Six Guiding Principles

Mission of Blessed Edmund Rice and the Six Guiding Principles of Marino Institute of Education

Marino Institute of Education (MIE) is a centre for teaching, learning and research under the trusteeship of the Irish Christian Brothers. The trustees of MIE are four named Irish Christian Brothers. Work is currently under way to place MIE under the joint trusteeship of the Irish Christian Brothers and the University of Dublin, Trinity College.

The mission of Blessed Edmund Rice (1762-1844) was the service of the poor and destitute. He identified the education of the poor as a great need of his time. His response was a practical one – he founded schools - and these schools were highly instrumental in fostering confidence among the poor and in creating a literate working class. The education he espoused was not for the mind alone; it sought to promote the harmonious growth of the whole person in faith, life and culture.

In keeping with Edmund Rice’s mission and legacy, the trustees of MIE enunciated in 2006 Six Guiding Principles for implementation by the Governing Body of MIE. These principles exhort us to:

Be ecumenical and respectful of people of other faiths.
Provide a strong element of teacher education.
Be supportive of the mission of Catholic education by assisting the processes to articulate the ethos of Catholic education and by proposing models to implement it.
Provide education programmes to encourage and empower the disadvantaged and the poor.
Build a community of learning which is person centred, respectful of individual differences and accessible to people who are disadvantaged.
Assist parents to fulfil the responsibilities of their role as educators.