A year after a spring and summer of social justice protests following the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, here is what the ERCBNA Province and Advocacy Office has done to respond:
Each year, the ERCBNA Advocacy Office awards the Blessed Edmund Rice Advocacy Person of the Year Award, which recognizes an ERCBNA School staff member who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to promoting advocacy efforts throughout the academic year. The recipient of the 2020-2021 award is Mr. Mike Dolan, who works as the Advocacy Director and history teacher at Brother Rice High School in Chicago.
On May 5th, schools across the Edmund Rice Global Network celebrated Founder’s Day, the Feast Day of Blessed Edmund Rice. This year, school’s centered their work on Founder’s Day on the importance and promotion of mental health awareness amidst the ongoing pandemic and during May’s Mental Health Awareness Month.
When Cristiana asked me to present some ideas on my Vision for Edmund Rice Schools, I put together some thoughts that speak to Mission, Vision and Values in the context of the Consortium of Edmund Rice Schools, inclusive of the seven countries that now form our Province: Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Dominica, Peru, Uruguay and the United States.
In response to the continued incidents of racial justice in the United States in May of 2020, the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers North America Province made a commitment to promote and encourage antiracism in our schools in North America. In addition to resources that were created and published online during the summer, the Mission Frère Advocacy Office has continued to hold conversations about how we can continue to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in our schools.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, various members and groups of the Edmund Rice Global Network have stayed busy advocating for a variety of human rights virtually with the United Nations. Brother Kevin Cawley recently delivered a statement on the outcome of the UPR (Universal Periodic Review) for the United States. To watch Br. Cawley’s statement, please click here.
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:
Students in Edmund Rice schools in the United States, Canada, Dominica, British West Indies, and Uruguay, South America, with the encouragement of art teachers and school administrators, have dedicated their gifts to producing art and music you will be viewing and hearing in this presentation.
At the beginning of the school year the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers Art Foundation invited these Edmund Rice Schools to prepare for the 2021 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.
