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Br
Rod Ellyard's feedback from the Philippines trip:
Br. Steve McLaughlin from St Francis Xavier Province and Br
Rod Ellyard from Holy Spirit Province visited the Philippines
for three weeks from 8th July on behalf of the Congregation
to explore the possibility of future missionary outreach to
the poor in the more remote parts of this developing country.
Br Rod Ellyard reports on their visit. [full
story]
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Launch
of Charter for Edmund Rice Schools: We provide coverage
in words and pictures of the recent launch events in Perth
and Adelaide of the Charter for Edmund Rice Schools in Holy
Spirit Province. [full
story]
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candidates discerning their vocations in Africa: Br
Tony Shanahan continues to provide us with insightful reports
of his experiences with a group of young African men who are
discerning their vocations. [full
story ]
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Two
Reflections worth reading: It is perhaps no surprise
that within a community such as ours we keep coming across
really interesting reflections. In this edition of ERNN we
have two that we came across in recent editions of college
newsletters. The first on "The Importance of Being"
is from Andrew Kania at Aquinas who is establishing some sort
of reputation for this as we were attracted to another of
his reflections in the last edition. The second, which you
will find BELOW, is from Br Michael Flaherty, Counsellor at
CBC Wakefield Street. He writes on the "touchy"
subject of the merits of "four hugs a day".
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story]
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Latest
from the CLT (Rome) website: The Congregational leadership
of the Christian Brothers joined with other faith leaders
in signing a letter sent to the leaders of the world’s
richest nations (G8 nations) prior to their recent meeting
at Sea Island, Georgia. Whilst acknowledging the positive
effects of the partial cancellation of the Third World Debt
that followed the Jubilee 2000 campaign the letter went on
to point out that: "millions of people remain imprisoned
by unjust debt service payments. This unjust debt burden is
overwhelming and servicing this debt literally takes food,
shelter, health care, education and social services directly
from the people that need them most, effectively denying economic
and social human rights to the world's majority". The
full text of the letter can be found at the website of the
Congregational Leadership Team: http://edmundclt.org
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Edmund
Rice Justice Bulletin: Those who have supported the
initiatives for a better deal for East Timor in the border
negotiations with Australia can take heart that their efforts
are bearing fruit. News in recent weeks indicates that the
Australian government is taking a much more compassionate
position and the East Timorese Foreign Minister, Jose Ramos
Horta, has expressed satisfaction after the latest round of
negotiations. To keep abreast of social justice issues discussed
within an Edmund Rice context you might bookmark the Edmund
Rice Justice Bulletin.
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Brochure
Now Available: A brochure for the new spirituality
program being offered by the Presentation Sisters, Christian
Brothers and Presentation Brothers is now available on-line.
The retreat will be conducted in Ireland between 3-25 July
2005 and is open to all interested in the spirit and work
of Edmund Rice and Nano Nagle.
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Next Month's Edition: We have delayed
the series of articles from young people until the next edition.
IF YOU HAVE NEWS YOU'D
LIKE BROADCAST
IN THE NEXT EDITION
email it to Brian
Coyne
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stunning image of the moon that we've used to illustrate this
edition of ERNN was taken with the new Astonomical Telescope
at CBC Adelaide. It is a very simple image but it can lead
us to reflect on many things — from the wonder of modern
education being able to provide a 14 year old student with
the ability to take photographs like that, to the wonder that
humankind will soon be exploring the moon again in person,
to the wonder of the creative genius of the One who thought
the whole of Creation up.
