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.
On May 22nd, students from Iona Prep's Human Rights Club had the chance to meet and discuss human rights issues with students from Edmund Rice Christian Brother partner school Colegio Cardenal Newman in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Edmund Rice Christian Brothers North America Mission Frère-Haiti program and its partners continue to make impacts on Haiti through the sale of art.
