From June 14-27, 2026, Edmund Rice International held its annual summer Human Rights Training Course for Edmund Rice educators from across the Global Network.
Despite the best efforts of advocates, faith communities, and immigrant families, the Supreme Court ruled against Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections for Haitians.
The Fourth Commandment comes to mind each May and June with our cultural celebrations of mothers and fathers.
During the 2024-2025 academic year, Iona Prep students Matty Zimmerman, Daniel Resua, and Lucius LoCicero, served as Iona Prep’s ACTION Youth Ambassadors under the guidance of Iona Prep teacher and ACTION Moderator, Christine Chana. Last year, their outstanding efforts on advocacy campaigns surrounding homelessness, children’s concerns and chronic illness, and environmental concerns helped to earn them the 2024-2025 Tom Gambardella ACTION Advocacy Award.
For the 2nd consecutive year, Iona University students will be spending their semester interning at the United Nations in New York City. Ian, Laila, and Kaelen are enrolled in an Independent Study Program at Iona that gives them access to the UN properties by means of an Edmund Rice International affiliation. Each received accreditation with the UN Economic and Social Council via a Grounds Pass to allow ease of access to the working areas of delegate conference halls . The students are enrolled
"Honor your father and mother — which is the first commandment with a promise — so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth." — Ephesians 6:1-3
I invite you to consider honoring your parents with prayer remembrances included in our Christian Brothers offerings — and simultaneously help our efforts to improve the lives of young people in need in our missions in Africa and Brownsville, Texas.
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We are being invited to tap memories and participate in a “Big Tent” survey. We are called to reflect on how the experience of the Charism of Edmund Rice and the Christian Brothers might be influencing our current engagements.
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Brothers serve in a wide variety of ways, according to the needs of their communities and neighbors and their own individual gifts.
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The Candidacy Program is the initial stage of formation in North America for the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers.
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An ERCB education provides Catholic and non-Catholic families a rigorous educational experience grounded in faith and service.
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Working with the poor, it soon becomes apparent that unjust structures ensure that the poor remain poor.
Read MoreThe Essential Elements of an ERCB Education calls educational ministry sites and those working in them to:
At the beginning of the school year the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers Art Foundation invited these Edmund Rice Schools to prepare for the edition of the Gallery of Student Art.
The project offers an opportunity to highlight the creativity of the students of each school offering national and international acclaim at the Annual Meeting of School Leaders and then throughout the year at the Edmund Rice Schools On-Line Student Art Gallery.
The art and music of the students offer vibrant expressions of dynamism and creativity, breaking open beauty in diversity, hope in adversity, and an ever-fresh perspective on our evolving humanity.
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