd8-c67d5811f3d6/Edmund+Rice+Christian+Brothers+Oceania-Pope-Francis-EREBB-2022-768x576.jpeg News Archive - Pope Francis ~ the Global Education Compact - Global Edmund Rice Schools Partner with Pope Francis’ Global Education Compact Last week Members of Edmund Rice Education Beyond Borders met with Scholas founders, Pope Francis and José María del Corral, to discuss the promotion of global connections among young people to enable a “culture of encounter”. During the meeting Pope Francis expressed his delight with the work that Catholic Schools in the Edmund Rice Tradition are doing in Australia and around the globe, making the world a more just, sustainable and peaceful place. He shared his deep belief in the transformative work of teachers and expressed his appreciation for their work and commitment, particularly throughout the pandemic. The meeting concluded with the Holy Father leading the group in shared prayer and offering a blessing for all our schools, students, staff and families. Pictured above: Wayne Tinsey (EREBB Ambassador), José María del Corral (Scholas Occurrentes), Cris Ritchie-Bonomo (United States), Gerry Bennett (Ireland), Pope Francis, Br Albert Gomez (Sierra Leone), Brian Garrone (Australia), Alberto Olivero (Argentina). Photo courtesy: EREA https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-st-josephs-technical-college-jncm5 monthly 0.5 2022-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/66e516c0-36e1-4055-8464-d6943e965a0d/Mashad+University.jpg News Archive - The Intriguing Story of Parade College’s First Female Graduate - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS) Mashad is a medical school in Iran. Located in Razavi Khorasan province in the city of Mashhad, it was established in 1949 with Ferdowsi University of Mashad and separated in 1986 from its parent institution by national legislation. The university is currently ranked as one of the best in the Middle East. In 2001, its department of Medicine was ranked first among the Iranian universities. https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-st-josephs-technical-college monthly 0.5 2022-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/b6070e43-6492-4d19-8fd2-4e12be6c89bd/thumbnail_McGrath%2C+Byrne%2C+McDonogh+on+top+of+St+Pat%27s+Spire+1938.jpeg News Archive - St Joseph’s Technical College ~ helping build futures in challenging times - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1656982235121-W7JFGPKARTPRV0VVBPWU/St_Josephs_Abbotsford.jpg News Archive - St Joseph’s Technical College ~ helping build futures in challenging times - St Joseph’s Technical College Abbotsford In 1893 St Joseph’s school in Nicholson Street opened its doors to 400 boys, later becoming St Joseph’s Technical College providing inner-city technical education until 1990. It was then home to the Sophia Mundi Steiner Primary School until 2012 when the building started to be used as creative studios. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1656990326025-Q50X93OH7RHEL32HCMUQ/australian-archbishop-daniel-mannix-of-melbourne-throwing-baseball-at-polo.jpg News Archive - St Joseph’s Technical College ~ helping build futures in challenging times - Archbishop Daniel Mannix Besides his many achievements as Archbishop, Mannix had height, personal charm, elegant bearing, outstanding intellectual powers, enviable control of language, and great wit and flair. He is pictured here in New York throwing a baseball in 1920. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1657066057518-45T1P93M2G28G4H4LBH5/Screen%2BShot%2B2022-07-06%2Bat%2B9.56.26%2Bam.jpg News Archive - St Joseph’s Technical College ~ helping build futures in challenging times - St Joseph's Awards Night St. Joseph's Technical School, Abbotsford was one of the two technical schools established in the archdiocese by Archbishop Mannix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1657073928713-FTAE824A2CBWYX7OS9LD/Christian+Brothers+-+Melbourne+1890s.jpeg News Archive - St Joseph’s Technical College ~ helping build futures in challenging times - Melbourne during Depression Inner-city poverty was typical during the 1930s. The conditions endured by the families of the unemployed were dire. “You look round the rooms, the kitchen with its empty shelves, the fireless grate, the solitary crust on a plate placed high up on the dresser to be out of the reach of the children till the time comes for its use, and you wonder with curious and unpleasant wonder how long you yourself could endure such a condition of affairs,” The Age reported in 1893. https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-edmund-rice-260-birthday-anniversary monthly 0.5 2022-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/ebb3576e-df7a-4678-bae4-e1417425e0ca/Edmund+Rice+260+Year+Celebration-23.jpg News Archive - Edmund Rice Birthday Anniversay - Our Founder’s Birthday Anniversary Edmund Rice Birthday Anniversary Celebrations were held in June at the Oceania Province’s Treacy Centre in Melbourne . Christian Brothers, Oceania Province staff and Edmund Rice supporters gathered to celebrate the life of our founder, Edmund Rice, who became recognised as Holy through his passion for, and belief in, providing schooling for all, especially uneducated boys and young men from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds. Through the order he founded, the Christian Brothers, schools and missions were started all over the world, including many in our Pacific region. https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-new-australian-government monthly 0.5 2022-07-29 https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-laudato-si monthly 0.5 2022-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1653225126712-ASZJGP01GE6UB24I9NOW/Christian+Brothers+-+Pope+Francis+Laudato+Si%27.jpg News Archive - Laudato Si ~ Praise Be To You https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1653225681406-2U539SITA7RCNCO1GB0Q/Limburger_Dom_Oratorium_Laudato_si_06112016.jpeg News Archive - Laudato Si ~ Praise Be To You https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1653226198666-1UP1RMEJRNBC1IVL2O3C/Pope_Francis_Photo.jpeg News Archive - Laudato Si ~ Praise Be To You https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-joan-chittister monthly 0.5 2022-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1653435756767-56JU9URFVFSI9W45ZDP6/Sr%252BJoan%252BChittister%252Band%252BBr%252BShane%252BWood.jpg News Archive - Joan Chittister - A Prophet in her Time touring Australia - Sr Joan Chittister & Br Shane Wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1652941113572-1FJ6EC826S2URHA0BHBM/Christian+Brothers+-+Joan_Chittister_2.jpeg News Archive - Joan Chittister - A Prophet in her Time touring Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1652938668938-VKL552W4FS3RRNW740OY/Christian+Brothers+-+Sr+Joan+Chittister+and+Oprah.png News Archive - Joan Chittister - A Prophet in her Time touring Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1652938807437-BNMUA654S6GMMKH2L16H/Christian+Brothers+-+Sr+Joan+Chittister+2009+Brkthru+Australia+FionaBasile+8x10.jpeg News Archive - Joan Chittister - A Prophet in her Time touring Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1652938663498-8OLMALEL357L4A8XAJE8/Christian+Brothers+-+Sr+Joan+Chittister.jpeg News Archive - Joan Chittister - A Prophet in her Time touring Australia https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-herbert-james-fowles monthly 0.5 2022-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1650597728966-YH2CBTII5MG2L18JSCLS/Herbert+Jame+Fowles+1.jpg News Archive - A Proud Anzac with a Christian Brothers Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1650597728961-JMQDUPWE2OXAJN5DKZLY/Herbert+Jame+Fowles+3.jpg News Archive - A Proud Anzac with a Christian Brothers Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1650597731001-AGFUN6FEJUQBUP7ZG6G1/Herbert+Jame+Fowles+4.jpg News Archive - A Proud Anzac with a Christian Brothers Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1650597731756-NYEC02XYYOOBBN81MEU3/Herbert-James-Fowler+2.jpg News Archive - A Proud Anzac with a Christian Brothers Education https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-in-png-callan-services monthly 0.5 2022-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1648519807357-9JIBM9MJB55GM5ZEZ9EZ/Christian+Brother+Desmond+Taboeya+of+Callan+Services+PNG-2.jpg News Archive - Br Desmond is reaching out on the Kokoda Trail though the Network of Callan Services. - Br Desmond Taboeya and the Network of Callan Services Br Desmond Taboeya doing refraction in Daoi village, Mt Koiari with a child with low vision. This child was referred to an eye specialist in Port Moresby due to a congenital vision problem being detected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1648519807588-PAN74ENFBFD27IJYPYG5/Christian+Brother+Desmond+Taboeya+of+Callan+Services+PNG-3.jpg News Archive - Br Desmond is reaching out on the Kokoda Trail though the Network of Callan Services. - Br Desmond Taboeya and the Network of Callan Services A day’s walk up the terrain to visit the last schools and community in Abuari, Kokoda . From left to right: Jerol (Village Health Volunteer), Larrissa Molai (Kokoda Initiative Officer) and Br Desmond Taboeya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1648519808607-63Z8Y6G5FZUE31LQAEW1/Christian+Brother+Desmond+Taboeya+of+Callan+Services+PNG-4.jpg News Archive - Br Desmond is reaching out on the Kokoda Trail though the Network of Callan Services. Br Desmond Taboeya prescribes for an elementary school student. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1648519809307-5YEC5IC1KD84CQCG5EJ5/Christian+Brother+Desmond+Taboeya+of+Callan+Services+PNG-5.jpg News Archive - Br Desmond is reaching out on the Kokoda Trail though the Network of Callan Services. The beauty of creation! After walking up the mountain and enduring such tough terrain, the group arrives in a most beautiful place! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1648519809778-TMB7EO1D3UXA3Q3NHPLG/Christian+Brother+Desmond+Taboeya+of+Callan+Services+PNG.jpg News Archive - Br Desmond is reaching out on the Kokoda Trail though the Network of Callan Services. In Kagi, Mt Koiari catchment along the Kokoda Track, Br Desmond Taboeya conducts “ear mopping” for a child with discharge. https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-pope-francis-ukraine monthly 0.5 2022-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/39ef73a9-09d2-4273-9e15-add28b1553bd/Christian+Brothers+-+Ukraine+conflict+2022.jpg News Archive - Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) - raising awareness. - Make it stand out @erika.fairweather shares her latest news on Instagram. https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-erika-fairweather monthly 0.5 2022-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/b7360d7f-04d8-43d4-8fc1-d393fc876c81/Erika+Fairweather-Instagram-Sky-Sports+Emerging+Talent.png News Archive - Kavanagh College’s Erika Fairweather named Sky Sports Emerging talent - Make it stand out @erika.fairweather shares her latest news on Instagram. https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-br-peter-clinch-interview-excerpt monthly 0.5 2022-08-02 https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-february-pope-video monthly 0.5 2022-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/563f58ef-3d6b-4ba6-8d68-4dce7499458c/Christian+Brothers-Sisters+of+Charity.jpg News Archive - The Pope Video - For Religious Sisters & Consecrated Women - Make it stand out The Pope Video for February has just been released with the prayer intention that Francis entrusts to the entire Catholic Church through the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network. This month, the Holy Father expresses his gratitude for the mission and courage of religious sisters and consecrated women, and asks for prayers for them that they may “continue to find new responses to the challenges of our times.” In this video, made with the support and collaboration of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG), which brings together more than 1,900 religious congregations, Francis reaffirms the role of women who dedicate themselves to consecrated life. His message is forceful: “What would the Church be without religious sisters and consecrated laywomen? The Church is unintelligible without them.” According to statistics published by the Fides news agency in 2021, there are more than 630,000 women religious throughout the world. https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/new-christian-brothers-website monthly 0.5 2022-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/045850d4-c964-4cd3-8439-aea0b1dfdf12/Christian+Brothers+Parkville+treacy+Centre.png News Archive - Christian Brother Oceania Province - A New Website - Make it stand out The Treacy Centre in Parkville is where the Christian Brothers Oceania rests on the timeless land of the peoples of the Kulin nation, for whom the Melbourne area was a centre of trade, celebration, spirituality and law. Peoples from all over Victoria would come to ‘Melbourne’ and each group had their designated camp. What became Royal Park was traditionally a camp area for Koorie peoples from the Geelong and Western districts. In 1861 there was a gathering of Wathourong, Bunurong, Woiwurrung and Kurnai/Gunai peoples. At a time when the effects of colonisation had decimated each of these groups and exacerbated warfare between them, these people pledged peace amongst each other. https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/br-peter-clinch-christian-brothers-congregation-leader monthly 0.5 2022-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/6655c716-c750-4db9-9c85-d9fac14f69ee/The+Chapter+is+taking+place+at+Emmaus+Retreat+Centre.jpeg News Archive - Br Peter Clinch is elected Congregation Leader - The 2022 General Chapter The guiding scripture text that has been chosen by the Chapter Planning Group is Luke 8: 22-25 in which Jesus calms the storm One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out. As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger. The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!” He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. “Where is your faith?” he asked his disciples. In fear and amazement they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him.” Pictured is the Emmaus Retreat Centre in Dublin where the General Chapter is being held. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/4b4490eb-9b60-41c6-8748-1e2107021d46/Christain+Brother+General+Chapter+2022-Dublin+zoom+call.jpg News Archive - Br Peter Clinch is elected Congregation Leader It was wonderful to hear positive feedback from Brothers who had taken part in the various Zoom calls during these past two years, specifically in the work of the scenario building and prayer groups which continue to meet. For so many, these have been rich experiences of belonging to an international brotherhood, and they have been enriching and life-giving. https://www.edmundrice.org/blog-3-1/christian-brothers-edmund-rice-international-un monthly 0.5 2022-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/e4bd9185-5838-49a7-afa5-996c58776b76/The+urban+landscape+of+Manila%2C+with+slums+and+skyscrapers.+Sea+port+and+residential+areas.+The+contrast+of+poor+and+rich+areas.+The+capital+of+the+Philippines.jpg News Archive - ERI active during the recent United Nations Human Rights Council session. Addressing the climate emergency, he urged States not to wait for others to make the first move but to shift to a green economy through steps such as taxing carbon, ending subsidies to fossil fuels and committing to no new coal power plants. Ending inequality was also identified as a priority. Inequality in the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines with most of the population of wealthier countries being vaccinated while more than 90 per cent of Africans are still awaiting their first dose is one example. Inequality between men and women also continues to represent a significant injustice and the Secretary General urged a shifting of power from the current male-dominated world, to include more women leaders in government and business, and stressed the need to address gender-based violence in every country. Pictured is the urban landscape of Manila, with slums and skyscrapers and residential areas threatened by rising ocean levels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/198e99ac-1dc6-46b9-ba52-fb900e5debca/Christian+Brothers+-+ERI+at+UN+Young+people+suffering+due+to+covid+isolation.jpg News Archive - ERI active during the recent United Nations Human Rights Council session. Inequality in accessing digital technology was also highlighted (half the planet does not have internet access) while at the same time concern was expressed about the collection and abuse of online data - an issue that also needs to be addressed. 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Having seen the poverty which existed around him, he wanted to provide an education to young children who didn’t have access to schooling. His desire was that all children have the best quality of life available to them. This continues to be the basis for Christian Brothers, devoted to the Edmund Rice charism, who work in ministries today. “All of the 18th and 19th century visitors marvelled at the Quay of Waterford. Its beauty, its elegance and expanse, comparing it to the finest quays in Europe. Its river full of masted ships, it’s beautiful exchange, where the merchants conducted their business, it’s bowling green, where the gentry took their evening stroll and their wives paraded in their finery. However this was the veneer of Waterford and beneath that veneer, was a warren of filthy lanes, of disease ridden hovels, bereft of furniture, toilet facilities, and the means to sustain life…” Dermot Power ‘Housing for the labouring class of Waterford City from 1800 to 1940’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633235016832-UT61TF3AQ73WVCWRH6JK/Sunrise+at+Waterford+Quay%2C+Ireland.jpg Edmund Rice Humble beginnings - The Christian Brothers are founded Edmund sold his shipping business and began a night school for the impoverished children of Waterford. Edmund’s first helpers deserted him leaving him desperate, but then two men from his native Callan joined him, not only to teach, but to help Edmund found a religious order to educate poor boys. By 1825, Edmund Rice and his team of thirty Christian Brothers were educating, free of charge, 5,500 boys in 12 different towns and cities. Many were then clothed and fed. Currently, 1,700 Christian Brothers are educators and carers of the poor in thirty countries around the world. The Quay of Waterford, Ireland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633248390252-NEZ0CN8A90L0KH2RB6GK/Australian+Aboriginal+men+at+NAIDOC+Week+Celebrations.jpg Edmund Rice Humble beginnings - Today the Brothers of Edmund Rice are working in 30 countries across five continents. In addition to education the Brothers encourage people to develop their skills and God-given talents and to become self-sufficient. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633588032326-9LXS9C5JKCH8IPZBUXIO/The+Price+of+Freedom-Christian+Brothers.png Edmund Rice Humble beginnings - Learn about our history The Oceania Province assists people wishing to source material about the Christian Brothers and more specifically about the Brothers in the Oceania Region. https://www.edmundrice.org/apology daily 0.75 2021-10-09 https://www.edmundrice.org/safeguardingcommitment daily 0.75 2021-10-08 https://www.edmundrice.org/about-our-story daily 0.75 2022-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633002858147-MF90JGPJGXUPNKJRA3RO/catholic+church+in+dili+city+east+timor.jpg About - One Province for all of Oceania in 2007 In the Edmund Rice tradition, the Christian Brothers Oceania Province was established in 2007. It unites the previous provinces within Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, including the St Patrick's Province of the Christian Brothers. The province was created to improve administration and enable the organisation to focus on its work of adult education, social justice activities with refugees, asylum seekers, indigenous people and disadvantaged youth. Catholic Church Dili, Timor Leste https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1645510045634-BXLQRNI7ZR9N6XF1D3E2/Jesus+Statue+Cristo+Rei+of+Dili+stock+photo+East+Timor%2C+Asia%2C+Dili%2C+Christianity%2C+Mountain+Peak.jpg About - 1990s - The Brothers in Timor-Leste Timor-Leste has made significant progress since gaining independence from Indonesia in 2002. After decades of occupation and violence, during which approximately 200,000 Timorese (one quarter of the population at the time) lost their lives and almost all the country’s infrastructure was destroyed, Timor-Leste is slowly emerging from fragility and rebuilding itself to become a strong and stable nation. Read more. Jesus Statue Cristo Rei of Dili, Timor Leste https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/41f2f6b5-37d7-4c83-89ea-f7424d5357e0/Christian+Brothers-+Training+Centre+for+youth+in+Papua+New+Guinea.jpg About - Seven Decades in Papua New Guinea The first Christian Brothers Community in PNG was established in 1950. Callan Services was established in 1991 with the support of CBM (Christian Blind Mission) and Save the Children and over the past three decades has led the way in building services for people with disabilities. Read more. Christian Brothers support youth in Papua New Guinea by providing life skills training programs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/7902ec1b-b4fe-4c9c-9bee-d9508432937f/Christian+Brothers+St+Patricks+College+Strathfield+NSW+Australia.jpg About - 1920s - 1960s: A time of rapid expansion The largest of the male teaching orders in Australia, the Christian Brothers, had 115 brothers teaching in thirty schools by 1920. Under the influence of the religious orders, Catholic schools flourished. The 1950s was a boom time for Australian Catholics. Numbers grew rapidly, increasing the proportion of Catholics in the Australian population . Many parishes were established in the new suburbs of the major cities and the number of priests, sisters and brothers continued to expand. The impact of all the effort expended on education was felt as Catholics made noticeable advances in socio-economic status, drawing near to the Australian population as a whole in educational attainment and prosperity. There was a high level of attendance at Mass and other devotional ceremonies, and many Catholics belonged to parish sodalities such as the Sacred Heart Sodality (for women) and the Holy Name Society (for men; it was reputed to have 100 000 members at one stage). At home, large numbers of families recited the Rosary every night or at least once a week, and in the community Catholics stood out because of practices like never eating meat on Fridays. The Catholic community had grown to be what the Irish bishops of the nineteenth century had worked for and dreamed of: a thriving Church based on the Irish model. Students at St Patrick’s College Strathfield, NSW, Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633004658650-9YMMH52NXZ9VN8HHIR9M/Portrait_of_The_Reverend_Brother_Patrick_Ambrose_Treacy_Founder_of_St._Josephs_College_Nudgee_Queensland.jpg About - The influence of Brother Patrick Ambrose Treacy Ambrose arrived penniless in Australia with three other Christian Brothers in 1868. During 30 years as leader of the Brothers, Ambrose opened more than 20 schools in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney and Perth, as well as in several country towns. He is known as an outstanding influence for the Christian Brothers and the Catholic Church in Australia. He is notable for his dedication and selflessness, and his belief that everything he experienced was from the hands of a provident God. From an incident early in his life he had an outstanding devotion to Mary the Mother of God. Read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/061edf06-2938-4d24-984b-8e6dad1fbbb1/Christian+Brothers-Waitangi+Bay-The+Waitangi+Treaty+Grounds.jpg About - The Christian Brothers arrive in New Zealand Since their arrival in New Zealand in 1876, the Christian Brothers have been synonymous with Catholic education in schools and colleges. Their arrival coincided with the opening of a secondary school in Dunedin, the Christian Brothers School. From the arrival of the Christian Brothers, New Zealand was administered as part of the Australasian province incorporating Australia, New Zealand and, from 1950, Papua New Guinea. In 1959, New Zealand became St Joseph's Vice-Province. Read more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633005713486-8CNFMFCI6VCR1Q0Q9X64/Antique+French+map+of+the+Australia+%26+New+Zealand+from+Nouvel+Atlas+Classique+c%3A+1869..jpg About - The Christian Brothers arrive in Australia In 1843, the Irish Christian Brothers first arrived in Sydney at the invitation of Archbishop Polding, but left in 1848. 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I continue to gain much from exploring spirituality, inspired by my work with young people over many years. Being around our brothers as they age reminds me of their wisdom, their rich lived-experiences and their vulnerabilities. I look forward to working with you in becoming an Edmund Rice people in a global community.’’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/c0f60fd5-93b8-4cae-a129-aa8f29e7c45a/Thin+text+colour+%281%29.png Home - 150 Years of Edmund Rice Ministries in Queensland The Cathedral of St Stephen in Brisbane was filled to capacity on Thursday, 31st July, as many expressions of the Edmund Rice charism gathered to remember and celebrate the profound impact of Edmund Rice Ministries over the past 150 years in Queensland. This deeply moving Eucharist of Thanksgiving was a highlight of the year, touching the hearts of all who attended. The celebration gave recognition to the tireless contributions of countless Christian Brothers, lay partners, and associated workers who have served faithfully across generations. For more information, click on the image on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1634360973532-G31GUSXIUQFHJ5Y897NT/Edmund+Rice+House+Callan.jpeg Home - Edmund Rice and the Christian Brothers in Oceania In the Edmund Rice tradition, the Christian Brothers Oceania Province was established in 2007. It unites the previous provinces within Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, including the St Patrick's Province of the Christian Brothers. The province was created to improve administration and enable the organisation to focus on its work of adult education, social justice activities with refugees, asylum seekers, indigenous people and disadvantaged youth. Edmund Rice’s Christian Brothers in the Oceania region can be traced back to Sydney and Melbourne in the mid 19th Century. 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Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) aims to offer a Liberating Education, based on a Gospel Spirituality, within an Inclusive Community committed to Justice and Solidarity. We acknowledge and respect the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia as the Traditional Owners of the Country/ies of our schools and are inspired and nurtured by their wisdom and spirituality. Our schools are part of the Catholic community and at the heart of what we do is a faith founded on the mission of Jesus, the vision of Blessed Edmund Rice and being part of the global Catholic community. Our story is grounded in our faith tradition, our history and our aspirations for our young people and the wider world. The Charter for Catholic Schools in the Edmund Rice tradition describes our faith story: https://www.edmundrice.org/safeguarding daily 0.75 2023-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/21840ca2-44ba-424a-ab8e-75d5906445c3/ACSL+Logo+%281%29.png Safeguarding - Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd This independent process was undertaken during 2019 and 2020. The Oceania Province made a full response to the Audit Report, and is committed to implementing all of its recommendations. The full statement from the Province can be accessed here, together with the Media Release from ACSL (formerly APSL) Australian Catholic Standards Ltd was formed in 2020 following the merger of Australian Catholic Centre for Professional Standards and Catholic Professional Standards Ltd into one organisation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633164668134-IJD23HBK4WZDWGJLHGJS/Christian+Brothers+-++Christian+Bros+logo+%282%29+copy.png Safeguarding - The Professional Standards Office The Professional Standards Office of the Christian Brothers Oceania Province is located in Melbourne and is staffed by experts skilled in handling all aspects of allegations of abuse, whether physical, emotional, or sexual. Staff are available to provide advice including assistance in reporting incidents of abuse, helping individuals access important services such as professional counselling, as well as working with individuals or their representatives seeking redress, facilitation of alternative dispute resolution, or management of civil claims. https://www.edmundrice.org/contact daily 0.75 2022-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1628484726645-07NOOM9WNVVCS7RYCXFY/Christian+BrothersMedi+Release.jpg Contact https://www.edmundrice.org/media-releases daily 0.75 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633145904008-R5BJY8V0OYNJW937EXWB/Christian+Brothers+-+Marist%2C+Christian+Bros%2C+De+La+Salle+logos.png Media Releases - Christian Brothers Oceania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633149201877-TM5SBQWNF3H55JTC2C0U/National+Redress+Scheme.jpeg Media Releases - Christian Brothers Oceania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633150970274-9KV2IF3QDJOMP2JZ6WXU/National+Redress+Scheme.jpeg Media Releases - Christian Brothers Oceania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633151359859-S0J24ANRN8BJUY1JGLYF/Christian+Brothers+-+CPSL+logo.png Media Releases - Christian Brothers Oceania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633151697137-BO5NPOYNG7G65OYGDUPY/Christian+Brothers+-++Christian+Bros+logo.png Media Releases - Christian Brothers Oceania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633151946591-8C7MT59A4VNRK6Z6AFZA/Christian+Brothers+Data+Breach.jpg Media Releases - Christian Brothers Oceania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633151697137-BO5NPOYNG7G65OYGDUPY/Christian+Brothers+-++Christian+Bros+logo.png Media Releases - Christian Brothers Oceania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1646223672842-I1JQ798UUPAPR7LCV7DF/Br+Peter+Clinch-CLT+Dublin+Chapter.jpeg Media Releases - Christian Brothers Oceania https://www.edmundrice.org/br-gerard-brady daily 0.75 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/41e629bd-c59c-4998-95b6-adc28a5892db/Edmund+Rice+Website+Photos+Resized-27.jpg Br Gerard Brady I grew up in the Western District of Victoria, a country lad by birth. I am close to my extended families both in Victoria and Western Australia. My education was with the brothers in Ballarat who opened my eyes to a wider world of learning , academia and exploration. I gain much from exploring spirituality, inspired by my work with young people over many years. Being around our brothers as they age reminds me of their wisdom, their rich lived-experiences and their vulnerabilities. I look forward to working with you in becoming an Edmund Rice people in a global community. https://www.edmundrice.org/br-peter-dowling daily 0.75 2026-02-23 https://www.edmundrice.org/br-ambrose-story daily 0.75 2022-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633186667950-R18HSY6D48HDSKISNE7K/Three_Pioneer_Christian_Brothers_-_Bodkin%2C_Treacy%2C_Lynch.jpeg Br Ambrose Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1632292477133-0Q4I77EZUKS7LKV2X5AJ/AmbroseGrave.jpg Br Ambrose Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633179258605-RC98SJYGNWMNGXTT5PNV/Oval+Image+Ambrose+Treacy.png Br Ambrose Story - Make it stand out Br Ambrose Treacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633181795947-NE01LI65LZ05IJDMDYS3/CLUNES%2C+VICTORIA%2C+AUSTRALIA+-+17+AUGUST+2012%3A+Historical+buildings+and+an+old+miners+cottage+in+the+1860%27s+goldrush+town+of+Clunes%2C+near+Ballarat%2C+in+the+heart+of+the+Victorian+goldfields+region.++N+.jpg Br Ambrose Story - 1868-1870 - In a new land The Brothers began teaching in St Francis’ school as well as collecting throughout Melbourne after school hours. The bishop told Ambrose, “I don’t have a rap,” when Ambrose expected financial help. “Throw yourself on the people,” he told him. Ambrose accepted the challenge. He sent Br Barnabas Lynch to Bendigo to collect in the country and he himself began collecting in journeys that are the stuff of legend. Enough money was in hand to lay the foundation stone of the new school at Victoria Parade on 21 November 1870, the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lady in the Temple. Ballarat, Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633183906957-8OP2M38OOIKI0JXK9MCG/St.+Joseph%27s+Cathedral+-+Dunedin%2C+New+Zealand.jpg Br Ambrose Story - The 1870s – A busy decade and the beginning of trouble The Parade was ready for school in 1871, less than three years after the Brothers arrived in Melbourne and the debt cleared the following year. Ambrose believed that accepting a small fee from those who could pay for their schooling would conserve a lot of energy. He asked the General Chapter of 1871 to allow this. They agreed on the proviso that those who could not pay would not be excluded. In 1874 under pressure from Bishop Goold, he took over the responsibility for St Vincent’s Orphanage in South Melbourne. When offered a school in Queensland he sent Br Joseph Barrett to look at the possibilities. A few months later, in 1875, Gregory Terrace opened. The pace was quickening. The Brothers began work in the Jesuit parish of Richmond and for a while all went well. Ambrose moved the novitiate to this site. Schools were opened in Dunedin, New Zealand, and in Skipton Street, Ballarat. In 1878 St Kilda began. St Augustine’s Orphanage in Geelong was taken over at the insistence of the Bishop, and Wakefeld Street in Adelaide, which would soon take in boarders, was opened. Problems multiplied. Several Brothers from Ireland were too ill and many died within a few years of arrival. There was unrest among the Brothers, some of whom were very critical of Ambrose’s leadership and others who were unwilling to accept the discipline of religious life. Ambrose made a special trip to Ireland to obtain more Brothers, with only limited success. He attended the General Chapter of 1880, explaining the difficulties and opportunities of the Australian mission. St Joseph’s Cathedral, Dunedin, New Zealand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633185051238-4WJONCATFI5YP1950Y8H/Patrick_Cardinal_Moran.jpeg Br Ambrose Story - The 1880s – Backs to the Wall While the General Chapter was sympathetic to Australia’s needs, it decreed that there would be no new openings there for ten years. So this decade was one of holding on. Ambrose administered the schools, organised the finances, filled in when Brothers took ill, and handled problems that arose with bishops and Brothers. The strain was showing. Brothers spoke of how stooped the Provincial had become. A major problem was a misunderstanding with the Jesuits in Richmond. Eventually Ambrose withdrew the Brothers from this mission. Another problem awaited him. The new Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Thomas Carr, wanted to confine the Brothers to primary education and to inspect their schools. Ambrose resisted. Before the decade was finished, Cardinal Moran of Sydney prevailed on the General Council to allow an opening in Balmain. At this time the Assistant, Br Joseph Butler, visited Australia and, impressed with its potential, arranged for an increase in the number of Brothers coming to Australia. The worst was passed. After Balmain there were openings in Maryborough, Queensland, and in Ballarat, Victoria. Things were on the move again. In 1889 there were two new foundations in Sydney, one at St Thomas’ in Lewisham and one at the nearby suburb of Newtown. Though all these meant increased work for Ambrose, the problems that had weighed him down were largely behind him. Cardinal Patrick Moran, circa 1900 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633185983116-LDZDR6YX5KG85LYFZ1RM/Waverley+College+1920s_Airmount-1200x800.jpeg Br Ambrose Story - The 1890s – On the move again This was a decade of remarkable expansion, each year bringing new foundations. Ambrose opened both the High School at Lewisham and Nudgee College in 1891. The latter is a remarkable testimony to his faith in Providence. He had no Brothers, money was in short supply, but because the need was great he pressed ahead, believing that the Lord would enable it to come about. 1892 saw the beginning of Rozelle in Sydney and Ipswich in Queensland. There were three new schools in 1893: Abbotsford, Melbourne, the boarding school at St Patrick’s, Ballarat, and the primary school at St James’ in Brisbane. 1894 saw openings at opposite ends of the continent: at Rockhampton in Central Queensland and St Malachy’s at the Terrace in Perth. 1895 was comparatively quiet. Only St Patrick’s primary school in Perth was opened. In 1896 came the development of Province headquarters in Petersham, Sydney, where Ambrose also located the Novitiate. A third orphanage in addition to the two in Victoria was opened in Subiaco, Perth (Ambrose later moved it to Clontarf where there was a better water supply) in 1897. The following year saw the beginning at Albany in Western Australia and undertaking his ffth boarding school, St Patrick’s, Goulburn. The decade was completed in 1899 with the opening of the school in Toowoomba, Queensland. Secondary education for ordinary people in Australia owes its beginning to Ambrose as does affordable boarding schools. Waverley College, NSW, Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633488007947-2HJRPQOQ4B8WEABN1DJY/Ambrose-Bronze-Scuplture-Arrival-Christian+Brothers.jpeg Br Ambrose Story - Celebrating 150 Years This year marks 200 years of Catholic education in Australia. For 150 of those years, Parade College has been providing quality education to generations of young men—from its original site in East Melbourne to its current home in Bundoora. The school held its 2021 Opening Mass and inaugural event of their sesquicentennial year on Friday 29 January. College Principal Andy Kuppe, himself a graduate of the College, expressed his delight at marking the occasion: ‘What a blessing that the day selected [for this gathering] is 150 years to the day that the first Bishop (Archbishop James Alipius Goold) opened Parade College with Mass on 29 January 1871.’ Andy Kuppe is the College’s first lay principal, following 148 years of leadership by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, beginning with Br Ambrose Treacy and concluding with the retirement of Br Denis Moore in 2019. The Christian Brothers arrived in Melbourne in 1868 at the invitation of Archbishop Goold. They began teaching in a small primary school at the rear of St Francis’ Church on Lonsdale Street. These days, the Edmund Rice Campus of Parade College in Bundoora is proud to educate more than 1,800 students and a combined staff of almost 300 personnel. The College also offers Certificates II and III in Building and Construction through its Trade Training Centre, a facility that is open to students from all local schools and has expanded its trade training options comprehensively over the past decade. As part of the College's 150th-anniversary celebrations, Archbishop Comensoli was presented with a reproduction of the painting Mater Amabilis ("Mother most loving"). This depiction of Mary originally hung in the parlour of the Christian Brothers School monastery in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland. The outdoor sculpture (pictured above) of Br Ambrose and his companions commemorates their arrival in Melbourne 150 years ago the 50th anniversary of Parade College East Melbourne relocation to its present site at Bundoora. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633500832077-H4P973FTP28X4GFL1J7Q/Patrick+Ambrose+Treacy-2012+book.png Br Ambrose Story - Learn more about our history The Oceania Province assists people wishing to source material about the Christian Brothers and more specifically about the Brothers in the Oceania Region. https://www.edmundrice.org/governance daily 0.75 2025-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/776056f3-ba15-4e0a-891a-acab88e3da9f/OLT-7.png Governance - The Oceania Leadership Team The Oceania Leadership Team comprises five Christian Brothers, chosen from among all Brothers in Oceania. They are appointed by the Congregation Leadership Team following the Province Chapter. The role of the Oceania Leadership Team is to oversee and govern the work of the organisation, working faithfully to the Constitution and directions of the Congregation and Chapter. The Oceania Leadership Team has a central location in Melbourne. It aims to develop the right relationships at the local level as well as inter-relationships at all levels to serve the wider mission of the Christian Brothers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/52b56a3d-61e8-49e9-844c-c0e99fd3e883/2024+CLT+Official+Photograph.jpg Governance - Congregational Leadership Team The Congregation Leadership Team comprises five Christian Brothers, elected by the Congregation Chapter delegates for a period of six years. The Leaders of the Congregation are: Congregation Leader: John Casey Councillors: Senan D’Souza, David Ryan Silva, Hugo Cáceres, Amandi Mboya The Congregation Leadership Team provides guidance, encouragement and general leadership to all the Brothers around the world. They assist the Province Leadership and individual Brothers to respond to the Calls and Directions of the Congregation Chapter. For more information, visit the Congregation website: http://edmundrice.net/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1f130978-6737-441d-bbcb-b45e52dfd751/Screen+Shot+2022-10-06+at+2.03.08+pm.png Governance - Congregational Leadership Team - 32nd Congregation Chapter In June 2018 the CLT, together with the Province Leaders and their Deputies, gathered in Rome for the Congregation Leadership Group's annual two-week meeting. As a result of a desire for inclusive ways of creating the future of our Brotherhood, planning began towards developing participative processes to involve all Brothers. These processes would see the 2020 Congregation Chapter as a step on a longer journey. https://www.edmundrice.org/leadership daily 0.75 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/776056f3-ba15-4e0a-891a-acab88e3da9f/OLT-7.png Leadership - Make it stand out L-R: Br Gerard Brady, Br Phil Joyner, Br Bernard Gartland, Br Geoff Whitefield https://www.edmundrice.org/guiding-principles daily 0.75 2022-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1628508538143-21LGXH1Y0DS1054VEESV/Edmund+Rice+Lamb.jpg Guiding Principles - Mission A significant shift in ministry occurred for the Christian Brothers in Oceania in 2013. Brothers were invited to enter into ministry outside of the classroom where they had been historically conscripted and to respond to the needs around them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/591a2c0b-56c1-4312-b700-98abb62da9bb/Province+Employees+Gathering+2019+-+Group+Photo+2+-Filter-LowRes.jpeg Guiding Principles - Advocacy through Mission Our Nairobi Chapter offers the challenge “…to engage in advocacy with the voiceless, the marginalised and all who are oppressed.” https://www.edmundrice.org/mission-advocacy daily 0.75 2022-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1632981679943-8ECDUNPP82E0GXU7O1KJ/2-person-in-boat-at-body-of-water.jpg Mission & Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1632986969563-25O14UPAK5AT47L4AA7P/Christian%2Bbrothers-Nairobi.jpg Mission & Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633329649342-RO5MJKMZCUIQHAVR84S9/Nairobi+2014.png Mission & Advocacy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633329754266-DVQFTSNZU14XDZDTJMVF/Christian+Brothers+Oceania+2014.png Mission & Advocacy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633329617114-NUVQKP1LV4DZX3O7YOVG/A+Way+Into+the+Future-Christian+Brother+2020.png Mission & Advocacy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633330123417-5LO08IIVRLM6WWVDVNZU/Br+Pinto.png Mission & Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1628564239749-QMTOUCP1EJEDB838HK6D/Edmund+Rice+Bible.jpg Mission & Advocacy - Our History From the humblest of beginnings in 1802, Blessed Edmund Rice and his Christian Brothers have grown from their first stable school in Waterford in post-Penal Ireland, to classrooms and ministries in 29 countries across the globe. https://www.edmundrice.org/landing daily 1.0 2025-03-20 https://www.edmundrice.org/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://www.edmundrice.org/guiding-principles-2015 daily 0.75 2021-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1628485271027-YBW43J6XHLVPX0F4DAOG/Edmund+Rice+Ministries+Facebook.jpg Guiding Principles 2015 - Guiding Principles for responding to civil claims of child sexual abuse - 2015 The Christian Brothers Oceania today formally released a set of 'Guiding Principles' aimed at minimising the potential further trauma of complainants during resolution of civil claims arising from allegations of child sexual abuse. The 'Guiding Principles' draw on the clear commitment of the Christian Brothers to work with those who have suffered abuse with both care and compassion in an environment of dignity. "The formalisation of this approach into a universal set of principles that will be applied in all civil claims is another step in our delivery on commitments made publicly by the Brothers in 2013 and repeated before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse", said Brother Peter Clinch, Province Leader of the Christian Brothers Oceania Province. The re-traumatisation of those who have suffered abuse as children is a real threat when years later they are seeking redress through the civil legal system. "The key aim of our 'Guiding Principles' is to minimise that potential for further trauma by underpinning our response with a 'complainant orientated' approach. That means a recognition that the process of a civil claim in relation to alleged sexual abuse is a difficult experience for anyone. Our 'Guiding Principles' will apply to litigation including before the courts, tribunals, inquiries and the like, as well as applying to non-litigated claims for compensation, such as through Towards Healing. Lawyers instructed by the Christian Brothers will be expected to observe and act in accordance with the 'Guiding Principles', in relation to civil claims in which they are representing the Order.” https://www.edmundrice.org/br-tim-moloney daily 0.75 2021-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/e76ea449-22f7-403d-9a64-ca42a2bc7768/Edmund+Rice+Province-38.jpg Br Tim Moloney - Br Tim Moloney Tim Moloney was born in central Melbourne and grew up in Kensington, Victoria. He is 64 years of age and is the eldest of four boys. He joined the Christian Brothers in the Juniorate at Bundoora in 1972 and has worked in primary and secondary education in Tasmania and Victoria. From 1999 to 2002 he worked on the formation team in Arusha, Tanzania, and as Manager at the Ruben Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. Tim has worked as a spiritual director and supervisor for the last fourteen years and been Chair of the Conference of Spiritual Directors, Australia, since 2013. He is currently resident at St Albans, Victoria. https://www.edmundrice.org/br-geoff-whitefield daily 0.75 2022-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/c7acaaea-1b77-4628-8def-9090be6a713f/Edmund+Rice+Website+Photos+Resized-17.jpg Br Geoff Whitefield - Br Geoff Whitefield Geoff Whitefield was born in Sunshine, Victoria, the eldest of four. His contact with the brothers began at St Pat’s Ballarat. Inspired by them, he joined the congregation in 1982. In terms of ministry, Geoff was involved in parish primary schools in Victoria, Tasmania and NSW for 22 years. This included time as a class teacher, a Religious Education Coordinator, Special Programs & Student Welfare teacher, and 10 years as Principal. Geoff’s experience of the Congregation’s Passover Program which took him to Lima, Peru and Freetown, Sierra Leone, was life-changing. In 2009 he moved into Formation and Spirituality, studying Spiritual Direction at Heart of Life, Melbourne, and Religious Formation at Loreto House, Dublin. He gained some short-term experience in the novitiates of West, East and South Africa before being appointed to 6 years in Papua New Guinea. In 2018 he returned to Australia to divide his time between the Edmund Rice Formation Team Oceania and the Brothers’ Spirituality Circle Oceania. His interests include a wide range of art and music, as well as animation, railways and the occasional foray into science fiction… https://www.edmundrice.org/faq daily 0.75 2022-05-23 https://www.edmundrice.org/error-404-page daily 0.75 2022-03-01 https://www.edmundrice.org/community daily 0.75 2021-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633738531805-20PWE5KHU9F6ER4952GN/Australian+Aboriginal+men+at+NAIDOC+Week+Celebrations.jpg Community - Edmund Rice Community Services Edmund Rice Community Services was established by the Christian Brothers Oceania Province to manage the work of 14 successful Edmund Rice community service entities across Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. The ministries associated with Edmund Rice Community Services work to address a broad range of needs in the community in the areas of socio-economic disadvantage, education support, social isolation, health and wellbeing, disability, social justice and reconciliation. Edmund Rice Community Services is developing its identity as an organisation, positioning itself as a significant contributor to the community services sector in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. ERMO recognizes that the capacity of the people and resources within the organisation and that of its entities is a significant priority and contributor to success and sustainability https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1634195193122-MG30XCQ82R6GR28D94SL/Edmund+Rice+College+NSW.jpeg Community - Edmund Rice Education Australia Since 1872, Catholic Schools in the Edmund Rice Tradition have been educating young Australians in every state and territory. Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) aims to offer a Liberating Education, based on a Gospel Spirituality, within an Inclusive Community committed to Justice and Solidarity. We acknowledge and respect the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia as the Traditional Owners of the Country/ies of our schools and are inspired and nurtured by their wisdom and spirituality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633738822700-N6ON4300K8NY50Z0LEFA/Floods+in+East+Timor+2021.jpg Community - Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education The Edmund Rice Centre promotes human rights. Our priority areas are Indigenous People and Reconciliation, Refugees and People Seeking Asylum and Pacific Island people affected by climate change. The Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education exists to challenge popular beliefs and dominant cultural values, to ask the difficult questions, to look at life from the standpoint of the minority, the victim, the outcast and the stranger. We want to help enable people to change the world through education that begins with awareness raising and ultimately inspires advocacy and social action. For the Edmund Rice Centre, community education is fundamental to: Understanding the shape and nature of our unequal world Interacting with that world; and Imagining and shaping a different world. We believe that when people are inspired by choice, capacity and motivation, they are in a position to act for change in their world: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633746153669-N11EPW4EIG7PR4HY6Y66/ERFA+-+School+Students+-+Christian+Brothers.png Community - Edmund Rice Foundation Australia Edmund Rice Foundation is the successor of the Christian Brothers’ Foundation for Charitable Works which was established to support communities in Australia and overseas to rise above adversity. ERFA’s vision is for access to quality education and life-long learning opportunities for all, supporting empowered communities who determine their own futures. We believe in the power of education to change lives. We know that the best education represents lifelong learning where skills are applied, lessons learned and life skills mastered. Our focus on education is not only in life changing education for children, but in skills such as financial literacy, farming, trades, health and human rights for adults and children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633738308120-OT7W71UTLKF8V3RXWW73/Port+Moresby+%3A+Papua+New+Guinea%3A+woman+selling+betel+nuts+at+street+stall+outside+Port+Moresby.jpg Community - Support our Christian Brothers Ministries to make a difference in the lives of people in need in the Oceania region https://www.edmundrice.org/employment daily 0.75 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1634264953537-Z4CIYSW43DHMN6W185QR/Christian+Brothers+Oceania+Employment Employment https://www.edmundrice.org/get-involved daily 0.75 2021-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1634268366825-W26BGC7D6JTRK1JME1W9/Christian+Brothers+-+Volunteering Get Involved - Get involved at the local level The work of the Christian Brothers Oceania Province focuses on adult education, social justice activities with refugees, asylum seekers, indigenous people and disadvantaged youth. Many initiatives are conducted locally to promote and fundraise for these activities. Speak with us today to learn more. Sausage Sizzle Fundraiser, Melbourne, Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633738822700-N6ON4300K8NY50Z0LEFA/Floods+in+East+Timor+2021.jpg Get Involved - International Projects If you have skills to offer and are over 18, consider volunteering in one of our international projects. The Christian Brothers Oceania Province covers Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and the Philippines. Areas of expertise being sought include teaching, construction trades, healthcare and group leaders. Speak with us today to learn more. Floods in Timor Leste, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1634272196580-2SGHBMJ13RR3KQXP5A45/Painting-Blessed-Edmund-Rice.jpeg Get Involved - Our History From the humblest of beginnings in 1802, Blessed Edmund Rice and his Christian Brothers have grown from their first stable school in Waterford in post-Penal Ireland, to classrooms and ministries in 29 countries across the globe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633588032326-9LXS9C5JKCH8IPZBUXIO/The+Price+of+Freedom-Christian+Brothers.png Get Involved - Resources The Oceania Province assists people wishing to source material about the Christian Brothers and more specifically about the Brothers in the Oceania Region. https://www.edmundrice.org/erf daily 0.75 2021-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/795515cf-a1d9-4a68-8e77-5767feee086a/Screen+Shot+2021-10-15+at+4.57.32+pm.png ERF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/bc55197e-4fd9-470e-94d6-10b75750683e/Group+of+volunteers+and+monks+of+Ramakrishna+Mission+%28Golpark%29+wearing+traditional+saffron+dresses%2C+donating+everyday+essential+foods+to+poor+%26+needy+people.+Plastic+pouch+of+raw+foods+are+visible+on+desk.+.jpg ERF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1634277669081-HWNIN74CIN3NOCQ58H55/Screen+Shot+2021-10-15+at+5.01.34+pm.png ERF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/005c3b93-ff75-4e8a-a58a-db18741751e6/Christian+Brothers+-+a+vegetable+market+in+East+Timor+.jpg ERF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/aa92b5b3-cbf7-47f3-b25d-efe529433583/ERFA+-+School+Students+-+Christian+Brothers.png ERF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633605461847-TC0N7V4SAVSXMHPS1MH6/Maubisse+%3A+Timor+Leste+-+July+25%2C+2018%3A+Timorese+mother+smiles+with+her+two+children+sitting+at+the+door+of+her+home.jpg ERF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/bc55197e-4fd9-470e-94d6-10b75750683e/Group+of+volunteers+and+monks+of+Ramakrishna+Mission+%28Golpark%29+wearing+traditional+saffron+dresses%2C+donating+everyday+essential+foods+to+poor+%26+needy+people.+Plastic+pouch+of+raw+foods+are+visible+on+desk.+.jpg ERF - Creating access to opportunity ERFA’s vision is for access to quality education and life-long learning opportunities for all, supporting empowered communities who determine their own futures Education has the power to change everything. We believe in the power of education to change lives. We know that the best education represents lifelong learning where skills are applied, lessons learned and life skills mastered. We believe education is more than a classroom. Our focus on education is not only in life changing education for children, but in skills such as financial literacy, farming, trades, health and human rights for adults and children. We work with the poorest communities, helping them create solutions for what they have said their biggest needs are, not by telling them. We work with local communities to deliver programs that promote continuous improvement, wellbeing and liberation for everyone. https://www.edmundrice.org/eri daily 0.75 2021-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1634344181727-1XJD8UYWT361446KGKTB/Christian+Brothers+-+Edmund+Rice+International+working+with+students+in+Uruguay.jpg ERI - International Projects & Partnerships ERI works at the international level to promote and protect the rights of children and young people particularly in regard to education. Care for the environment is a value that is embedded in all that we do. Inspired by the vision and life of Blessed Edmund Rice, we believe that education in all its forms offers opportunities for the promotion of a rights-based and faith-based approach to social justice and ecological advocacy. We work in partnership with other faith-based groups in the promotion of peace and justice. Our work involves engagement with the change-makers at the international level in order to bring issues and situations to the attention of the international community at the United Nations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1634347677087-Z6Z8M3U7I6OIRE57KOO7/Presentation+Brothers-Christian+Brothers+take+three+promises%E2%80%94poverty%2C+chastity+and+obedience.png ERI - How did we begin? Edmund Rice International was founded jointly by two Roman Catholic religious congregations: the Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers. It was registered as a legal entity in 2007. We seek to make real the original vision of Edmund Rice to answer the gospel call to establish God’s dream for the world through the promotion of justice and the liberation of people oppressed by poverty, marginalisation and social exclusion. https://www.edmundrice.org/erc daily 0.75 2021-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1634344181727-1XJD8UYWT361446KGKTB/Christian+Brothers+-+Edmund+Rice+International+working+with+students+in+Uruguay.jpg ERC - The Oceania Leadership Team ERI works at the international level to promote and protect the rights of children and young people particularly in regard to education. Care for the environment is a value that is embedded in all that we do. Inspired by the vision and life of Blessed Edmund Rice, we believe that education in all its forms offers opportunities for the promotion of a rights-based and faith-based approach to social justice and ecological advocacy. We work in partnership with other faith-based groups in the promotion of peace and justice. Our work involves engagement with the change-makers at the international level in order to bring issues and situations to the attention of the international community at the United Nations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1634347677087-Z6Z8M3U7I6OIRE57KOO7/Presentation+Brothers-Christian+Brothers+take+three+promises%E2%80%94poverty%2C+chastity+and+obedience.png ERC - How did we begin? Edmund Rice International was founded jointly by two Roman Catholic religious congregations: the Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers. It was registered as a legal entity in 2007. We seek to make real the original vision of Edmund Rice to answer the gospel call to establish God’s dream for the world through the promotion of justice and the liberation of people oppressed by poverty, marginalisation and social exclusion. https://www.edmundrice.org/ercjce daily 0.75 2022-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1634351435112-RD3Y43NL5PM0YN2UJCMW/Christian+Brothers+-+An+indigenous+girl+walks+in+her+village+on+flooded+land+.jpg ERCJCE - Our Focus Areas The Edmund Rice Centre has identified four priority areas of focus: The Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the first peoples) The Rights of Refugees and People seeking asylum (the last to arrive) The Rights of the Peoples of Oceania, especially those struggling for climate justice (the next to move) The Rights of the Earth (our collective home) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1634355213010-S1FFM2JSFEPR878TBWBV/Christian+Brothers+-+Edmund+Rice+-+ERCJCE+-+First+Nations.jpg ERCJCE - First Nations Peoples and Reconciliation Working with First Nations peoples in Australia is a major focus of the Edmund Rice Centre. At the heart of this work is our commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the UN in 2007 and sets out the rights of indigenous peoples, such as their rights to culture, identity, language, employment, health and education. The Edmund Rice Centre works to overcome the injustices faced by First Nations Australians in a number of ways, including: Holding Immersion Programs as part of our "Lets Talk" Reconciliation program Working to provide a voice, space and status for First Nations Australians to engage in our system of Government or influence policy makers Forming partnerships with groups such as ANTaR, Caritas and educational bodies. https://www.edmundrice.org/acsl daily 0.75 2021-10-28 https://www.edmundrice.org/ercs daily 0.75 2022-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/e36423f8-58f3-4e27-a4a3-83f0265f0b77/ERCRS.png ERCS - Edmund Rice Community and Refugee Services ERCRS seek to improve the lives of, and opportunities for, children and young people of disadvantaged backgrounds by supporting them in their education and providing access to free learning support. Edmund Rice Community & Refugee Services believe that in supporting the education of youth, young people will develop their potential, and in their own turn, nurture the learning opportunity of others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/cac7501e-49b9-4abc-b829-06b194174717/Edmund-Rice-Mt-Atkinson-Homestead-and-acreage.png ERCS - Make it stand out Mt Atkinson Community Centre is located between the lands of the Wurundjeri, Boon Wurrung and Wathaurong People. It is a community resource that provides opportunities for people who live, learn, work or recreate locally, to come together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/3b8fd253-beb2-4aff-b4cf-42e09de95d61/Christian+Brothers+-+A+group+of+Afghan+children.jpg ERCS - Make it stand out The people of Afghanistan face an uncertain future. We are helping to provide pathways to protection. https://www.edmundrice.org/the-new-zealand-story daily 0.75 2022-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633186667950-R18HSY6D48HDSKISNE7K/Three_Pioneer_Christian_Brothers_-_Bodkin%2C_Treacy%2C_Lynch.jpeg The New Zealand Story - Make it stand out Photograph from the second half of the 19th century of three Irishmen (Dominic Fursey Bodkin, Patrick Ambrose Treacy, and John Barnabas Lynch) who brought the Christian Brothers order to Australia & New Zealand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/0a647d61-a71d-4872-b997-5dd97593d053/rattray-street-dunedin-c2288b.jpg The New Zealand Story - The Congregation grows The story of the arrival of the religious people is similar to many which have been written elsewhere across the globe. Over the years many students from Christian Brothers’ High School joined the Congregation. One year 12 entered and were referred to as the Twelve Apostles. The following year 7 sailed across the Tasman Sea. They were labelled the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit. A hostel was set-up in Dunedin to accommodate boys from the country. From 1917 to 1924 the number of boarders grew to 30 boys. Within a few years the Brothers were able to purchase the Redcastle Estate in Oamaru. In 1927 they established a boarding school and named it St Kevin’s College. The homestead became the Brothers’ Residence. The stables were transformed into classrooms and later a three-storeyed building was constructed – kitchen and dining room on the ground with two floors above for dormitories. It was named the Magee Block after Br Magee, the first Principal. Rattray St Dunedin, New Zealand circa 1862 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/2269bb72-d8fc-4998-aa44-13e081fd65bf/Christian+Brothers-St_Peter%27s_College%2C_Auckland%3B_Bro_O%27Driscoll_Building.jpeg The New Zealand Story - Make it stand out St Peter's College, Auckland, Br. O'Driscoll Building, constructed 1939 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/7ba27693-2fdd-4e8b-b1a9-d00d7f0e0f51/Christian+Brothers-Nukutere-college-cook+Islands.jpeg The New Zealand Story - Past prefects (from left) Silveria Wulf, head girl Helena Strickland, Edmund Tupuna, Murray Wilson and Teremoana Matai at the unveiling of the school's new sign in 2012. Photo: Cook Island News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/a6a17dfb-8850-4b6a-a9a8-21a048a0d9b6/Christian+Brothers-Kavanagh+College.jpeg The New Zealand Story - Make it stand out St Dominic’ College (left), St Joseph’s Cathedral (centre), Kavanagh College (right). Photo: Otago Daily Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/65ea1367-3e25-4a74-a2fa-a2f311e30c26/Christian+Brothers+Oceania+-+Edmund+Rice+Family+Camps+New+Zealand.jpg The New Zealand Story - Make it stand out Edmund Rice Camps are for children aged 8-12 who need a break due to social, financial or family reasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633501550954-CM0ZUWNZI4AGB4IB6IA3/Edmund+Rice+and+the+First+Christian+Brothers.png The New Zealand Story - Learn about our history The Oceania Province assists people wishing to source material about the Christian Brothers and more specifically about the Brothers in the Oceania Region. https://www.edmundrice.org/the-timor-leste-story daily 0.75 2022-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/717e9b2f-762c-48da-9308-08505888e02b/Christian+Brothers-Ermera-Timor+Leste.jpeg The Timor Leste Story - The Conflict of the 1990s The Christian Brothers came to the Ermera district of Timor Leste in the remote hill country behind Dili in the late 1990s at the invitation of the local bishop. At this time the region was suffering from significant civil unrest and external pressures. The Christian Brothers’ work centred around the administrative post (formerly known as a subdistrict) of Railaco in the Ermera District - and specifically within five villages. Under the guidance of Br Dan Courtney, an old boy of Gregory Terrace, volunteers travelled into the hills behind Dili, offering all they could to the impoverished people there. There are many stories of Br Courtney putting his life on the line for the people and he is an honoured figure throughout the area. Sadly Br Courtney passed away in 2012, following many years in a coma, as a result of a motorbike accident. With assistance from Australian school communities, Australian Catholic University, service clubs, volunteers and members of the Edmund Rice Network, the Brothers supported a range of health, education and development projects in partnership with five village communities in the district. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/3cf0fe0f-1b50-47b6-aa91-c1c4cee1250b/Christian+Brothers-Children-village-Dilli-East+Timor.jpg The Timor Leste Story - Make it stand out Children playing in a village near Dili in the south of East Timor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/7b28ab7e-3b38-4a08-b98d-0e70a5d4d43e/Christian+Brothers-Ermera-poverty-Timor+Leste.jpg The Timor Leste Story - Make it stand out Orchestra in Ermera, Timor Leste, playing outside the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/7a2120fe-d6b7-4dfc-bb6c-7a9e5b7cc832/Christian-Brothers-Timor+Leste-children-poverty.jpg The Timor Leste Story - Growth of Christianity in Timor Leste During the Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste (1975–99), the Catholic Church grew in importance to the East Timorese people. This is demonstrated by the large increase in Timorese affiliation to the Church: 25–30% of the population were baptised Catholics in 1975 compared with over 90% in the 1990s. Some historians assert that the faith and experience of suffering of the Timorese people during the occupation, mirrored the suffering of Jesus Christ. And this was how the Timorese came to terms with their experience of suffering and violence under Indonesian occupation through their identification with Jesus Christ and the Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633605461847-TC0N7V4SAVSXMHPS1MH6/Maubisse+%3A+Timor+Leste+-+July+25%2C+2018%3A+Timorese+mother+smiles+with+her+two+children+sitting+at+the+door+of+her+home.jpg The Timor Leste Story - Make it stand out The Women’s Group, Preschools and Growing Vanilla continue under the Josephite Sisters with the financial support of the Edmund Rice Foundation. https://www.edmundrice.org/christian-brothers-the-papua-new-guinea-story daily 0.75 2022-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/7083ffab-f5da-4aba-9c4d-3ab4b63c2285/Christian+Brothers-+Callan+disability+services+in+Paua+New+Guinea.jpg The Papua New Guinea Story - Make it stand out Callan Services was established by the Christian Brothers in Papua New Guinea in 1991 and over the past three decades has led the way in building services for people with disabilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633501740877-FX24CI05N1504S029NCI/Not+Forgotten.png The Papua New Guinea Story - Learn about our history The Oceania Province assists people wishing to source material about the Christian Brothers and more specifically about the Brothers in the Oceania Region. https://www.edmundrice.org/terms-and-conditions daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://www.edmundrice.org/apply-for-access-to-the-members-area daily 0.75 2022-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/22446853-e815-4562-9574-6d15415165df/Christian+Brothers+Oceania.png Apply for Access to the Members Area - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.edmundrice.org/oceania-chapter-news daily 0.75 2022-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1628564239749-QMTOUCP1EJEDB838HK6D/Edmund+Rice+Bible.jpg Oceania Chapter News - Our History From the humblest of beginnings in 1802, Blessed Edmund Rice and his Christian Brothers have grown from their first stable school in Waterford in post-Penal Ireland, to classrooms and ministries in 29 countries across the globe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633588032326-9LXS9C5JKCH8IPZBUXIO/The+Price+of+Freedom-Christian+Brothers.png Oceania Chapter News - Resources The Oceania Province assists people wishing to source material about the Christian Brothers and more specifically about the Brothers in the Oceania Region. https://www.edmundrice.org/anthony-albanese-the-boy-from-st-marys-cathedral-college daily 0.75 2022-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/6647d611-36cd-421b-ae21-b0cf7c217f95/Anthony+Albanese.png Anthony Albanese - The Boy from St Mary's Cathedral College - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/66aaadec-47ed-4d00-9d61-f0826994c718/Platinum_Jubilee-_Jubilee_beacon_lit_in_Canberra_7.jpeg Anthony Albanese - The Boy from St Mary's Cathedral College - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/b0fa0999-cb02-4053-a17d-12c7127e457d/Screen+Shot+2022-06-15+at+2.11.43+pm.jpg Anthony Albanese - 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The Boy from St Mary's Cathedral College - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/8e5b6919-bd6c-4221-b80e-c4098a0a108a/Screen+Shot+2022-06-16+at+9.25.43+am.png Anthony Albanese - The Boy from St Mary's Cathedral College - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/b4620f8e-573c-49e4-bb93-57e4f75c8290/Screen+Shot+2022-06-16+at+9.26.40+am.png Anthony Albanese - The Boy from St Mary's Cathedral College - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/53558960-9d26-4472-9332-3c596b16876c/Screen+Shot+2022-06-16+at+9.26.18+am.png Anthony Albanese - The Boy from St Mary's Cathedral College - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633501550954-CM0ZUWNZI4AGB4IB6IA3/Edmund+Rice+and+the+First+Christian+Brothers.png Anthony Albanese - The Boy from St Mary's Cathedral College - Purchase Publications The Edmund Rice Christian Brothers of Oceania assist people wishing to source material about the Christian Brothers and more specifically about the Edmund Rice Brothers in the Oceania Region. https://www.edmundrice.org/the-australian-edmund-rice-story daily 0.75 2022-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/ac9784df-8b0a-4c14-b589-0389cf722ce5/port-melbourne-circa-1860-f5517f+%281%29.jpg The Australian Story - The Port of Melbourne Australia Hobson's Bay Pier, Port Melbourne circa 1860. This was the first railway built in Australia. It opened in 1854, extended for two and a half miles from Flinders Street, Melbourne to this pier. Travellers arriving by boat disembarked here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/c1998eae-8e1d-4d3b-a936-f757aabbff75/Christian+Brothers+Early+Australia+History+St+Francis+Church+Melbourne.jpeg The Australian Story The First Christian Brother School in Australia - St Francis Church A school building on the corner of the block became the starting point for the Irish Christian brothers’ vast Australian apostolate in 1869. The Brothers taught for two years here before moving into the bluestone building in Victoria Parade, East Melbourne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/2b5397f0-f61f-4fe4-9f7c-a997c54ebde9/Edmund+Rice+Christian+Brothers-Cathedral_College_Melbourne.jpg The Australian Story - Christian Brothers Schools in Australia The new Christian Brothers School in East Melbourne was founded by the four Christian Brothers in 1871. They had taught for two years in a small school behind St Francis’ Church in Lonsdale Street before moving into the bluestone building in Victoria Parade, East Melbourne. The school's official name was CBC East Melbourne but it was generally known as Parade College. About one hundred boys enrolled on the first day and this number grew steadily over the years. This building was affectionately known as the "Old Bluestone Pile" and the school song takes its name from this building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/b6070e43-6492-4d19-8fd2-4e12be6c89bd/thumbnail_McGrath%2C+Byrne%2C+McDonogh+on+top+of+St+Pat%27s+Spire+1938.jpeg The Australian Story - St Joseph Technical College, East Melbourne, Australia Photograph from the second half of the 19th century of three Irishmen (Dominic Fursey Bodkin, Patrick Ambrose Treacy, and John Barnabas Lynch) who brought the Christian Brothers order to Australia & New Zealand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/20ee9ef4-00ff-46e9-b09f-d1e05c7af245/St_Josephs_Abbotsford.jpg The Australian Story - Christian Brothers - St Joseph’s Technical College In 1893 St Joseph’s school in Nicholson Street opened its doors to 400 boys, later becoming St Joseph’s Technical College providing inner-city technical education until 1990. It was then home to the Sophia Mundi Steiner Primary School until 2012 when the building started to be used as creative studios. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/65f92111-5947-44e2-8846-c1c22eeb7400/Christian+Brothers+St+Joseph%27s+Technical+College+2012.jpg The Australian Story - Make it stand out St Joseph’s Technical College Abbotsford, VIC, Australia 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/5db065fb-f2f3-496a-9e56-ba55a556290e/st-patricks-cathedral-melbourne-scaffolding-fa3190+%281%29.jpg The Australian Story - The Congregation grows William Wardell left behind a rich legacy in Australia, not only of the commercial and ecclesiastical buildings that he created, but for the numerous private houses and mansions that he designed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/e7f28be3-8756-4d21-a722-f7ac299214c5/Christian+Brothers+Edmund+Rice+Oceania+-+St+Patricks+Cathedral+Melbourne+Australia.jpg The Australian Story - Cathedral Church and Minor Basilica of Saint Patrick Based on the great medieval cathedrals of England, in response to the revival of Gothic architecture, St Patrick's has the distinction of being both the tallest and, overall, the largest church building in Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633501550954-CM0ZUWNZI4AGB4IB6IA3/Edmund+Rice+and+the+First+Christian+Brothers.png The Australian Story - Learn about our history The Oceania Province assists people wishing to source material about the Christian Brothers and more specifically about the Brothers in the Oceania Region. https://www.edmundrice.org/edmund-rice-computer-games daily 0.75 2024-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/6c2c0345-88a1-4521-a7fb-a72f167820a6/Edmund+Rice+Christian+Brothers+-+Jesus+Game.jpg Edmund Rice Computer Games - Jesus Game Br Lino has designed this computer game for Windows to be accessed via zip file. Please access by clicking on the ink below to download and unzip the file for installation on your computer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/8e2c2a9a-eab9-4054-91d1-61859f8e8351/Edmund+Rice+Christian+Brothers+-+Mary+MacKillop+Computer+Game.jpg Edmund Rice Computer Games - Mary Mackillop Game Mary MacKillop was an Australian religious sister who has been declared a saint as St Mary of the Cross. Born in Melbourne, she is best known for her activities in South Australia where, together with Julian Tenison-Woods, she founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (the Josephites), who established a schools and welfare institutions throughout Australia and New Zealand, with an emphasis on education for the rural poor. https://www.edmundrice.org/dublin-chapter-2022 daily 0.75 2022-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/717e9b2f-762c-48da-9308-08505888e02b/Christian+Brothers-Ermera-Timor+Leste.jpeg Dublin Chapter 2022 - The Conflict of the 1990s The Christian Brothers came to the Ermera district of Timor Leste in the remote hill country behind Dili in the late 1990s at the invitation of the local bishop. At this time the region was suffering from significant civil unrest and external pressures. The Christian Brothers’ work centred around the administrative post (formerly known as a subdistrict) of Railaco in the Ermera District - and specifically within five villages. Under the guidance of Br Dan Courtney, an old boy of Gregory Terrace, volunteers travelled into the hills behind Dili, offering all they could to the impoverished people there. There are many stories of Br Courtney putting his life on the line for the people and he is an honoured figure throughout the area. Sadly Br Courtney passed away in 2012, following many years in a coma, as a result of a motorbike accident. With assistance from Australian school communities, Australian Catholic University, service clubs, volunteers and members of the Edmund Rice Network, the Brothers supported a range of health, education and development projects in partnership with five village communities in the district. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/3cf0fe0f-1b50-47b6-aa91-c1c4cee1250b/Christian+Brothers-Children-village-Dilli-East+Timor.jpg Dublin Chapter 2022 - Make it stand out Children playing in a village near Dili in the south of East Timor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/7b28ab7e-3b38-4a08-b98d-0e70a5d4d43e/Christian+Brothers-Ermera-poverty-Timor+Leste.jpg Dublin Chapter 2022 - Make it stand out Orchestra in Ermera, Timor Leste, playing outside the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/7a2120fe-d6b7-4dfc-bb6c-7a9e5b7cc832/Christian-Brothers-Timor+Leste-children-poverty.jpg Dublin Chapter 2022 - Growth of Christianity in Timor Leste During the Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste (1975–99), the Catholic Church grew in importance to the East Timorese people. This is demonstrated by the large increase in Timorese affiliation to the Church: 25–30% of the population were baptised Catholics in 1975 compared with over 90% in the 1990s. Some historians assert that the faith and experience of suffering of the Timorese people during the occupation, mirrored the suffering of Jesus Christ. 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Brother Peter left this world on Sunday, 28th January 2024, at Tor Vergata Hospital in Rome, Italy, at the age of 70. Born and raised in Australia, Brother Peter was a cherished member of the Christian Brothers community. His journey as a Christian Brother provides an inspiring story. His leadership style was not only inspiring but also brought insightful perspectives to the challenges facing the world today. Brother Peter’s appointment as Congregation Leader was a testament to his unwavering commitment to the values of education, compassion, and faith. As a leader, he exemplified the principles of the Christian Brothers, fostering a sense of community and instilling a passion for learning among those he encountered. The 2020 Congregation Chapter that commenced in March 2020 in Lima, Peru was prorogued after two weeks due to the Covid 19 pandemic that swept the world. The Chapter reconvened in Dublin, Ireland at the Emmaus Centre from January 23 to February 5, 2022, where Br Peter Clinch was elected Congregation Leader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/0700e0f3-2895-4ed5-bf6b-8f5b27f93c96/Br+Peter+Clinch.png In Loving Memory of Brother Peter Clinch - Peter’s journey as a Christian Brother Peter had been a Christian Brother for over 45 years. He was a trained secondary school teacher and involved with Edmund Rice Camps for many year. Peter had held leadership and administrative roles with the Christian Brothers and he was currently the the Congregation Leader of the Christian Brothers global community. Prior to this role, he was the Province Leader of the Christian Brothers Oceania Province. Earlier in his career, Peter was a pastoral worker with people seeking asylum to Australia. Peter had also completed studies in theology and spirituality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/c979903b-fef9-4997-8c06-fd4a6597169d/Christian+Brothers-Br+Peter+Clinch.png In Loving Memory of Brother Peter Clinch - Congregation Leader In 2022, leaders of the Congregation of Christian Brothers gathered for the General Chapter in Dublin. This was a time of discernment and decision-making, achieved through prayer, active listening, and discussion amongst those gathered. The theme for this General Chapter was listening, discipleship, and ministry among poor and disenfranchised people. It was at this time and amongst this global gathering of the Christian Brothers community that Brother Peter was elected as Congregation Leader. We extend our deepest sympathies to Brother Peter’s family, both biological and within the Christian Brothers’ community. We hope that they find solace in the memories of a life well-lived and the positive impact he made on countless individuals. We ask that you join us in keeping his family and community in your thoughts and prayers. 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I continue to gain much from exploring spirituality, inspired by my work with young people over many years. Being around our brothers as they age reminds me of their wisdom, their rich lived-experiences and their vulnerabilities. I look forward to working with you in becoming an Edmund Rice people in a global community.’’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1741845194417-GFR1FLQSU7X16PU3XZYH/RAP+Logos.jpg Home (Copy) - Oceania Province Reconciliation Action Plan The Oceania Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) commits to embed reconciliation initiatives within our Province community. In so doing it seeks to advance the five dimensions of reconciliation – Race Relations, Equality and Equity, Institutional Integrity, Historical Acceptance and Unity. Launch and copy of plan available shortly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1634360973532-G31GUSXIUQFHJ5Y897NT/Edmund+Rice+House+Callan.jpeg Home (Copy) - Edmund Rice and the Christian Brothers in Oceania In the Edmund Rice tradition, the Christian Brothers Oceania Province was established in 2007. It unites the previous provinces within Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, including the St Patrick's Province of the Christian Brothers. The province was created to improve administration and enable the organisation to focus on its work of adult education, social justice activities with refugees, asylum seekers, indigenous people and disadvantaged youth. Edmund Rice’s Christian Brothers in the Oceania region can be traced back to Sydney and Melbourne in the mid 19th Century. Since the first Christian Brothers came to Sydney, Australia in 1843, their presence in Oceania has quickly spread throughout Australia, New Zealand and then later through Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Timor Leste. https://www.edmundrice.org/resources daily 0.75 2022-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633500832077-H4P973FTP28X4GFL1J7Q/Patrick+Ambrose+Treacy-2012+book.png Resources Patrick Ambrose Treacy – enterprising immigrant By Regis Hickey cfc (2012) Born in Ireland in 1834, Patrick Ambrose Treacy spent his formative years in Thurles, Tipperary, at the Christian Brothers' school, later entering the Brothers' novitiate in Waterford. In August 1868 he departed Dublin, arriving in Melbourne, Australia, in November. Ambrose arrived when free, secular and compulsory education was being introduced. He accepted the challenge of providing a quality Catholic education and would continue to address it for the next 30 years. This involved providing teachers, raising finance and erecting buildings without government assistance. This book covers his strategies for implementing his courageous ideas, including his fundraising journeys to goldfields in remote areas that are the stuff of legend, and details his relationships within the hierarchy of the church and the wider community. In 1900, Ambrose returned to Dublin as assistant to the superior general of the institute. A decade later, he returned to Australia, where he died on Wednesday 2 October 1912." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633501512272-TILU1GMUJJWJ29UQ7K6D/The+Price+of+Freedom.png Resources The Price of Freedom – Edmund Rice Educational Leader By Denis McLaughlin This book is a critical contribution to the rediscovery of Edmund Rice. The specific focus is on Rice's contribution as an educational leader. In so doing, Denis McLaughlin has critiqued many long-held traditional interpretations and has found them either historically inaccurate or challengeable. He offers alternative perspectives that richly portray an invitingly human Edmund Rice as son, victualler, husband, father, religious Brother and education leader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633520399919-ORAUDW8JLC5ZTO3D9TZO/Harvesting+the+Wisdom+.png Resources - Make it stand out Harvesting the Wind by Shane Wood cfc 2018 was the 150th year since the arrival of the first Christian Brothers in Melbourne to establish a permanent presence in Oceania. This book chronicles the various events held to recognise this significant year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633502305426-Q06LME131UM5ZBHR1WXG/The+Australian+Dictionary+of+Biography.png Resources This publication contains brief biographies of the following Christian Brothers who worked in Australia: Patrick Ambrose Treacy John Joseph Barrett Edmund Michael (Dominic) Joyce Patrick (Gildas) O’Neill David Gabriel Purton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1634553753279-JMQ7UV4REN9N0VZW7U0K/Edmund+Rice+and+the+First+Christian+Brothers.png Resources Edmund Rice and the First Christian Brothers By Daire Keogh In 1944, W.T. Cosgrave described the Christian Brothers as “Ireland’s gift to civilization”. More recently, a former government minister called them “a shower of savage bastards”. This history aims to get beyond these stereotypical representations of Edmund Rice and the first generation Christian Brothers, to see them as they saw themselves and were understood by their contemporaries. It goes beyond hagiography, and interprets the Brothers within context, against the background of Catholic Emancipation, the modernization of Irish society and the fashioning of the Church according to the norms of the Council of Trent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633501740877-FX24CI05N1504S029NCI/Not+Forgotten.png Resources Available from Coventry Press - https://coventrypress.com.au/not-forgotten-australian-catholic-educators $34.95 Not Forgotten – Australian Catholic Educators 1820 - 2020 While essentially a sample of biographies drawn across the two hundred years since the establishment of the first continuously operating Catholic school in Parramatta, Not Forgotten is also a history and a tribute. A history that details growth, struggle, threat, success and, occasionally, tragedy. The book also records education's local connection to parishes, the sense of Catholic identity that was formed and reinforced by sacrifice and a sense of deep and lasting belonging. It is also a story of change, in Church and State. Periods of exclusive leadership from priests, bishops and religious congregations gave way to the emergence of lay people at all levels of Catholic education. Not In celebrating their lives, today's teachers, clergy, administrators, parents and students are called on to emulate their courage and commitment in shaping Catholic education now and into the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633502693037-W3S2VVV22DAGECD4CTOX/Overcoming+Fear.png Resources Available from Coventry Press - https://coventrypress.com.au/overcoming-fear $44.95 Overcoming Fear – Trusting God in times of Change By Tim Lockwood cfc Faithful to the Bible witness, sensitive to ancient Christian spiritual traditions – for example the writings of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross - as well as insights of contemporary teachers like Richard Rohr and Walter Brueggemann, the author’s experience as director and counsellor encourages us in our search for God’s purposes and how we may overcome fear within that journey, deepening our understanding of God and God’s invitation to closeness, growth and faith. Overcoming Fear is a book for contemporary disciples who are willing to take seriously the invitation to acknowledge fear in their spiritual journey and to overcome that fear so as to grow in confidence in their relationship with the God of compassion and love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1633520579872-L5HYMHQK84NH9Y7SBKF3/Fire%2C+Earth%2C+Air%2C+and+Water+%E2%80%93+Ecology%2C+Cosmology+%26+Spirituality.png Resources Fire, Earth, Air, and Water – Ecology, Cosmology & Spirituality By Trevor Parton cfc This book contains poems, images, and essays on ecology, cosmology and spirituality by Trevor, who was the forward-looking pioneer in this area in establishing the Glenburn Centre for education in these interconnected areas of current human exploration. The writings and reflections will nurture the readers’ contemplative stance and companion them in personal reflection.Seasonal Essays are the main content of the book and are accompanied photographs taken by Trevor himself.In his reflections, Trevor draws heavily on the works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6087c0cfa0eb1777b1a41dcb/1634553220466-HT1ZH5B53L3CDFUZ1H5D/Br+Bill+Wilding+Book.jpg Resources Christian Brothers & Technical Education This well researched book briefly traces the origin of technical education from Europe to Australia, and then focusses attention on the involvement of the Christian Brothers in Technical Education. It was launched on 2nd May 2021 at Treacy Centre, Parkville. The publication is just over 100 pages in length and includes references to most if not all former technical schools in Oceania. This effort to enable young men to be trained in the basic skills of working with wood and metal, and other materials, as well as an understanding of the machinery used for that work, was aimed at leading them into a trade to provide life-long employment in essential manufacturing industries. Sadly this enterprise was not as highly valued in recent times, and the decline of the schools has led to a dire shortage of these essential trades. 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