1. Edmund Rice

2. Edmund Rice was from Ireland…

3. Edmund Rice was from Ireland… from a place called Callan

4. It is called ‘Westcourt’
Here is his house.
It is called ‘Westcourt’

5. This is the inside of his house…
Do you think this is a new bedroom or an old one?
How many years ago did Edmund live?

6. You can visit his house.
Now it is a museum.

7. He was born in 1762
That’s more than
300
years ago!

8. When many people were poor…
but Edmund was RICH

9. Edmund worked in the city of Waterford
He made a lot of money from shipping

10. Edmund was sad
his wife died in an accident He prayed EXTRA HARD to God.

11. Edmund helped others, especially poor children

12. He and his friends built a school called Mount Sion

13. Then they opened more and more schools to help poor children..

14. Edmund Rice schools are now all over the WORLD!!!

15. You are part of this BIG EDMUND RICE FAMILY of schools!
Sometimes schools visit each other.

16. Edmund Rice was an ordinary man who did EXTRAORDINARY things!