On Thursday, October 4th, Brothers, Edmundians, and Associates and spouses gathered in the Marian Chapel of the Basilica of St. John the Baptist to celebrate a Memorial Mass for deceased Brothers, Edmundians, and Associates. Spouses were invited and some did attend.
After the Mass all were invited to the Brothers residence at Mt. St. Francis for a reception.
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.
In Brother Valdes’ painting of The Resurrection we see Christ rising from the tomb.
Bergen Catholic helped participate in the 2024 Edmund Rice Day of Service alongside three other Edmund Rice Christian Brothers schools: All Hallows, Iona Prep and Vancouver College on Thursday afternoon in New York.
We are still coming to terms with the untimely and sudden death of our beloved brother, Peter Bernard Clinch, who died suddenly on 28 January in the early hours of Sunday morning. The expressions of condolence and consolation have been extraordinary over recent days coming from Religious Institutes and their leadership, Edmund Rice Network members and Bishops.