In response to racial injustice spurred by the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, a group of ERCBNA educators met during the summer of 2020 to create resources to promote antiracism.​ The following link contains a variety of antiracism resources related to education, mental health, prayer and faith as well as reading and media suggestions. ERCBNA schools are encouraged to utilize these materials to promote conversations surrounding racial justice and antiracism during the 2020-2021 school year.
Other News from ERCBNA
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Bergen Catholic Honors Edmund Rice Christian Brothers on Religious Brothers Day
Bergen Catholic honored members of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers Congregation as a part of Religious Brothers Day on May 1st. In attendance to renew their vows during a school-wide liturgy were Bergen Catholic Campus Minister Brother McDonough, former Bergen Catholic President Brother Sullo, as well as Bergen Catholic Trustee Brother Segvich.
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I edmund
In the winter of Edmund’s seventy-fith year his body signaled, with a variety of aches, pains, and touches of restricted mobility, it was time to recalculate his engagements. In January of 1838 he wrote his Brothers announcing a General Chapter and forecasting his impending resignation. The following month he updated his Last Will and Testament noting that while weak of body he had full powers of mind and thought.
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In Memory of Me
Paintings of Christian Brother artist Kenneth Chapman, CFC, have been selected for the Eucharistic Congress Art Exhibition, In Memory of Me. The works, from different moments of a lifelong engagement in contemplative thought and artistic expression, offer Eucharist images present in recent writings of Pope Francis and influenced by insights from the Jesuit paleontologist and mystic, Teilhard De Chardin, S.J.
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EASTER BLESSINGS: He is Risen Alleluia!!!
In Brother Valdes’ painting of The Resurrection we see Christ rising from the tomb.