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Christian Brother – educational outreach - Dublin, Ireland
I went to school with the Christian Brothers at Westland Row in Dublin, and 20 years later I became the Principal of the same school. I remained as Principal for 13 years, taking a year out in 1994, during which time I worked as a volunteer with an organization called ‘Servol’ in Trinidad. The philosophy of Servol is respectful intervention in areas of need, asking local people how they would like to be helped.
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News/Cover News
The Edmund Rice spirit circling the globe
A dozen pictures with the stories behind them, coming from eleven countries around the globe, giving a quick but telling sketch of the variety and values that characterise the contemporary Edmund Rice network across all six continents.
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General Articles/General Articles
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This Week in Prayer – Inclusive Spirituality
This weekly column – a prompt and a resource for your prayer and awareness – is specially intended to be helpful in preparing prayer for a community or group. You are welcome to recommend other sites/blogs, and also to alert us to upcoming special occasions within the Edmund Rice Network.
BROTHERS’ JUBILEES COMING UP
Four Christian Brothers have Diamond Jubilees coming up around the coming weekend:
one from the European Province on Thursday 9 September;
three from the North American Province on Monday 13 September.
Let us keep these men in our prayers of gratitude this week.
Monday 6 September
STILLBIRTH REMEMBRANCE DAY
Officially marked in much of North America, this day honours the thousands of babies who are stillborn, and is sometimes broadened to include other better-understood forms of pregnancy and infancy loss. In many cultures the days of “just not talking about it” have gone, and most people have some close experience of death during pregnancy or birth. In our prayer today we might join in this remembrance of children whose childhood was cut off before it began, and of the lasting grief of their mothers and those around them.
Tuesday 7 September
THREATENED SPECIES DAY
Observed in Australia since 1996, this day reminds us of the vulnerability of creation, particularly to rash human practices. The growing international ‘red list’ of threatened species includes about 20% of all amphibians, about 10% of all mammals, and over 5% of all birds. Taking a lead from Australia, we might bring to our prayer today a concern for raised awareness and sensitivity.
Wednesday 8 September
BIRTHDAY OF THE MOTHER OF JESUS and
INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY
Coming nine months after the feast of her Immaculate Conception, this feast of Mary has been celebrated since the 5th century. Maybe we can say that it is one of countless traditional ways of acknowledging the level of spiritual evolvement that Mary represents for the human race, and how that played its role in the loving design of God.
International Literacy Day reminds us to treasure the gift – and power - of being able to read, while drawing our attention to the millions who do not have this as a result of poverty and prejudice. One in five adults is effectively illiterate, two-thirds of these being women, and over 70 million children are not in school. The worst literacy levels are in South & West Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Arab States. See www.unesco.org/en/literacy for more information.
Thursday 9 September
JEWISH ROSH HASHANAH and
ISLAMIC EID-AL-FITR
Beginning at sundown last evening, Rosh Hashanah lasts till sunset tomorrow. Popularly termed “Jewish New Year”, it is the first of the ‘high holidays’ set aside to focus on repentance. A time for keeping in our prayer the whole Jewish community and for special awareness of our Jewish colleagues and friends.
Eid, as it is often abbreviated, is the feast marking the end of the Ramadan fast. For much of the world it began at sunset last evening, but depending on sightability of the moon it may be a day later for the Americas. At the time of this major feast, all are invited to keep in prayer their Muslim sisters and brothers.
Friday 10 September
WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY and
GIBRALTAR’S NATIONAL DAY
Suicide accounts for about 3000 deaths every year, and there are about twenty times that number of attempted suicides annually. Today’s international observance offers not only a reminder to do whatever we can do to help prevent such desperate action within our own circles of influence but also to pray for those who find themselves pulled down to this level of despair.
Gibraltar features in the story of Edmund Rice’s Brothers from as early as 1835. After a rocky start, they departed a couple of years later but returned in 1878 and maintained a presence for virtually 100 years until 1977. Let’s include the people of Gibraltar in our prayers on this their national day.
Saturday 11 September
ST JEAN-GABRIEL PERBOYRE
A French Catholic missionary in the first half of the 19th century, he was martyred at the age of 38 after five years in China, strangled on a cross. His feastday might remind us to pray for mutual acceptance between people of different faiths, for Christians in China, and for all who are persecuted or restricted because of their religious faith.
Sunday 12 September
24th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
Here are six places where you can find commentaries on this Sunday’s readings:
www.edmundrice.org – click Spirituality > Sunday Readings (by Julian McDonald cfc).
www.goodnews.ie – click Gospel Commentary > click on 12 Sepetmebr.
www.liturgy.slu.edu – scroll to 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time > Get to Know the Readings.
www.salvationhistory.com – click Sunday Bible Reflections (in the Daily Bread block).
www.silk.net/RelEd - click Mass Readings > click on 12 September.
SOME QUOTES FOR EDMUND RICE PEOPLE
“I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude.” (Judith M. Knowlton)
“Most great men and women are not perfectly rounded in their personalities, but are instead people whose one driving enthusiasm is so great it makes their faults seem insignificant.” (Charles A. Cerami)
“Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.” (Henry J. Kaiser)
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” (Albert Einstein)
“When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.” (Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief)
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” (Albert Einstein)
“The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.” (Eckhart Tolle)
For further websites and blogs that can support your prayer and reflection, click the SPIRITUALITY LINKS button on the left of our Home Page.
brother Michael Burke
editor
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General Articles/General Articles
Sunday Reflection - by Julian McDonald cfc
• 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (pdf)
• 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time (pdf)
• 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time (pdf)
• The Assumption (pdf)
• 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time (pdf)
• 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time (pdf)
• 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time (pdf)
• 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time (pdf)
• 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time (pdf)
• 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time (pdf)
• 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time (pdf)
• 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time (pdf)
• 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time (pdf)
Previous Sunday Reflections
Pray as you go
Pray-as-you-go is an initiative to provide daily prayer in MP3 format, for people travelling to and from work.
Sacred Space
We invite you to make a 'Sacred Space' in your day, and spend ten minutes, praying here and now, as you sit at your computer, with the help of on-screen guidance and scripture chosen specially every day.
Light of Torah
- offering a springboard for joining in the study of the week’s Torah portion.
http://www.goodnews.ie
– notably Donagh O’Shea’s column JACOB’S WELL; also see LECTIO DIVINA.
http://catholicbible.org.za
- see SUNDAY GOSPEL COMMENTARY by Michael Chalmers cfc.
http://curragh.livejournal.com
- a blog by Michael Kavanagh cfc, offering prayer services for groups.
http://edmundrice.org
- click SPIRITUALITY for Reflections on the Sunday Readings by Julian McDonald cfc.
http://www.fergusreilly.org
- created by Fergus Reilly cfc (see “A valuable resource for the ERN” under RECENT NEWS).
http://www.HenriNouwen.org
- subscribe to free e-Letters (daily one-minute meditations and/or longer weekly reflections) sent to your e-mail address - recommended by Gerard Ellul cfc.
http://www.gratefulness.org
- particularly recommended by Liguori Gillespie cfc.
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com
- strongly recommended by Liguori Gillespie cfc.
http://www.SpiritualityHealth.com
- also recommended by Liguori Gillespie cfc.
http://www.lightoftorah.net
- offering a springboard for joining in the study of the week’s Torah portion.
Note that some blogs may be accompanied by advertisements beyond the blogger’s control!
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News/Cover News
… to discover the God who awaits you
Two Christian Brothers from India move to the Philippines, in the footsteps of the many who have travelled far from home to be of service. Here they track the emotional journey of leaving home and arriving in a faraway land.
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News/Cover News
The pluses of life lived at a more placid pace
The far-flung corners of the Christian Brothers’ Zambian District, as seen through the eyes of the new Province Renewal Team. The visitors are struck by the welcome, the work, and the wonderful beauty of the countryside.
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News/Cover News
Australian schools strengthen links with East Africans
A group from Edmund Rice schools in Western Australia visit the Christian Brothers serving the people of East Africa, and come away deeply impressed and convinced about the value of the support their school communities give.
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Rice Express/Express
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Profiles/Profiles
Christian Brother – justice advocate – writer – project officer – Oceania
Graduation 2009
I am a Christian Brother who has lived in Broome in the northwest of Western Australia for the past twelve years. I come from a teaching background, having taught in several secondary schools in Victoria and one in Tasmania from 1972 to 1983. I was appointed then to two principalships – in West Melbourne (1984-5) and Box Hill (1986-92).
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Contact Details
Fratelli Cristiani
via Marcantonio Colonna, 9
00192 Roma Italia
Phone +39 06 3211 0363 Fax +39 06 320 7747
Email: cfcrome@edmundrice.org
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News/Cover News
The challenges brought by the changes in Yambio, Sudan
Development over the past ten years has brought both new opportunities and new dangers. Recognising these is, for the Christian Brothers, the key to making their insignificant presence among the Sudanese significant.
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And how does this come into the teaching of Jesus?
What does it take to survive setbacks and bounce back? How might the answers inform the way we teach the young? And how are they present in the way Jesus taught? We offer an appetizer for an article by US Christian Brother Patrick Sean Moffett.
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Jericho House puts down roots in Wainfleet, Ontario
An ecumenical retreat centre with a special focus on young people – nurturing their spiritual awareness, their sense of leadership, and their commitment to social and ecological justice – this is the vision of Jericho House.
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Authentic Christ-like spirituality emerging
The young people who run Edmund Rice Camps are transformed by their interaction with vulnerable children. And the joy and spiritual growth evident in the young leaders offers inspiration to those who witness the process.
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