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La Neylière Reunion and Fourvière Pledge Bicentenary Celebration

LA NEYLIÈRE REUNION AND FOURVIÈRE PLEDGE BICENTENARY Dundalk, Saturday May 14th 2016 All staff members from the three Marist Fathers' schools in Ireland and St. Mary's College, Blackburn, who had taken part in the annual 'In the Footsteps of the Founder' visit to France were invited to attend a reunion in Dundalk which would also celebrate the signing of the pledge in Fourvière. Of the teachers who had visited La Neylière since...

Marist Schools Public Speaking 2016

Marist Schools Public Speaking Competition 2016   On Friday 13th May three Marist Schools came together to participate in the 7th annual Marist Schools Public Speaking Competition. It was held in Catholic University School and attended by St. Mary's College Dundalk and Chanel College, Coolock. It is a competition specifically for first years who have an interest in debating and public speaking. The topic was ‘It is difficult being a...

Boards of Management Talks 2016

11th April 2016 What Difference Do Catholic Schools Make? On a dreadful evening in April, members of the Boards of Management of the three Marist schools gathered in City North Hotel for an evening of consideration of the theme 'What difference do Catholic Schools make?' Hardy representatives from the schools braved the elements and the traffic to hear Fr David Corrigan give his thoughts on his recent experience of being heavily involved in...