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Edmund Rice was born in 1762 in Callan, county Kilkenny, Ireland. Following his early education he moved to Waterford where he was apprenticed to his uncle, Michael, who supplied the numerous shops visiting the expanded port. Edmund eventually succeeded his uncle and became a prosperous businessman. He married in 1785 and a daughter was born to.

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In 1779, Edmund began an apprenticeship with his uncle. Michael Rice, who owned a very successful merchant trading business in Waterford city. Waterford was the second busiest shipping port in the world at the time. Michael died in 1785, and the business was passed into Edmund's ownership. . In 1787, Edmund married the young daughter of a.

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According to Garvan, Edmund Rice was born into such a locality in Callan, County Kilkenny, on 1 June, 1762. His mother, Margaret, had two daughters, Joan and Jane Murphy, by a previous marriage but her husband died. Later she married Robert Rice and they had seven sons of whom Edmund was the fourth.

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Edmund Rice was born in 1762 in Callan, county Kilkenny, Ireland. Following his early education he moved to Waterford where he was apprenticed to his uncle, Michael, who supplied the numerous shops visiting the expanded port. Edmund eventually succeeded his uncle and became a prosperous businessman. He married in 1785 and a daughter was born to.

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Edmund Rice (c. 1594 - 3 May 1663), was an early settler to Massachusetts Bay Colony born in Suffolk, England.He lived in Stanstead, Suffolk and Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire before sailing with his family to America. He landed in the Colony in summer or fall of 1638, thought to be first living in the town of Watertown, Massachusetts.Shortly thereafter he was a founder of Sudbury in 1638, and.

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Edmund Rice was born into a farming family, under the shadow of the Penal laws, on June 1st 1762, at Westcourt, Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He attended the commercial academy in Kilkenny for about two years after secretly receiving his elementary education at the local 'hedge school' in Callan. In 1779 Edmund was apprenticed to his.

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Edmund Rice's legacy. Edmund Rice died in 1844, and since his death, his impact has been seen across the Americas, Ireland, the U.K, Africa, India, and Oceania. The spirit and charism of Edmund Rice continue today in the work of Edmund Rice Community Services, and our network partners across Oceania.

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Edmund Ignatius Rice (born June 1, 1762, Callan, County Kilkenny, Ire.—died Aug. 29, 1844, Waterford, County Waterford) founder and first superior general of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ireland ( Christian Brothers ), a congregation of nonclerics devoted exclusively to educating youth.

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Edmund Rice. Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice was born on the 1st June 1762. He was born in Callan, Ireland at a time of great troubles. England totally dominated the land and people of Ireland. The laws of the time made it particularly difficult, even dangerous for people to practice their Catholic faith. No Catholic was allowed to own land or.

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The Congregation of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers, active as the Oceania Province, participates in mission faithful to the Gospel call and the charism of the founder, Blessed Edmund Rice. The Province is currently comprised of communities and ministries in Australia, Papua New Guinea & New Zealand, with partnerships in East Timor and the.

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Edmund Rice - Businessman and Social Reformer. Michael Rice welcomed his nephew, Edmund, to his home, where he lodged with his cousins Patrick and Robert. Edmund was 'intended for business' as he had attended a commercial school in Kilkenny. Waterford was a busy and enterprising city. Its magnificent harbour was capable of sheltering many.

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Who was Edmund Rice? Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, was a Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist. Edmund was the founder of two religious institutes of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers. Born in Callan, Ireland, in 1762, Edmund came to the bustling city port of Waterford as a young man.

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Edmund Rice founded the congregation of Christian Brothers in 1802 for the Christian education of poor boys. His example was an inspiration to others and for more than two centuries many have been attracted by his vision and generosity. The Mission continues today on all five continents through the ministry of the Christian Brothers and laity.

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Edmund's first helpers deserted him leaving him desperate, but then two men from his native Callan joined him, not only to teach, but to help Edmund found a religious order to educate poor boys. By 1825, Edmund Rice and his team of thirty Christian Brothers were educating, free of charge, 5,500 boys in 12 different towns and cities.

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Our Story. The formation of Edmund Rice Education Australia by the Christian Brothers in 2007 continues the work of education that began in 1874. In 2 007 the Brothers entrusted the mission in education — inherited from Edmund Rice — to a new body: the Australian schools with their governing and administrative structures formed Edmund Rice.

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Since 1802 the work that Edmund Rice started has spread to 30 countries…. The Christian Brothers first came to parts of the Oceania Province in 1843. The presence of the Christian Brothers in Oceania began in Sydney and quickly spread throughout Australia, to New Zealand and then later through Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Timor Leste.

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