Presentation Brothers

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The Congregation of Presentation Brothers is an international Catholic congregation of laymen founded in 1802 in Waterford, Ireland, by a local business man, Edmund Ignatius Rice.

Presentation Brothers live and work in Ireland, England, USA, Canada, Ghana, St.Lucia and Grenada with about about 100 Brothers in throughout these countries.

The Brothers take three promises: poverty, chastity and obedience and live together in small groups called "communities".

The motto of the congregation is the same as that of the Jesuits: "Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam" or "For the Greater Glory of God". Brothers bear the initials F.P.M. (Friatrum Presentationis Mariae).

The expressed mission of the Presentation Brothers is to "form Christ in the Young" and traditionally they have worked to achieve this through education. Today Presentation Bothers work in a wider range of ministries including with the homeless, elderly, disadvantaged youth and the Roma (Gypsy) people.

In 2005, Brother Martin Kenneally was elected Congregation Leader (or Superior General), succeeding Andrew Hickey who held the office from 1999-2005. The Generalate is at Mount St. Joseph in Cork, Ireland.

In 2006, the Brothers devoted fresh resources to vocations ministry and employed a layman, Dr. Andrew O'Connell, to head up a new Communications Office.

In 2007 the Presentation Brothers expect to open two new missions in Slovakia and Nigeria.

1 Schools of the Presentation Brothers
2 Notable Alumni of Presentation Schools
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Schools of the Presentation Brothers

Presentation Brothers College, Cork, Ireland
Colaiste an Spiorad Naoimh, Cork, Ireland
Presentation College, Bray, Wicklow, Ireland
Brebeuf College School, Toronto, Canada
Presentation College Reading, England
Colaiste Chriost Ri, Cork, Ireland
Colaiste Mhuire, Cobh, Ireland
Presenation College, San Fernando, Trinidad
Presentation College Grenada
Presentation College Chaguanas, Trinidad
Presentation Secondary Miltown, Kerry, Ireland

[edit] Notable Alumni of Presentation Schools

Michael Bond, author of Paddington Bear series (Pres Reading)
Joseph Boyden, author of "Three Day Road" (Brebeuf)
Marc Kielburger, co-founder of Free the Children and Leaders Today (Brebeuf)
Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (Pres San Fernando
Cillian Murphy, actor (Pres Cork)
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster (RPres eading and Pres Cork)
Sean O'Faolain, author and Short Story writer (Pres Cork)
Michael O'Leary, Irish Tánaiste and former leader of the Irish Labour Party (Pres Cork)
Basdeo Panday, former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (Pres San Fernando)