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11 unusual facts about Congregation of Christian Brothers


Abergowrie, Queensland

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

Art Cosgrove

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

Conrad Gallagher

He discussed how the Christian Brothers would grope him sexually.

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.

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.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops

In 1980, Bishop Adam Exner asked the Congregation of Christian Brothers to open the high school section and in September 1981, St. Ann's Academy became a high school again.

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.


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.

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.

James Andrew Walsh

He attended Mount Sion in Waterford City, the first school founded and run by the Congregation of Christian Brothers.

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.

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.

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.