FORMATION Program: 

Called, Gifted and Sent

Program for those seeking retreat and renewal focused on a spirituality of Edmund Rice. 

This two-day, residential program provides participants with the opportunity to explore more deeply the spirituality of Edmund Rice, from both an individual and collective experience. 

This program has been designed in response to the invitation from the Christian Brothers’ Congregation to engage in generative conversations and contemplative experiences which explore: the depths of our diverse emerging spiritualities, the unfolding Edmund Rice, Congregational and Universe Stories, and their impact on our long-held Christian beliefs about God and humanity. It will provide an opportunity to explore, through dialogue with others and reflection upon spiritual wisdom, our evolving understanding of the connection between the divine and creation, and the persons we are within that story. It is a retreat style program with time for individual and communal reflection, and contemplation. 

“The spirituality of Edmund Rice can be summed up in those three words…..Called, Gifted and Sent: called to offer ourselves in freedom to God and all humanity, gifted with Edmund Rice’s spirit or charism and sent by God into the world to bring life to the poor, powerless and oppressed.”

Br Frank O'Shea cfc

2025 DATES

The program requires participation in:

  • a two-day residential program.

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