Congregation of Christian Brothers

LC control no.	n 84142280
Corporate name heading	Congregation of Christian Brothers *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Irish Christian Brothers Fratres Scholarum Christianarum de Hibernia Irish De La Salle Brothers Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ireland FSCH Congregation of the Christian Brothers of Ireland Congregation of the Irish Christian Brothers Fratelli Cristiani Christian Brothers (1802- ) Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum C.F.C. Christian Brothers of Ireland
Birth date	1802
Special note	Do not confuse with Christian Brothers [n 79142759]
Found in	Towey, J. Irish De La Salle Brothers in Christian education, 1981: t.p. (Irish De La Salle Brothers) p. 9, etc. (Irish Lasallians, Irish Christian Brothers, Congregation of the Christian Brothers of Ireland) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ireland; usage: Irish Christian Brothers) New Cath. ency., 1981 (Irish Christian Brothers; Fratres Scholarum Christianarum de Hibernia (FSCH); teaching congregation founded in 1802, Waterford, Ireland, by Edmund Ignatius Rice) Constitutions, 1996: t.p. (Congregation of Christian Brothers) Cath. encyc., viewed July 20, 2006 (Christian Brothers of Ireland; institute founded at Waterford, Ireland, in 1802, by Edmund Ignatius Rice; Irish Christian Brothers) Wikipedia, July 20, 2006 (Congregation of Christian Brothers; world-wide community of religious brothers of the Catholic Church, founded by Edmund Rice; first school was opened in Waterford, Ireland, in 1802; Christian Brothers, as they are commonly known; Irish Christian Brothers; for a different Roman Catholic order commonly known as "Christian Brothers", see Lasallian Brothers) Irish Christian Brothers in 19th century Newfoundland: Newfoundland and Labrador heritage, viewed July 20, 2006 (Irish Christian Brothers; Congregation of the Irish Christian Brothers; Irish Christian Brothers were organized in 1803 by the Waterford merchant Edmund Rice) House of Lords--McDonnell (FC) (appellant) v. Congregation of Christian Brothers, viewed July 20, 2006 (Congregation of Christian Brothers Trustees (formerly Irish Christian Brothers)) Christian Brothers lay volunteer program, viewed July 20, 2006 (Edmund [Rice] founded the Congregation of Christian Brothers in 1802 in Waterford) Ann. pont., 2003: p. 1358 (Fratelli Cristiani; Christian Brothers; Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum: C.F.C.; f. 1802) Christian Brothers terms, viewed July 20, 2006 (Christian Brothers; shortened from Congregation of Christian Brothers; in the United States, the title is sometimes confusing as it identifies two distinct communities of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers (who use the initials CFC after their names) and the Brothers of the Christian Schools (who use FSC); the Congregation of Christian Brothers is sometimes identified as the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers; CFC: initials used after a brother's name that identify him as a member of the Congregation of Christian Brothers, which in Latin means Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum) Araldica Vaticana, Stemmi Ordini Maschili, Congregazioni Religiose Laicali, viewed July 20, 2006 (Fratelli Cristiani; Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum: C.F.C. (1802))