In the profound and extensive history of Catholic education, Edmund Ignatius Rice stood out among the crowd, like a pearl resting on a crown. Edmund Ignatius Rice was a Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist. He was born on 1 June 1762 in Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland and died on 29 August 1844 in Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland (“Edmund Ignatius Rice.”). Edmund Rice was born in a prosperous “Catholic tenant farmer family” to Robert and Margaret Rice (“May 5 - Bl Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762-1844).”). He was the fourth of seven brothers and also had two stepsisters in the family. During that time, Catholics faced severe oppression under Penal Laws, which were “a series of laws imposed in an attempt to force Irish Roman Catholic …show more content…
He was in a short period of depression because his first attempt in helping the poor failed too soon. However, as a man who never gave up and always sought for solutions to the problem, he quickly realized the reality that temporary commitment to a full-time problem was not a proper solution. What he needed was not someone who was driven by money, but passionate young people with the same determination and persistence to help the people in need and to improve the society. He began to invite young men to collaborate with him permanently in his work and education. They focused on the establishment of permanent school and aiding poor children to receive fundamental education. In 1808, Edmund Rice and his companions devoted their total commitment to their determination of persisting in further education for the poor. They took vows under the presence of a local bishop, forming the Society of the Presentation. With God’s guidance and presence, his school prospered and the community changed with a measurable rate. He became “Brother Ignatius” named after the founder of the Jesuits. His work soon spread among Waterford and then to the other parts of the country where the local bishops was impressed at how their work had changed their community. He wanted to spread the benefits and the wish of the Lord to the world. In 1920, with the blessing of Pope Pius VLL, the majority of the brothers “under Edmund as Superior General: organized themselves into “a pontifical congregation: the Congregation of Christian Brothers” (“May 5 - Bl Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762-1844).”). The institution spread its efforts not only in Ireland but also wherever God directed it to. They went to wherever the need of education was the greatest. A minority retained the Presentation name as a distinctive group subject to the Bishop of Cork and evolved into today’s Presentation Brothers. Edmund
Francis Marbury was considered to be a gifted preacher and teacher. It seems he was quite passionate about it. When he no longer had a public forum for these activities he focused his attentions in this area on ...
Boniface Wimmer is regarded as one of the greatest missionaries of the nineteenth century. His mission was to establish a Benedictine monastery abroad in the United States to help the thousands of Catholic Germans who fled from their homeland in search of a better life. “Today, there are over thirty Abbeys and monasteries that take their root from Archabbot Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B.” With the grace of God, Boniface Wimmer succeeded. He was considered to be a “man on a mission.” His tenacious attitude aided him in spreading the mission of the Benedictine Order across the Atlantic Ocean. The Benedictines were seen not only as missionaries, but also as teachers and priests. The strong sense of bonding and connection within the community was vital to the Benedictine Order then, as it still is today.
Terry Blair was born on September 16, 1961, he is a known American serial killer in, Kansas City, Missouri, where he killed and raped more the seven women. He grew up in a family where he’s mother had a ninth grade education and suffered from a mental illness. Blair’s family had many encounters with the police, as he was growing up. While Blair was in prison his brother Walter Blair Jr. offered a man to kill Katherine Allen for $6,000 so she couldn’t appear at his rape trial. Terry admitted to abducting the girl and taking her to an empty lot and shooting her, Walter was imprisoned for the murder and executed in 1993. On March 27, 2008 a judge found Terry guilty for the murders of the six women, the women’s bodies were found in the Prospect Avenue corridor in 2003 and 2004.
Francis of Assisi is one of the most influential personalities in the entire world. In the book ‘Francis of Assisi: Performing the Gospel Life,’ Cunningham recounts the life of this humble monk who lived in the medieval times, and shaped the Christian life, which spread in Western culture throughout the rest of history. I believe Cunningham accurately accounts for the life of Francis of Assisi, and in doing so; he provides a trajectory of the Christian faith from its early and historical proponents through its fusion with western culture, and its subsequent spread throughout the world.
Catholicism is noted as the most renowned religion in the world and is still growing today (Introduction). O’Connor was born into a Catholic family and attended the parochial schools of Georgia, learning and growing in her faith (Mary). However, her father died when she was a young and her passion for writing grew. In 1953,
The Christian Brothers of Ireland, followers of Edmund Ignatius Rice, founded the school in 1960. Edmund Rice was bom in 1762. He was educated first at home, then in a 'hedge school', and finally in Kilkenny, Ireland. Mr. Rice married, and became a prosperous merchant and a leader of Catholic activities in the City of Waterford. After the death of Edmund's wife, he had intentions of entering a monastery on the continent, but the Bishop of Waterford encouraged him to stay in Ireland and begin a school for poor boys. The new school greatly effected the youth of Waterford that Edmund soon had requests to open schools in other cities. Pope Pius VII gave papal approval to the Congregation in 1820. Edmund took the name of Brother Ignatius and in 1822 Brother Edmund Ignatius Rice was elected the first Superior General of the new congregation. Brother Edmund Ignatius Rice died on August 29, 1844, at Mount Sion, Waterford. In 1997 Brother Edmund Ignatius Rice was declared Blessed by Pope John Paul II.
Jerry Rice has won an MVP trophy with the San Francisco 49ers and he’s one of the greatest wide receivers in the world. Operation Desert Storm happened during August 2, 1990 to February, 1991. Jerry Rice was Playing for the 49ers during the 1990’s. Jerry Rice had to do hard work in his early life. Jerry Rice has won three Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers.
through education he could achieve the goal of becoming free which he did. He wanted to help
Crime and punishment during the Elizabethan era was also affected by religion and superstitions of the time.
“The Jesuits he called in his adult life a ‘heartless order that bears the name of Jesus by antiphrasis’” (O'Brien 1). Later, at around eleven years old, he transferred over to the Belvedere College in Dublin. (Ebook 1) After his graduation at Dublin he determined that he knew an adequate amount of the Jesuit religion, he officially rejected it (Gray 1). “After some religious experiences he lost his faith, then his patriotism, and held up those with whom he formerly worshipped to ridicule, and his country and her aspirations to contempt” (Collins 1).
The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved February 21, 2010 from New Advent: http://www.newadvent.org
The reason for why there was no resistance to the signing of Penal Laws in 1695 was not only because the powerlessness of the Catholic population, but rather the relatively fair conditions promised by the Protestant. The Treaty of Limerick, predecessor of Penal Laws that was signed right after the end of the Williamite War in 1691, did guaranteed for freedom of religious exercise for the Catholic and even offered to share religious sites between the two sects (Lecky 140).
Turner, William. (March 1, 1907) The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume I, online edition. Retrieved February 2, 2002 from the World Wide Web: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01713a.htm
Padre Pio, whose real name was Francesco Forgione was born on May 25, 1887 in Pietralcina, a small town in southern Italy. Every since he was a child he has always showed love towards the religious life. It is said that at the age of 5 Padre Pio had already dedicated his life to God. He had an extreme love for prayer. At the age of sixteen he entered the ‘Capuchin Friars’ which are a religious order in memory of St. Francis of Assisi. From the first time Padre Pio had entered into the Friary he was already recognized by his teachers as someone special. “There was something which distinguished him from the other students, whenever I saw him he was always humble and silent”, one of his peers had said. What struck them most was Padre Pio’s love for prayer. In the year 1910 at the age of 23 Padre Pio had been ordained a priest.
A Century of Theological and Religious Studies in Britain, 1902–2007 by Ernest Nicholson 2004 pages 125–126