The Christian
Brothers are a Catholic Religious Congregation of lay men, founded in the city of
Waterford, Ireland, by Edmund Ignatius Rice in 1802.
Edmund Rice was forty years of age when he founded his Congregation in response to the
needs of the children of his own city and indeed the whole country.
Currently numbering about 1,850 the Brothers work in 26 countries throughout the
world. Their headquarters are in Rome and they operate through 13 different
provinces/regions.
This web site details the activities of the Christian Brothers in Queensland and
Northern
Territory, Australia.
