Expansion
The congregation of Irish Christian Brothers spread to Liverpool and other parts of England. Brother Ambrose Treacy established a strong presence in Melbourne, Australia in 1868, and in 1875 in Brisbane, Australia and in 1876 a school was commenced in Dunedin, New Zealand. In 1875 a school was opened in St. John’s, Newfoundland. In 1878 the Brothers were introduced to the then Crown colony of Gibraltar. In 1886 the Pope requested that they consider setting up in India and a province of the congregation was established there. In 1900 came the invitation to establish houses in Rome and in 1906 schools were established in New York City.
These new ventures were not always successful. Two brothers had been sent to Gibraltar to establish an institute in 1835. However, despite initial successes they left in August 1837 on account of disagreements with the local priests. Similarly, a mission to Sydney, Australia in 1842 failed within a couple of years.
In 1940 Iona College was founded in New York, as a Higher Education College, facilitating poorer High School graduates to progress to a College education.
In 1955 Stella Maris College (Montevideo) in Uruguay was established, which became one of the leading schools in the country, but also became known for the accidental fame for the Andes Flight Disaster involving its alumni rugby team.
The Christian Brothers teacher training center has become the Marino Institute for Education which since trains lay teachers since 1972 and since 1974 offers degrees validated by Trinity College Dublin, in 2012 the University became co-thrustees with the brothers of the Institute.
The Brothers' schools continue to be of many types, including primary, secondary and technical schools, orphanages and for the deaf. A number of these technical schools originally taught poor children trades such as carpentry and building skills for which they could progress to gain apprenticeships and employment. As the National School system and vocational schools developed in the Irish Republic, the Irish Christian Brothers became more concentrated on secondary education.
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