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unusual facts about Christian Brothers


Statute of limitations

Evidence was presented to the Victorian Inquiry detailing the misuse of the Limitations Act by the Christian Brothers in Victoria in particular.


Abergowrie, Queensland

In 1933, the St Teresa's Agricultural College was opened by the Christian Brothers.

Albert Sylla

As a child he was educated in nous Catholic missions, attending the Brothers of Saint Gabriel in Nosy Be, and later the College of the Saint Joseph Christian Brothers in Tamatave.

Anastasio Somoza Debayle

At the age of seven, he was enrolled at the Instituto Pedagógico La Salle, run by the Christian Brothers.

Art Cosgrove

He was educated at the Christian Brothers, Abbey Grammar School in Newry.

Barney Clarke

Clarke was born in Auckland and was educated at St Peter's College, where he was a foundation pupil and where the sport of boxing was encouraged by the Christian Brothers so that the boys could defend themselves against bullying.

Christian Brothers College, Rose Bay

Christian Brothers College was established by the Christian Brothers in Carlisle St, Rose Bay, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1935.

Conrad Gallagher

He discussed how the Christian Brothers would grope him sexually.

Cuthbert Johnson

After studying with the Christian Brothers and the White Fathers, he entered Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight and made monastic profession there on 8 September 1966.

Damascus College Ballarat

The Christian Brothers were founded in Ireland in 1802 by Brother Edmund Rice to educate the sons of poor and oppressed Catholic families.

Dick Roche

Roche was born in Wexford and was educated at Wexford Christian Brothers School and University College Dublin (UCD) where he received Bachelor of Commerce Degree and a Masters Degree in Public Administration.

Elysian Park, Los Angeles

The Christian Brothers have operated the school since its opening.

Frank Fahy

Fahy qualified as a barrister in 1927 at King's Inns, Dublin and also taught at the Christian Brothers school in Tralee.

Frank Ponta

He attended Christian Brothers schools in Leederville and Geraldton.

Griffith, Australian Capital Territory

Griffith is home to Canberra's first private Catholic boys school, St Edmund's College, a Christian Brothers school opened in 1954.

Leong Fee

Built on Leith Street around the 1900s as a personal residence, it now belongs to the Christian Brothers and has been leased to an art school, Akademi Seni Equator.

Leonidas Bott

Born in Adelaide, Bott was educated at Perth Boys' School and Christian Brothers' College, and later received a scholarship to study at the University of Adelaide.

Lewisham, New South Wales

Trinity Grammar School formerly Saint Thomas à Becket Primary School, is located on 5 Thomas Street, Lewisham and was founded in 1855 by the Australian Christian Brothers.

Richard Corish

Born in Wexford in 1889, Corish was educated by the Christian Brothers in the town.

Richmond Barracks

At the same time as the transfer of the barracks to the corporation, Christian Brothers purchased three of the buildings and turned two of them into class rooms and called it "St Michaels CBS", a national school opening in 1929.

Rugby union in Uruguay

However, the growth of rugby in Uruguay can be attributed largely to the schools of the Christian Brothers which introduced the game from Ireland in the early twentieth century.

St Joseph's Industrial School, Letterfrack

The school was initially certified for 75 boys and the Archbishop entered into negotiations with the Christian Brothers.

St. Colman's Abbey Christian Brothers' Primary School

St. Colman's Abbey Christian Brothers' Primary Elementary School (Irish: Bunscoil Cholmáin na Mainistreach) is a Christian Brothers' school located in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland.

Tim Dlugos

In 1968, Dlugos joined the Christian Brothers, a Catholic religious order and entered their college, La Salle College, in Philadelphia.

Tomás Ó Dubhghaill

Born in Drimnagh, Dublin, Doyle was educated at St James' Christian Brothers School in James' Street, Dublin.

Victor Daley

He was born at the Navan, County Armagh, Ireland, and was educated at the Christian Brothers at Devonport in England.


see also

Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary High School

The Irish Christian Brothers had long influenced Bishop Cantwell as he attended the Patrician Brothers Monastery National School in Fethard in his early childhood years.

Chip Saltsman

While at Christian Brothers, Saltsman was active in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, the Knights of Columbus and student government.

Christian Brothers College, Burwood

Christian Brothers College, Burwood (CBC Burwood) was a Catholic high school located in Burwood, Sydney Australia.

Christian Brothers School, Gibraltar

The Christian Brothers were always associated with the building at Sacred Heart Terrace which was originally constructed in 1884 with funds from the Bishop and the Government.

Edmund Rice

Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762–1844), Catholic lay brother and founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers

Egbert Xavier Kelly

The Irish Brothers were left to the chapel and a few small rooms while the American De La Salle Christian Brothers were interned, first in a retreat house of the Society of Jesus at Santa Ana, Manila, and then in a Spanish hospital in San Pedro, Makati.

In 1911 Kelly was assigned to the Christian Brothers District of Penang.

Irish Uruguayan

By the 20th century, there were a significant number of Irish Christian missionaries and educators in Uruguay, some of which taught in the British School, the Irish Christian Brothers School and the Stella Maris School (established by Br. Patrick C. Kelly in May 1955) in Montevideo.

Kavanagh College

Brian Verdon McCleary (1891–1980) - All Black (1924–1925) played on the Invincibles tour; New Zealand and Australasian amateur and professional light-heavyweight and heavyweight boxing champion (Christian Brothers)

Brother M Paul Nunan - taught at Christian Brothers School from 1876 till 1883; arrived in Dunedin eight months after the foundation Christian Brother community.

Michael Woodhouse (born c.1965) - National Party List Member of Parliament, Chief Government whip (2008–2013); Cabinet Minister (2013–present) (Christian Brothers).

Lawrence Spitzig

On 2 April 1956, Brother Lawrence Spitzig, who was then Director of St. John’s took a historic step by applying for a piece of land in Petaling Jaya on which to erect a school run by Christian brothers.

Leo Fennessy

He attended St Thomas' Christian Brothers College at Clifton Hill and became a boot trader in 1922.

Matthew Barrett

Born in County Kerry, Ireland, he attended the Christian Brothers School in Kells, County Meath, and attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Programme in 1981.

Paul Nunan

Nunan was one of the pioneering Christian Brothers who taught at Christian Brothers School, Dunedin from 1876 until 1883.

Rick Ardon

Ardon commenced primary school at the Sacred Heart Primary School, Highgate, in 1965 and transferred in 1969 to Christian Brothers High School, Highgate, where he completed his primary and secondary schooling, leaving in 1976.

Rostrevor College

In December 1922, the Christian Brothers purchased the Rostrevor Estate at Magill for a sum equivalent to $20,500.

Sexton

CBS Sexton Street, Christian Brothers Secondary School in Limerick, Ireland

Shay Cullen

He was educated near his home at Harold's Boys and the Presentation Brothers in Glasthule, he was also educated by the Christian Brothers in Monkstown.

St Mary's College, Maryborough

Originally called the Christian Brothers College, Maryborough, Saint Mary's College is a parish school which comprises the amalgamated schools of the Christian Brothers College, Maryborough, and Saint Mary's Girls High School.

William F. Roe

Educated at home until aged nine, he then went to Christian Brothers School, Kilkenny, and later to University College Dublin and the Royal College of Science for Ireland.