Past pupils of Christian Brothers schools and institutions in Ireland
are being invited to attend an event at the national convention centre
in Dublin on October 20th.
It is being held to mark the 250th
anniversary of the birth of Edmund Ignatius Rice, founder of the order.
Billed
as “an evening with former president Mary McAleese and guests”, the
theme is “to reuinite, reconcile, give thanks and look to the future . .
.”
Central to the event will be pupils abused in institutions run by
Brothers and their representatives.
It will look to the Brothers’ future
and to setting up a network of past pupil unions.
Fr Peter
McVerry, Dr Daire Keogh, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh and the Artane band
will take part.
Senator Martin McAleese said it “would not happen
without the abused. We all have to stand together. It would be wrong to
do otherwise.”