Congregation of Christian Brothers

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Catholic religious institute religious congregation teaching order

The Congregation of Christian Brothers is a Roman Catholic religious institute of lay brothers founded in Ireland in the early 19th century, best known for its global network of schools and educational work.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Congregation of Christian Brothers canonical 2
Christian Brothers 1
Edmund Rice schools and educational trusts 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic religious institute ⓘ
religious congregation ⓘ
teaching order ⓘ
activity founding and running schools ⓘ
missionary work ⓘ
youth ministry ⓘ
alternativeName Christian Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Irish Christian Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
continentFounded Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
denominationalFamily Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinctFrom De La Salle Christian Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
educationalLevel primary education ⓘ
secondary education ⓘ
technical and vocational education ⓘ
formallyApproved 1820 ⓘ
foundedBy Edmund Ignatius Rice NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder Edmund Rice NERFINISHED ⓘ
governance led by a Congregation Leader or Superior General ⓘ
hasFemaleCounterpart Presentation Sisters (historical collaboration) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotablePresenceIn Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Rome, Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalImpact expansion of Catholic schooling in English-speaking countries ⓘ
inception 1802 ⓘ
knownFor boarding schools ⓘ
discipline-focused education ⓘ
network of Catholic schools ⓘ
secondary education ⓘ
memberType lay brothers ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
patronSaint Blessed Edmund Rice NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeFounded Waterford, Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryPurpose Catholic education ⓘ
education of poor boys ⓘ
religious instruction ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrderType institute of consecrated life ⓘ
lay religious congregation ⓘ
scope international ⓘ
spiritualityTradition Ignatian-influenced spirituality ⓘ
vows chastity ⓘ
obedience ⓘ
poverty ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christian Brothers → formalName → Congregation of Christian Brothers ⓘ
La Salle University → foundingReligiousOrder → Congregation of Christian Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Brothers
Irish Catholic Church → hasReligiousOrders → Congregation of Christian Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Christian Brothers
Edmund Ignatius Rice → founded → Congregation of Christian Brothers ⓘ
Edmund Ignatius Rice → hasLegacy → Congregation of Christian Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edmund Rice schools and educational trusts