See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

EDMUND See also:

• IGNATIUS ('Iyvfrior)

IGNATIUS See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• EDMUND IGNATIUS RICE (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

RICE (1762-1844)  , Irish philanthropist, founder of the " Irish See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

Brothers," was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Westcourt, near Callen, See also:

• KILKENNY
• KILKENNY, STATUTE OF

Kilkenny, on the 1st of See also:

• JUNE

June 1762 . He entered the business of his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, an export See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant in See also:

• WATERFORD

Waterford, in 1779 and succeeded him in 1790 . In 1796 he established an organization for visiting and relieving the poor, and in 1802.began to educate the poor See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children of Waterford, renting a school and supporting two teachers . In 1803 he gave up his business and, joined by a number of See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, began to systematize his plans . Others, like-minded, opened See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools at See also:

• DUNGARVAN

Dungarvan and Carrick-on-Suir . The little society numbered nine in 18o8, and See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting at Waterford took religious vows from their See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop, assumed a " See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit " and adopted an additional Christian name, by which, as by the collective See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title " Christian Brothers," they were thenceforth known . Schools were established in See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

Cork (1811), See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin (1812), and See also:

• THURLES

Thurles and See also:

• LIMERICK

Limerick (1817) . In 182o See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• PIUS

Pius VII. issued a brief sanctioning the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of " Religious Brothers of the Christian Schools (See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland)," the members of which were to be See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound by vows of obedience, chastity, poverty and perseverance, and to give themselves to the See also:

• FREE

free instruction, religious and See also:

• LITERARY

literary, of male children, especially the poor . The heads of houses were to elect a See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, and See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

Rice held this See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office from 1822 to 1838, during which See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the institution extended to several See also:

• ENGLISH

English towns (especially in See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire), and the course of instruction See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew out of the See also:

• PRIMARY

primary See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . Rice died on the 29th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1844 . The Irish Christian Brothers have some See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred houses in Ireland with 300 attached schools and over 30,000 pupils . There are also See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial schools and orphanages, and the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute has branches in See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar and See also:

• NEWFOUNDLAND

Newfoundland .