Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) is an organisation established by the Congregation of Christian Brothers in Australia to own, govern, manage, and conduct education ministries in the Catholic tradition and in the charism of Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice. , EREA included 55 member schools.
EREA was established on 1October 2007 when the Christian Brothers decided to amalgamate separate Christian Brothers provinces in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea to form an Oceania Province that was solely focused on the social justice mission of the Christian Brothers. The Christian Brothers' National Planning Committee for Schools Governance decided to form a separate body, Edmund Rice Education Australia, with the intention of independently implementing the educational mission of the Christian Brothers.
Governance Council Comprising five people, the Council is the body ultimately responsible for the governance of EREA. In civil law, the Council constitutes the Trustees of Edmund Rice Education Australia.
Board Comprising eight people, the Board is appointed by the EREA Council.
Educational institutions
Australia The national office for EREA is located in Albert Park, Victoria. Member schools agree to the Charter for Catholic Schools in the Edmund Rice tradition which was first used in 2004 and revised in 2011 to include four primary Touchstones. , EREA included 55 schools, 4,500 staff, and over 39,000 students. In addition, in 2016 EREA established the Flexible Schools Networks, a network of 22 educational institutions across Australia that provide inclusive and non-discriminating learning opportunities.
+State/Territory Schools Flexible Learning Centres Australian Capital Territory St Edmund's College, Canberra New South Wales Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham Edmund Rice College, Wollongong St Dominic's College, Penrith St Edmund's College, Wahroonga St Edward's College, Gosford St Gabriel's School, Castle Hill St Patrick's College, Strathfield St Pius X College, Chatswood Waverley College, Waverley Pambula Beach St Laurence (Newcastle) St Marys Wollongong Northern Territory Oscar Romero (St Joseph's), Alice Springs Queensland Ambrose Treacy College, Indooroopilly Ignatius Park College, Townsville Indooroopilly Montessori Children's House St Brendan's College, Yeppoon St Edmund's College, Ipswich St James College, Brisbane St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace St Joseph's Nudgee College, Boondall St Laurence's College, South Brisbane St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe Marlene Moore, Deception Bay Marlene Moore, Gympie Marlene Moore, Hemmant Marlene Moore, Noosa Wollemi, Albert Park Wollemi, Mount Isa Wollemi, Rockhampton Wollemi, Southport Xavier, Brisbane Xavier, Inala (Brisbane) Xavier, Ipswich Xavier, Townsville, Bowen, Burdekin South Australia Christian Brothers College, Adelaide Rostrevor College, Woodforde St Paul's College, Gilles Plains Oscar Romero, Adelaide Oscar Romero, Elizabeth Tasmania St Virgil's College, Hobart Nano Nagle (St Francis), Hobart Victoria Parade College (Bundoora and Preston) St Bernard's College, Essendon St Joseph's College, Geelong St Kevin's College, Toorak St Mary's College, East St Kilda St Patrick's College, Ballarat Nano Nagle (St Joseph's), Melbourne and Geelong Western Australia Aquinas College, Salter Point Christian Brothers’ College, Fremantle Edmund Rice College, Bindoon Trinity College, East Perth Oscar Romero (Geraldton and Carnarvon)
New Zealand Although not controlled by EREA, there are several partner schools united within the tradition of Edmund Rice:
Trinity Catholic College, Dunedin Liston College, Waitakere St Kevin's College, Omaru St Peter's College, Auckland St Thomas of Canterbury College, Christchurch
Papua New Guinea
Fatima College, Banz, Western Highlands Province St Francis Xavier Post Primary School, Bundralis, Manus Province
See also
Catholic education in Australia Edmund Ignatius Rice Edmund Rice Camps Edmund Rice Schools Trust (Ireland) List of Christian Brothers schools
References