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India
On Founder’s Day, students of St John’s High School Chandigarh ‘raised their hands’ to show solidarity with members of their surrounding community who face difficult challenges every day.
Australia
A small group of St Pius X College staff, students and parents, fundraised then conducted a visit and Immersion at Callan Services Special Education Centre, Gerehu in both 2014 and 2016.
United States
Immersion Peru
Australia
Staff and students from the East Coast of Australia travel to Nairobi, Kenya, to experience and support the work of Edmund Rice ministries in schools and the wider community.
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Zambia
Students and staff from Mazabuka in Zambia and Nenagh in Ireland benefit from the twinning program established by their schools.
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Ireland
Nationwide campaign raising awareness of the issue of homelessness.
Joint immersion project being planned for 2017 to India.
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Ireland
European Gatherings
The Lead Schools of England and Ireland (North and South) met over two days in January 2016. The “April ’16 Gathering” is now organised.
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Australia
Students from Year 7 in St Laurence’s College, Brisbane, recently responded to the current global refugee crisis.
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Ireland
The “Heroes for the Homeless” was aimed at raising awareness of the issues surrounding homelessness and gave participants an opportunity to experience some of the struggles of homeless people
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South Africa
It was Pope Francis who said that “mercy and forgiveness must not remain beautiful words, but must be realised in daily life.” CBC St John’s Cape Town, has committed itself to acting out acts of mercy to those in our society who have been marginalised and forgotten.
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United Kingdom
On Friday February 12, the Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Newry, Northern Ireland, hosted its inaugural Abbey Nelson Mandela Day. The day centred on an array of events lead by 30 senior students (17-18 years old) aimed at raising much needed monies for local marginalised communities and groups. The students planned the entire day including […]
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United States
Within a week of returning from the Edmund Rice Beyond Borders Conference in South Africa, I addressed the faculty/staff about my experience while presenting a number of pictures I took during the conference and school visits.
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Australia
Recently the staff of the three Edmund Rice schools in Adelaide, Australia (Christian Brothers College, Rostrevor College and St Paul’s College) came together to celebrate a reflection day entitled “Encounters on our Journey: In the footsteps of Edmund Rice”. A mosaic icon was unveiled created by the students at Christian Brothers College, Adelaide by breaking […]
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United States
At times, spiritual wisdom does not harmonize well with the goals and practices of the world. But sometimes spiritual seekers take this truth too far, thinking that to be “spiritual” we have to be naive and simplistic and can’t lead as well as others.
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Australia
Showcasing student work at St. Patrick’s College
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United States
The members of SHIELD led the Bergen Catholic community in a day of service by humbly kneeling before their peers and serving them by cleaning their shoes.
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Ireland
Leaders in three Edmund Rice School areas gather to plan for their engagement with EREBB
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Canada
St Thomas More’s Tiff Hill was able to visit the UN Headquarters in Geneva. Take a look at her short video on Human Rights and Advocacy.
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United States
The Bergen Catholic High School develops a sequential program in Leadership, SHIELD. This Leadership program is run by the students for the students.
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Australia
A re-imagining of formation for mission inspired by the interconnectedness of Our Sacred Story and the dynamics of Spirit, Relationship and Liberation.
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United States
School leaders from the Americas learn spiritual practices of administration and conflict resolution at annual retreat.
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United States
Edmund Rice Schools from Argentina, Canada, Peru, the United States and Uruguay meet for the ACTION 2014 Student Leadership Workshop.
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United Kingdom
Twenty one leaders from across England gathered break open Pope Francis’ Evangelii Gaudium and apply it to their lives and schools.
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South Africa
Southern African Social Justice & Advocacy Desk partner up with Iona College in New York to discuss Leadership, Social and Environmental Justice, Advocacy and how the two groups could support each other in their work.
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Australia
Australian schools undertake renewal every five years to reflect on their nature as a Catholic School in the Edmund Rice tradition and to identify ways for continuous improvement
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Zimbabwe
Students from the Edmund Rice Society of St Patrick’s College in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, recently conducted their annual public speaking competition, this year on the topics of poverty alleviation, water conservation and vandalism.
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India
Young people at St Johns in Chadigrah, India, put their faith into action and advocate for education and health for all.
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Bolivia
Por el derecho de los niños y adolescentes a un trato digno en medios transportes
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Tanzania
Students from the Malihai (Environment) Club of ER Sinon helped the Carbon offset an International Gathering by planting trees.
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Uruguay
Young people harvest corn and put their faith into action
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Australia
Young people from across Edmund Rice Schools put Catholic Social Teachings into action by Speaking Up for those whose voices have been suppressed.
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