Presentation Brothers
The Congregation of Presentation Brothers is an international Catholic congregation of laymen founded in 1802 in Waterford, Ireland, by a local businessman, Edmund Ignatius Rice.
Presentation Brothers live and work in Ireland, England, USA, Canada, Ghana, St. Lucia and Grenada with about 100 Brothers throughout these countries.
The Brothers take three promises—poverty, chastity and obedience—and live together in small groups called "communities".
The motto of the congregation is the same as that of the Jesuits: "Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam" or "For the Greater Glory of God". Brothers bear the initials F.P.M. (Friatrum Presentationis Mariae).
The expressed mission of the Presentation Brothers is to "form Christ in the Young" and traditionally they have worked to achieve this through education. Today Presentation Bothers work in a wider range of ministries including with the homeless, elderly, disadvantaged youth and the Roma people.
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In 2007 the Presentation Brothers opened new missions in Slovakia and Nigeria and an Advocacy Office for the poor in Geneva.
Schools
- Presentation Brothers College, Cork, Ireland
- Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh, Cork, Ireland
- Presentation College, Bray, Wicklow, Ireland
- Brebeuf College School, Toronto, Canada
- Coláiste Chríost Rí, Cork, Ireland
- Coláiste Mhuire, Cobh, Ireland
- Presentation College, San Fernando, Trinidad
- Presentation College Grenada
- Presentation College Chaguanas, Trinidad
- Presentation Secondary Miltown, Kerry, Ireland
- Scoil Chríost Rí, Cork
- Presentation High School, Montebello (Quebec) (now the Auberge Montebello)
Former schools
- Presentation College, Reading, England – now Elvian School
Notable alumni
- Michael Bond, author of Paddington Bear series (Reading)
- Joseph Boyden, author of "Three Day Road" (Brebeuf)
- Marc Kielburger, co-founder of Free the Children and Leaders Today (Brebeuf)
- Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (Pres San Fernando)
- Cillian Murphy, actor (Pres Cork)
- Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops (Reading & Cork)
- Sean O'Faolain, author and Short Story writer (Pres Cork)
- Michael O'Leary, Irish Tánaiste and former leader of the Irish Labour Party (Pres Cork)
- Mike Oldfield, musician (Reading)
- Joseph Kelly, CEO and Editor, The Universe Catholic weekly (Reading)
- Basdeo Panday, former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (Pres San Fernando)
- Numerous Irish rugby players including Ronan O'Gara and Peter Stringer.
See also
External links
- PresentationBrothers.com - The official Congregation website
- Presentation College Bray
- Brebeuf College School (Toronto)
- Presentation Brothers College Cork
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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