Education

Naomh Iognáid as Gaeilge

October 20, 2009

Scéal an Oilithrigh,  Iognáid Loyola ina chuid focal féin. Tháinig aistriúchán a rinne Alan Mac Eochagáin ar dhírbheathaisnéis Naomh Iognáid amach le déanaí. Towards the end of his life Saint...

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Roving new laptops

October 20, 2009

Back in June, Coláiste Iognáid (the ‘Jes’) won a Hewlett Packard Innovation in Education grant to provide a mobile classroom of tablet PCs. The school was selected for its commitment...

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Food4Soul Food4Body

October 20, 2009

Leon O Giollain SJ has a strong ecumenical dimension to his Chaplain’s ministry in UCD. On 30 September he and fellow-chaplain Gillian Kingston hosted an evening of prayer and fellowship for about...

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“Ancient pop” at CCC

October 13, 2009

When Limerick composer Bill Whelan heard that the Crescent College Comprehensive past pupils orchestra wanted to play MacArthur Park at their celebratory concert last weekend, he rang Jimmy Webb, who actually composed the song. Jimmy...

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Big moves for Michael

October 13, 2009

Michael O’Sullivan has been appointed Head of Theological Studies at All Hallows College, and Head of the Systematic Theology Department. He will also assume responsibility for the Moral Theology Department...

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Straight paths for Belvederian boys

October 13, 2009

Gardiner Street’s parish priest Donal Neary works with Belvedere Religion teacher Helen Barden in lending variety to her 5th Year class. Donal introduced the boys to Ignatian Spirituality in the...

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Celtic Tiger and Christian values

October 6, 2009

“We spent money we didn’t have on things we didn’t need” was Peter McVerry’s summary of the Celtic Tiger in his keynote address to the bi-annual Irish Religious Education Conference...

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Marking Gonzaga’s maturity

October 6, 2009

In a year’s time Gonzaga College will be sixty years old.  On 4th October Fr. John Dardis, Jesuit Provincial, marked its maturity when he blessed and formally opened the college’s new...

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School Mass

October 6, 2009

Opening Masses are a feature of the beginning of the school year in most Catholic schools. Frs Donal Neary (Belvedere and Kings’ Inn St) and William Reynolds (Gardiner St Primary...

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Giving boys an advantage

October 6, 2009

Orlaith Carmody discussed educational choice in the Irish Times: “After a lot of thought I’ve deliberately chosen a school with a Jesuit tradition because I hope it will bring out the...

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