- Presentation Brothers
The Congregation of Presentation Brothers is an international Catholic congregation of laymen founded in
1802 inWaterford ,Ireland , by a local business man,Edmund Ignatius Rice .Presentation Brothers live and work in Ireland, England, USA, Canada, Ghana, St.Lucia and Grenada with about about 100 Brothers in 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 (Gypsy) people.
In 2005, Brother Martin Kenneally was elected Congregation Leader (or Superior General), succeeding Andrew Hickey who held the office from 1999-2005. The Generalate is at Mount St. Joseph in Cork, Ireland.
In 2006, the Brothers devoted fresh resources to vocations ministry and employed a layman, Dr. Andrew O'Connell, to head up a new Communications Office.
In 2007 the Presentation Brothers expect to open two new missions in Slovakia and Nigeria.
chools of the Presentation Brothers
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Presentation Brothers College, Cork , Ireland
*Colaiste an Spiorad Naoimh , Cork, Ireland
*Presentation College, Bray , Wicklow, Ireland
*Brebeuf College School , Toronto, Canada
*Presentation College Reading , England
*Colaiste Chriost Ri , Cork, Ireland
* Colaiste Mhuire, Cobh, Ireland
* Presenation College, San Fernando, Trinidad
* Presentation College Grenada
* Presentation College Chaguanas, Trinidad
* Presentation Secondary Miltown, Kerry, IrelandNotable Alumni of Presentation Schools
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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)
* CardinalCormac 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)
*Basdeo Panday , former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (Pres San Fernando)See also
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Edmund Ignatius Rice
*Congregation of Christian Brothers
*Presentation Sisters External links
* [http://www.presentationbrothers.com/ PresentationBrothers.com - The official Congregation website]
* [http://www.presnews.tk/ Presentation College Bray]
* [http://www.brebeufcollege.ca/ Brebeuf College School (Toronto)]
* [http://www.pbc-cork.ie/ Presentation Brothers College Cork]
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