Edmund Rice College is a Catholic secondary school located in West Wollongong, Australia. It is named after Edmund Ignatius Rice, founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers. Edmund Rice College is a Catholic Secondary College catering for boys from Years 7 to 12. Situated at West Wollongong between Mount Keira Road and Keira Park on ten and a half hectares, it has excellent playing fields and beautiful landscaped gardens. The College bears the name of Blessed Edmund Rice (1762–1844), the founder of the Christian Brothers. His work and influence has spread throughout the world through the Congregation he established. The College provides an education in the Catholic tradition integrating Faith, learning and culture. It offers students a systematic program of Religious Education incorporating values-formation while liturgical experiences in the beautiful College Chapel foster students' prayer life and spirituality. While there is an emphasis on Catholic beliefs, values and traditions, students from different Christian denominations and other religious traditions are welcomed and valued.