On July 28, Robert Droel became the most recent, and youngest, member of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers North America Province.
In their less than 20 years of life, siblings Eudens and Tajmara Antoine survived an earthquake, migrated to Miami, learned a new language, and were separated from their parents and family. But thanks to the education and support provided by local parishes and schools, the pair just graduated from Msgr. Edward Pace High School in Miami Gardens and are now college bound, both to New York University.
This past spring break, a team of eleven Vancouver College students and three teachers had the opportunity to travel to Brownsville, Texas, one of the southernmost cities in United States. Located at the tip of Texas along the US-Mexico border, this city primarily consists of Spanish speaking immigrants, and has one of the highest poverty rates in the nation.
For the 3rd year Damien Memorial School students from Campus Ministry Club, Women in Leadership Class, and Student Government gathered at the Hawaii State Capitol building on Wednesday, May 10, for the feast of Saint Damien.
In recent years, racial tensions have been brought back to the forefront of U.S. headlines, ignited by events across the country, most recently in Charlottesville, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland. These events and the places in which they occured have called to mind the legacy of racism in the United States and how this legacy is felt more than 150 years after the abolition of slavery.
Through their SABER (Student Advocates of Blessed Edmund Rice) group, students at Bishop Hendricken High School continue to raise awareness of and advocate for veterans’ needs.
