The
Patrician Brothers began in the small town of Tullow in the small
country
of Ireland in 1808. In less than forty years (1846) the Brothers were
being
asked to travel across the Atlantic Ocean to Baltimore, USA. Then in
1875
they were invited to teach in India. A few years later in 1883 Brothers
from Ireland arrived in Maitland, New South Wales, under the invitation
of the Bishop of that Diocese. 1961 saw more Irish Brothers being drawn
away to Kenya. In 1948 another attempt was made to begin a community in
the United States. And finally in 1968 the Brothers of the Australian
province
took up the invitation to teach in a school in Papua New Guinea.
There is no doubt that our small numbers, numbers that
are getting smaller
and older in the Westen countries, are spread thin. But the idea is to
do what we can while we can and let God do the worrying - if any
worrying
really needs to be done. We take great hope in the many young men who
have
come forward to join us in our ministry in India, Kenya, and Papua New
Guinea.
The following information is based on the Patrician
directory of 2003.
(Click on the maps below for more
information.)
IRELAND
- 1808
HOUSES
POPULATION
CONTACT
Abbeyleix
Carrickmacross
Finglas
Galway
Mountrath
Newbridge
Tullow
36 Brothers*
pbros@iol.ie
UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA - 1846 & 1948
HOUSES
POPULATION
CONTACT
Midway City
Los Angeles
5 Brothers
brosstpatrick@
aol.com
INDIA
- 1875
HOUSES
POPULATION
CONTACT
Adyar
Bangalore
Binnaguri
Coonoor
Dehra Dun
Mananthavady
Meerut
Mussoorie
New Delhi
Trichy
81 Brothers
athakkad@
ndb.vsnl.net.in
AUSTRALIA
& PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 1883 & 1968
HOUSES
POPULATION
CONTACT
Aitape (PNG)
Blacktown
Bradbury
Casula
Fairfield
Ryde
Thursday Island
Wewak (PNG)
29 Brothers
paulokeeffe@
ozemail.com.au
KENYA
- 1961
HOUSES
POPULATION
CONTACT
Eldoret
Iten
Kamagut
Kitale
Nairobi
25 Brothers
stpats@multitechweb
.com
If you would like to see a map
with the various
present locations of Patrician communities in each of the countries
then
click the name of the country below.
The
Patrician Brothers began in the small town of Tullow in the small
country
of Ireland in 1808. In less than forty years (1846) the Brothers were
being
asked to travel across the Atlantic Ocean to Baltimore, USA. Then in
1875
they were invited to teach in India. A few years later in 1883 Brothers
from Ireland arrived in Maitland, New South Wales, under the invitation
of the Bishop of that Diocese. 1961 saw more Irish Brothers being drawn
away to Kenya. In 1948 another attempt was made to begin a community in
the United States. And finally in 1968 the Brothers of the Australian
province
took up the invitation to teach in a school in Papua New Guinea.
