Friday 13th November 🙂 See you at the ER Centre!

October 25th, 2015 at the Edmund Rice Centre

For more information, please contact Sally Curtis on leaders@ercampsauckland.org

Submissions are due October 16th, 2015

A presentation on the cognitive effects of language in any kind of campaign or advertising effort – from international politics to inane supermarket items. Hear from a top international researcher on the difference that ‘framing’ can make. 123 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland 9 – 10:30 am, Monday 12th October. Hosted by Kirk Serpes and the Centre of New Zealand Progress.

After 27 years, we thought he was retiring from St Peter’s College but no! It’s just move to St Paul’s in Ponsonby.

Read the NZ Herald Article here.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11519161 

Monday 31st of August – St Thomas of Canterbury College 5:30 – 7:30 pm

To view a power-point presentation farewelling Br Joe with funny rhymes and images of Zambia – click here to download.

Good bye to Br Joe

The annual gathering of the Edmund Rice Network Commission is set to take place on September 6th in Dunedin. This is a gathering of all organisation leaders from around the country.  To give input to this group for consideration, please contact the national ERN Support Office. Details on our homepage.

Below – Chris Rooney – principal of Liston College presents a ‘Mere Pounamu’ a traditional Maori weapon (made of greenstone/jade) of Maori chiefs and revered as highly precious embodying the spiritual importance of leadership and decisive action. Kieran has been a leader within the ER network for over 25 years and will continue to be a wisdom figure for years ahead. HIs leadership and service are highly respected nationally. His service includes chairmanship of the ERN Board, ERN Commission and ER Justice Trust Aotearoa as well as serving as principal of St Peter’s College, Auckland. 

The annual meeting of ER Principals is set to take place in Dunedin on September 4th.

Update: Below – presented with flower wreaths of welcome, the principals gathered at Kavanagh College. In the foreground – Chris Smith from Edmund Rice Education Australia is always a welcome guest.

School Holidays October 2015 – Christchurch – For Year 12 and 13s. An immersions peek into realities of New Zealand poverty and crime. Held annually in Christchurch, this programme profoundly shifts perspectives into alignment with wants really going on for a significant proportion of our community.

For more information, contact the National ERN Support Office – details on our homepage.

Click here to register for the NZ ERN Conference 2015.

http://tinyurl.com/ERN2015NZ

Registrations close on June 30th

Images from the Conference below: Over fifty members of the Edmund Rice Network gathered.  They included students and some staff from Liston, St Peter’s, St Thomas’s of Canterbury and St Kevin’s; members of ER Camps, ER Justice Trust, four Christian Brothers and Cath and representatives from Reflection and Immersion groups.

A first meeting for interested supporters – this Friday, 3:30 pm, July19th at the Edmund Rice Centre in Auckland, 123 Manukau Road.

Creating an easy access website and phone app that will allow ordinary kiwis to rate the ethics of what we buy.

A project of the Edmund Rice Centre supported by the Oceania Province and Shop Ethical Australia.

For more info: contact Damaris at the National ERN Support Office.