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Obituary

This September we said goodbye to our dear Brother Chris brown of the Parr Street Community. Here we share some of the excerpts from the homily given by Brother Dominic Sassi as Chris’s funeral. Chris

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Parr Street Community

The day after Queen Elizabeth died, Br. Chris Brown died while saying his morning prayers, may he rest in peace. This was a big shock as Chris was always breezy and cheerful although he had

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St Timothy’s Community

Br Eamonn O’Brien has joined St Timothy’s community. For the past 23 years Eamonn has been living on his own while working as a counsellor with John Moore university, and latterly as a free-lance counsellor/hypnotherapist.

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SERV – Salford Edmund Rice Volunteers & St Sebastian’s Community

The much-needed work at SERV continues with the weekly drop-in sessions every Monday for advice, support and friendship, English lessons during the week and Brothers Ger, Tony and Jim ‘on call’ for further help throughout

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Welcome to Shannon Oates

“Life comes full circle”, is a saying I have been pondering and reflecting upon in recent weeks. The literary, or philosophical meaning of life coming full circle often means returning to the beginning or going

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Christmas Card Competition

Congratulations to both of our Edmund Rice England Christmas Card winners! Our ‘hard copy’ Christmas card that we will be sending by post was drawn by Cosima T from Year 5 in Runnymede St Edwards’s

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Wellbeing Sessions in Schools

Ann continues to deliver Wellbeing sessions in our schools based on the Capacitar – Wellness in Body, Mind and Spirit training that the office team undertook a couple of years ago. The idea is to

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Life Lessons with Edmund Rice – A Series of Broadcasts by Students on Radio Maria

We are delighted that this half term, our Edmund Rice Schools, both at home and abroad will have the opportunity to broadcast live each week on Radio Maria England. In a series of slots called

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Annual Schools’ Conference – Educating with Hope in our Hearts & Hands

It was fantastic to re-convene our annual Schools’ Conference on 6-7 October at the Hayes Conference Centre in Derbyshire. With all schools represented and having participated in a beautiful opening reflection we were delighted to

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Year 7 Induction Program

The office team have delivered the Edmund Rice induction program to Year 7s in all our secondary schools this half term. Getting to know the students and hearing about what they have been learning about

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Prayer

Prayer of Thanks for Blessed Edmund Rice

O God, we thank you for the life of Edmund Rice.
He opened his heart to Christ present in those oppressed by poverty and injustice.
May we follow his example of faith and generosity.
Grant us the courage and compassion of Edmund as we seek to live lives of love and service.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.