Edmund Rice Camps SA Inc

VISION STATEMENT

The founder of the Christian Brothers, Edmund Rice, after whom our camps are named, used his wealth talents and compassion to empower the poor of Ireland to realise their potential.

Through personal tragedy and the search to deepen his own faith, Edmund recognised the face of God in those he served.

Following Edmund’s example, we regard each person as created in God’s image and we encourage everyone to realise his or her own potential while recognising the divinity in each.

We aim to develop a community of which the youth are a central and integral part, based on love equality and friendship. We plan for, prepare and conduct camps that will be a quality experience for those present.

As leaders we are called to accept our young friends as they are, and through their openness and honesty face our own limitations. We are challenged to be selfless and to respond as well as we can to their needs.

We work at being good role models for the children and our fellow leaders, consistent and fair with our discipline, and always willing to forgive one another.

Among the gifts the youth bring are alertness, a general honesty, a bright spontaneity, resilience and an ability to survive. While they live in the ‘now’, we try to be instrumental in instilling hope for them in the future.

We hope to share with them some of the happier, more adventurous aspects of being young, and hope also that they will value their time with us as we do with them.