Religious Brothers Day, annually celebrated on May 1, brings together all members of the Church to celebrate the life and vocation of the religious brother, honoring the important role religious brothers play.
Br. Gerald Francis Murray, age 90, passed away at the Wartburg Home Care Centre in Mt. Vernon, N.Y. early Friday morning, March 20, 2020. Fran had spent ten years or so ministering in Liberia, West Africa. He was born in New York City on September 9, 1929 and attended Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx. He entered the Congregation of Christian Brothers on September 13, 1945 in West Park, N.Y. Fran professed his final vows in 1955.
Charlotte Cho, a Grade 11 student from St. Thomas More Collegiate, in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, participated in the inaugural 2019 Edmund Rice Christian Brothers Gallery of Student Art. Subsequently she was invited to share her talents with the whole school community. She chose to feature two brothers, each retired octogenarians, dynamically present in the life of the school.
On Friday, January 24, students and staff members from various ERCBNA schools participated in the March for Life in Washington D.C. Students and staff from Bishop Hendricken, Brother Rice Michigan, Catholic Memorial and Iona Prep participated in this year’s march, and had the opportunity to spend time with their peers from fellow Edmund Rice schools.
Our Crusader students have recently been focused on advocating for a healthier Earth. Tampa Catholic partnered with 4Ocean and GotSneakers during the month of January to assist with this mission. 4Oceans hosted a beach clean up in St. Petersburg where our students helped to collect 15,607 cigarette butts, 1251 bottle caps, 732 plastic straws and many other pieces of garbage contributing to the pollution crisis.
Students from St. Laurence High School, Br. Rice High School as well as Marist High School and Mother MacAuley High School in Chicago all participated in a burial service for those marginalized in Chicago. The burial service took place on November 14th at Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Chicago and involved the burial of the cremains of 145 individuals and 60 unborn babies.
