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Annual St Peter Chanel Soccer Competition 2015

The Peter Chanel Soccer Competition 2015 took place in Oriel Park, Dundalk on Tuesday 12th May 2015. For the eighth consecutive year, the competition took place in Dundalk with over 100 students from the three Marist schools, Catholic University School, St. Mary's College,Dundalk and Chanel College, all taking part. The soccer was very competitive throughout with all players working very well for their teams and enjoying the overall experience. A big...

Marist Young Apprentice Competition 2015

On April 24th eight students from St.Mary’s College, Blackburn, flew to Dublin to compete in the Young Apprentice here in CUS. The event is in its 4th year and has proved to be a hugely successful collaboration between the two schools. The students came to the school from the airport and were quickly mixed into teams with strangers and had to produce, market and sell healthy food products in the...

2015 Leadership Course

  This year's leadership course concluded with groups of teachers from the three schools  being presented with certificates of attendance in April. Over the four evening sessions, the group received presentations from four different people: Mary Forde, Dr. Mark Morgan, Martin Daly s.m. and Rev Eamonn Conway. The course gives teachers an opportunity to explore issues in education and schools which they might not normally have had the chance to consider. They also...

Debating 2015

photo 1-1 Marist Schools Public Speaking Competition. The Annual Marist Schools Public Speaking Competition took place on Tuesday 24th March in CUS, Leeson Street. All three Marist Schools, Chanel College, St. Mary’s and Catholic University School took part. This year’s motion was ‘Modern Technology has stolen the wonder from teenage life’. There was an excellent standard of oration which made the adjudicator’s job very...