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Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ireland
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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An institute founded in 1802 at Waterford, by Edmund Ignatius Rice, to provide for the education of boys after the enactment of the penal laws; constituted a religious institute, 1820. There are, besides the teaching Brothers, those who perform domestic and farm duties. The society conducts primary, secondary, and industrial schools, colleges, orphanages, and institutions for the deaf and dumb. The Superior-General resides at Dublin. Statistics: 200 houses in Ireland, England, Australia, and India; also established in Rome and China; 9 houses and 90 Brothers in the United States; foundations in Canada and Newfoundland form part of the American province.
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Entry for 'Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ireland'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/b/brothers-of-the-christian-schools-of-ireland.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ireland'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/b/brothers-of-the-christian-schools-of-ireland.html. 1910.
