ERI Joins ‘March For Our Lives’
Edmund Rice International participated in the New York City March for Our Lives on Saturday, March 24, 2018. Br. Kevin Cawley, Edmund Rice International main representative at United Nations Headquarters…
School Dropout Rates in Ireland Again in the Spotlight
The recent publication of the results of the Leaving Certificate examinations in Ireland prompts a reflection from Rachel Lucy from the Cork Life Centre. The Cork Life Centre is a…
Impossible to Guarantee Safety of Afghan Returnees – Report
The Edmund Rice Centre for Justice & Community Education (ERC) has been documenting the fate of rejected asylum seekers returned to Afghanistan by the Australian government since 2002. Their latest…
ERI Advocacy Workshop in Western Zambia
From 5 – 8 June a group of over fifty people gathered at the Limulunga Pastoral Centre near Mongu in Western Province Zambia for an Advocacy Workshop, facilitated by Br.…
Citizens Climate March on Washington April 29, 2017 – Edmund Rice International Participation
There are always questions for some about the worth of public demonstrations on behalf of good causes. Assembling large contingents requires, among other concerns, months and months of careful planning…
Edmund Rice Centre WA Heeds the Call of the United Nations on Sport
Participants in the Local Parks Project In December 2016, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution (A/71/L.38) recognizing the potential of sport as a valuable tool to bring about…
Welcome To Our Latest ERI Interns
Introducing our latest ERI interns:- “My name is Emma Bacchetto and I’m from Canberra, Australia. – I am currently studying law and politics at the University of Canberra, with the…
A Year of Living Sustainably
In 2012–13, ERI challenged the Edmund Rice Network (ERN) worldwide, to publish or begin projects that would reduce the ecological footprint of a group in their local area. Twelve people…
Visit of Post-School UK Leaders
At the end of March I spent a few days with the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers in Geneva and a group of Edmund Rice senior camp leaders. It has shown…
Australian Edmund Rice Schools Unite to Protest Asylum Policy that Detains Children
Students from thirty Edmund Rice schools around Australia recently took part in a protest against the detention of hundreds of children as part of Australia’s harsh asylum seeker policy. The…