Edmund Rice and the first Christian Brothers /

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Main Author: Keogh, Dáire
Format: Book
Language:English
Created: Dublin ; Portland, OR : Four Courts Press, c2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • The context: the Church in the catacombs?
  • The Rices of Callan
  • The Waterford merchant, 1779-1802
  • 'The summons of Grace'
  • 'Poor Presentation monks', 1802-22
  • The Brothers' schools, 1802-45
  • Expansion and union, 1802-22
  • The new reformation, 1820-50
  • Testing times, 1822-32
  • Faith or fatherland? The Brothers and the National Board, 1831-6
  • The comfort of friends, 1838-44
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices: The will of Robert Rice
  • Edmund Rice to Archbishop Bray of Cashel
  • Rice's obituary, Cork Examiner, 9 September 1844.