Edmund Rice Education Australia
A story grounded in a faith tradition
Since 1872, Catholic Schools in the Edmund Rice Tradition have been educating young Australians in every state and territory. Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) aims to offer a Liberating Education, based on a Gospel Spirituality, within an Inclusive Community committed to Justice and Solidarity. We acknowledge and respect the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia as the Traditional Owners of the Country/ies of our schools and are inspired and nurtured by their wisdom and spirituality.
Our schools are part of the Catholic community and at the heart of what we do is a faith founded on the mission of Jesus, the vision of Blessed Edmund Rice and being part of the global Catholic community. Our story is grounded in our faith tradition, our history and our aspirations for our young people and the wider world. The Charter for Catholic Schools in the Edmund Rice tradition describes our faith story:
The Good Seed Will Grow – a Formation Framework for Edmund Rice Communities in Oceania provides a guide for planning, designing and reviewing the diverse range of formative experiences offered by Edmund Rice Education Australia. In the spirit of this Framework, the aim of these experiences is to provide opportunities for EREA staff in schools and offices ‘to engage with, interpret and integrate our sacred story, in order to continually bring that story to life’
Educating Young People in the Edmund Rice Tradition
Learn more about the wisdom and spirituality which inspires Edmund Rice Education Australia.
Pope Francis, 2020