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Edmund Rice chose the name “Presentation Brothers” to honour the “Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary”. This was a Jewish tradition in which Mary was brought to the Temple by her parents, Anne and Joachim. Mary presented her life to God and, later, presented Jesus to the world.
We are an international, Catholic congregation of religious brothers, founded in 1802 in Ireland by Blessed Edmund Rice. Edmund was beatified in 1996 by Pope St John Paul II. We work today in Canada, England, Ghana, Grenada (West Indies), Ireland, Nigeria, and the United States.
In 1808, following the example of Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sisters, Edmund and his companions took vows of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience, and devoted themselves to the education of poor boys. At this time they were known as the Society of the Presentation.
Presentation Brothers. The Congregation of Presentation Brothers (Latin: Fratres Presentationis Mariae; English: "Brothers of the Presentation of Mary"; abbreviated F.P.M.) is an international Catholic congregation of laymen founded in 1802 in Waterford, Ireland, by a local Irish businessman, Edmund Ignatius Rice, now Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice.
Presentation Brothers’ College, Grenada owes its existence to the untiring zeal of His Grace, the Archbishop of Portof-Spain, Rev. Finbar Ryan, O.P., M.A., D.D., who on behalf of the priests and Catholics of Grenada invited the Presentation Brothers to start a college on the island in early 1946.
Students are prepared for the Civil Service as well as for the National University. In the industrial schools and orphanages, in addition to the ordinary school studies, various trades are taught, as also agriculture and horticulture.
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The rapid spread of the order since then has been very marked. It now has several branches in each of the provinces of Ireland, and is also established in England and Canada. The Brothers conduct colleges, primary schools, industrial schools, and orphanages.
