St. Patrick's College, Maynooth

News & events:
Click a blue link for more information....

• Examination Timetable of the Pontifical University at St Patrick's College
  9 - 29 May 2012
  * Licentiate in Divinity (STL)
  * Baccalaureate in Theology (BTh)
  * Baccalaureate in Theology and Arts (BATh)
  * Baccalaureate in Divinity (BD)
  * Higher Diploma in Theological Studies
  Final Year students - What's next?
  
• Schola Gregoriana, under the direction of Hannah Evans, will perform at the Watou International Festival of Gregorian Chant in Belgium.
  The Watou Festival is the world's foremost chant festival
  18–21 May 2012
  
  
  
• Annual Cardinal Newman Lecture
  Wednesday 23rd May at 7.30 p.m. in Renehan Hall
  John Henry Newman and the Church Fathers: Writing Church History in the First Person by Rev Dr Benjamin J King, Assistant Professor of Church History, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
  
  Click for Poster
  
  
  
• Eucharistic Congress Symposium on The Eucharist, 6 - 9 June 2012
  Maynooth College will host a major international symposium onThe Eucharist in the week prior to the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin in June. Over 200 delegates have registered from 26 countries, with the Papal Legate, Cardinal Ouellet giving the opening address and Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, President of the European Council of Churches being among the distinguished speakers.
  One-Day Registration is now possible.
  
  
• Rebuilding the Organ is the last major project in the College Chapel
  The organ has had two major rebuilds in its life, in the 1920's and in the 1970's. However, by now, a total rebuild is required. The project will take two years. Some of the ranks will be totally replaced, while others will be voiced and polished, and returned to their setting on the Gallery in the Summer of 2013.
  Could you help?
  Would you?
  
  
• Saint Mary's Oratory
  Saint Mary’s Oratory was restored and conserved for the new Millennium.  The main thrust of the plan was the alignment of all major liturgical points (tabernacle, celebrant’s chair, altar, ambo and organ) along the spine of the east-west axis.
  
  
  
• Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
  1 March 1812 - 14 September 1852
  1st March we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Pugin, one of the most distinguished architects of the 19th Century, and designer of the classical neo-gothic buildings of Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth.
  A one-day conference celebrating his work and achievements will be held in the College on 12th September 2012.
  
  
• Dates for your Diary
• 9 - 29 May 2012: Summer Exams
• Wednesday 23rd May 2012: Annual Cardinal Newman Lecture
• 27 May 2012: Pentecost Sunday - Diaconate Ordination
• 29 May 2012: Maynooth Union
• 6 – 9 June 2012: Eucharistic Congress Symposium in Maynooth
• 10 - 17 June 2012: Eucharistic Congress in Dublin
• 28 September 2012: The closing date for papers for the Maynooth Theological Journal (MTJ)

Recent News & Events:

Details of items listed can be accessed by clicking on the blue link

• Maynooth Theological Journal
  The new issue of the Maynooth Theological Journal will be on sale in Pugin from 12.45pm to 2pm on Monday - Thursday (30 April - 3 May) for €4. This issue is also on sale in the Theology Office.
• Film Buffs - this is your opportunity.
  Glenroyal Hotel, 8.00 p.m., 25th April 2012
  You are invited to a showing of three short (20 min) documentary films made by the famous Fr Joe Dunn, who studied theology in Maynooth in the 1950's and went on to produce hundreds of documentary films in the early days of Telefís Éireann.
  This opportunity is made possible by the Maynooth Local History Group, and attendance is free. Donations invited.
  
• Blessed John Paul II Theological Society
  Monday 23 April 2012 at 8.00 p.m. in Renehan Hall
  
  This year sees the staging of the International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin. It is appropriate, then, that the society's next event will have the Eucharist as its theme. We are delighted to have renowned scripture scholar, Frances Hogan, to deliver this talk, and you are welcome.
  
  
• Come walk the Camino with us from Saint Patrick's College to Phibsboro
  Sunday, 22 April 2012 at 9.00 a.m.
  In preparation for the forthcoming Eucharistic Congress in June, Saint Patrick's College is organising a "Camino" walk. We leave Saint Patrick's College Maynooth at 9.00 a.m. and head along the Royal Canal to Saint Peter's Church in Phibsboro, Dublin, and we would like you to join us.
  
  
• Call for Papers on the theme Ireland, Empire and Christian Civilization
  Deadline: 16th April 2012
  The Catholic Historical Society of Ireland Centenary Conference will be held on 2 - 3 November 2012
  Archivium Hibernicum is the journal of the Catholic Historical Society of Ireland. The first issue of Archivium Hibernicum appeared in 1912, edited by James MacCaffrey (1875 - 1935), professor of Ecclesiastical History in Saint Patrick's College Maynooth.
  

• Click here to search News & Events Archive
  Once events have passed, or are no longer of current interest, they are moved to the archives. Details of these events in the Seminary or in the Pontifical University can be found by clicking here.