News & Events Archive:

Some highlights of 2010:

• Ordinations to the Priesthood 2010:
  Six students from St Patrick’s College, Maynooth are being ordained to the priesthood in 2010. These ordinations are currently taking place in dioceses throughout the country,with one ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland.
  
  
• 5th - 9th July 2010
  Irish Church Music Association : 41st Annual Summer School
  
  The Schola Gregoriana, Maynooth, conducted by Miss Hanna Evans, and the Summer School Organ Tutors will present an Evening Concert on July 7th in the College Chapel.
  
  
• Guidelines for St Patrick's College
  Child Protection Guidelines
  Safety Policy Statement
  
  
• 25th June 2010- Job Opportunity:
  We are seeking a suitable person to fill the post of Reservations Co-ordinator on a part-time basis. Apply before the 25th June 2010
  
  
• The Gospel of Luke by Reverend Michael Mullins
  23rd June 2010
  
  

  Fr Michael Mullins, former Professor of Sacred Scripture at Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth, has completed his fourth commentary on the Evangelists.
  Entitled The Gospel of Luke it was launched in Ballybricken, Waterford where Fr Mullins is now Parish Priest.
  
  
  

• 16 - 18th June 2010: Linacre Conference on Fertility, Infertility & Gender
  16th - 18th June
  
  The Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics is holding a two-day conference in St Patrick's College, Maynooth on Fertility, Infertility & Gender.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 15th June 2010: Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor addressed the MaynoothUnion in the closing ceremony of the Year for Priests
  In his wide ranging address, the Cardinal spoke about: His own Irish roots; The impact of the Celtic Tiger; The scandal of abuse; Being a wounded healer; The Road to Emmaus; The ‘dark night’ of the Church in Ireland; The way forward; No magic formula; A need for conversion of heart, newness of attitudes and unstinted love; Pope Benedict XVI’s letter to the Church in Ireland; Not hurrying; The Mass - the source of unity, strength and hope; Communion with our people; Real participative leadership; Not being afraid; Hopes and prayers.
  Full text of Cardinal's address to the Maynooth Union
  Cardinal Brady presents icons to the Diamond Jubilarians
  
  
• 15 June 2010: Maynooth Union celebration
  Members of the jubilee classes of 1950, 1960 and 1985 are particularly welcome. Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor will be the guest speaker at our Union celebrations in this Year for Priests. The Ordination Class of 1950 is illustrated, whose members celebrate their diamond jubilee.
  
  
• Alumni Ball Report, 12 June 2010.
  
  The Maynooth Alumni Association honoured two of the College's most luminous former students at the annual Alumni Ball on 12 June 2010.  Ireland’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason received the President’s Alumni Award for 2010, while Mary O’Rourke TD was named as the inaugural member of the “Made in Maynooth” alumni hall of fame.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• June 2010
  Year for Priests, Annus Sacerdotalis
  Pope Benedict XVI has declared 19th June 2009- 11th June2010 theAnnusSacerdotalis orthe Year for Priests.
  There are many events taking place in the College to celebrate the year.
  
  
• Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York appointed Visitor
  31 May 2010
  The President of St Patrick’s College Maynooth, Monsignor Hugh Connolly, has welcomed the nomination of  Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York as Apostolic Visitor to Irish Seminaries and Houses of Formation.
  
  
• 30 May 2010:
  Ordination to Diaconate
  It takes up to six years of formation in human, spiritual, pastoral and academic fields for candidates to reach Diaconate. Family and friends join them for the ceremony in the College Chapel, making this day the highlight of the Seminary year.
  
  
  
• 16 May 2010
  CD of Irish Church Music
  Launch of Ronan McDonagh's Irish Liturgical Music CD and Accompaniment Book in the College Chapel at St Patrick's College, Maynooth
  
  
• Launch of Síolta 2010
  
  May 2010
  Events and activities of the year in St Patrick's College are recorded in words and pictures, as well as researched articles on aspects of the College history.
  Editor: Ben Hodnett
  
  
  
  
• May 2010
  Calling all Golfers
  Maynooth Staff Golf Society welcomes members from all staff of St Patrick's College and the University, Trócaire and the Columba Centre, as well as from the many campus companies and agencies.  If you play, used to play or would like to start, this is your chance as the season begins.
  
  
• Pontifical University at St Patrick's College, Maynooth
  Examination Timetable for Summer: 12 - 28 May 2010
  Baccalaureate in Theology (BTh)
  Baccalaureate in Theology and Arts (BATh)
  Baccalaureate in Divinity (BD) and Licentiate in Divinity (STL)
  
  
• 29th April 2010
  Calling all Third-Year students of Theology in St Patrick's College, Maynooth
  
  You are invited to the
  Celebration of the Eucharist
  with the staff of the Faculty of Theology
  in thanksgiving for the Academic Year
  
  
  
• 25 April 2010
  Seminary Open-Day at St Patrick's College, Maynooth
  Following the very successful OPEN DAY last year, the National Seminary at Maynooth will hold another OPEN DAY on Vocations Sunday. This will take place on Sunday 25th April 2010. Men seeking to discern a vocation to the Catholic Priesthood are welcome where they can meet with the current seminarians and staff, and partake in the life of the College.
  
  
• Monsignor Connolly welcomes 'Visitation of Seminaries'
  
  Responding to the Holy Father’s recent Pastoral Letter to the people of Ireland the President, Msgr. Hugh Connolly welcomed the announcement of a visitation of seminaries along with the Apostolic Visitation of Dioceses and Religious Congregations.
  
  
  
  
• Conference for the Year of Evangelisation
  Saturday 24 April, 2010
  Reading Luke in a Time of Decision
  - for parishes of the Archdiocese of Dublin
  - to be held at St Patrick's College, Maynooth
  
  
• Foundation Day: 20 April 2010
  
  Saint Patrick’s College celebrates Foundation Day on the week of 20th April each year.
  
  
• 20th & 21st April 2010
  Translations, by Brian Friel
  College Drama Group at 7.30 p.m. in the Aula Maxima
  Brian Friel was born in Omagh in 1929, but moved to Derry in 1939, where he became a student of Saint Columb’s College, before entering St Patrick’s College, Maynooth in 1946 ....
  
  
• Foundation Day, 20th April 2010
  
  An Irishman's Diary in the Irish Times
  Denis Fahey writes on the visits of Elizabeth, Empress of Austria to Maynooth College in 1879 and 1880.
  Image: Imagno/Getty Images, Irish Times.
  
  
  
• The Irish Chamber Choir of Paris
  Newsflash: 19 April 2010
  Due to the Icelandic Volcanic Ash in our skies, the Irish Chamber Choir of Paris will not be able to travel to Ireland this week. Hence the programme which was to take place in the College Chapel at Maynooth on Friday has been cancelled. We sincerely hope that the programme can be rescheduled, and will take place at another time.
  
  
• 14 April 2010
  Maynooth College Collection receives gift from the FNCI
  
  An Eviction - a gift to the Maynooth College Collection from the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland. The painting was presented by Dr John Turpin, President of the FNCI in the company of members of the Council.
  
  The painting further enhances the College's collection, and it is hoped it will inspire others to contribute works and help to build the Maynooth College Collection.
  
  
• 12 April 2010
  Maynooth's Magnificent Magnolias
  The long awaited Magnolia blooms have finally emerged, and what a show they are putting on ...
  
  
• 12 April 2010
  Aquinas Lecture:
  Neurononsense and the Soul, by Professor Roger Scruton
  
  8.00 p.m. in Physics Hall
  Chaired by Dr Michael Dunne
  Philosophy Department
  Admission Free
  
  
  
• Easter 2010
  We wish you a holy and happy Easter.
  St Patrick's College will be closed during Easter Week. Lectures resume and offices will reopen on Monday 12th April.
  
  
• Holy Week Ceremonies 2010
  
  

  You are invited to attend
  our Holy Week ceremonies
  at the College.
  
  Click heading for details.
  
  
  
  

• 31 March 2010
  The foundation of the Maynooth Mission to China
  A public lecture by Rev Dr Neil Collins of the Columban Fathers.
  10am, Hall A, Arts Building.
  All are welcome.
  
  
• 30 March 2010
  John Paul II Theological Society
  Medievalism and Modernism: Cardinal Mercier and George Tyrell
  by Dr James Kelly, Lecturer in Theology
  School of Religions & Theology at Trinity College, Dublin.
  Response: Rev Professor Thomas Norris, Department of Systematic Theology in the Pontifical University at Maynooth.
  8pm Tuesday 30th March, Crolly Room.
  
  
• 28 March 2010
  
  Mozart on Palm Sunday
  
  The Presidents of Saint Patrick's College and NUI Maynooth invite friends and supporters to a magical evening of Mozart.
  
  I like to seek peace and consolation in Mozart's music... Tchaikovsky, 1878
  
  
  
• March 2010
  Recent Publications from the Faculty
  Rev Professor Brendán Leahy: Priests Today: Reflections on Identity, Life and Ministry, Hyde Park: New City Press, 2010
  Rev Kevin O'Gorman SMA: Saving Sport, Dublin: Columba Press, 2010
  Rev Professor Thomas J Norris: Cardinal Newman for Today, Dublin: Columba Press, 2010
  
  
  
• 20 March 2010
  Monsignor Connolly welcomes 'Visitation of Seminaries'
  
  Responding to the Holy Father’s recent Pastoral Letter to the people of Ireland the President, Msgr. Hugh Connolly welcomed the announcement of a visitation of seminaries along with the Apostolic Visitation of Dioceses and Religious Congregations.
  
  
  
  
• St Patrick's Day 2010
  College Card for St Patrick's Day
  
  
  
  
  
• 12th - 19th March 2010
  Holy Land Pilgrimage
  Department of Sacred Scripture
  
  
  
• March 2010
  
  Late Spring delays the blooms in St Joseph's Square
  The harsh winter snows have delayed the blooms and colour that Spring brings to Maynooth College.
  
  
  
  
• 9 March 2010
  The Annual Aquinas Lecture at Maynooth
  Aquinas the Teacher is the subject of this year’s lecture organised by the Philosophy Department, and presented by Professor Denys Turner, Pitkin Professor of Historical Theology, Yale University.
  Tuesday 9th March - At  8.00 p.m.
  Theatre 1, John Hume Building
  CHAIR: Professor P Masterson
  
  
• 9 March 2010
  Trócaire Lecture at Maynooth College
  
  
• 8th March 2010
  Saving Sport, by Kevin O'Gorman SMA, launched by Archbishop Dermot Clifford
  
  The general loss of a sense of the sacred leads to the question of whether sport is now becoming a substitute for spirituality. Saving Sport explores key questions about the experience of sport, and its expression by the media, in the conversa­tion between church and society on faith and culture.
  
  Renehan Hall
  Monday, 8th March, 8.00 p.m.
  
  
  
• 5th March 2010
  Three catering staff to say good-bye
  You are invited to coffee at 11.00 a.m. on Friday 5th March in Pugin Hall to say farewell to Phil Tracy (Parlour staff), Barney Boyd (Stores Manager) and  Kathleen Bennet ("one of the evening ladies") who are retiring in the coming days.
  
  
• 3rd March 2010
  Lenten Evening Prayer
  St. Patrick’s College has a tradition of inviting a member of another Christian tradition to join us for Evening Prayer during Lent and to share some thoughts with us on a topic and piece of scripture of their own choosing. This year, Mr Philip McKinley of the Irish Inter-Church Committee will be our guest speaker. His theme will be the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
  All are welcome. 7.00 p.m. in Saint Mary's Oratory
  
  
• 3 March 2010
  The Annual Cardinal Newman Lecture at Maynooth
  
  Topic: Newman’s idea of a university: then and now
  
  Speaker: Professor Áine Hyland
       Emeritus Professor of Education, UCC
  Response: Professor Tom Collins
       Vice-President for External Affairs
       Dean of Teaching and Learning, NUI Maynooth
  
  Wednesday 3 March at 7.30pm. in Renehan Hall                                                                                                              Icon by Br R Lentz ofm
• 26th and 27th February 2010
  Sigerson Cup hosted by Maynooth
  Students, faculty and staff of Saint Patrick's College wish the Maynooth team every succes. Maynooth will play DCU in the semi-final on Friday 26th February and the final will be held in Leixlip GAA-Club on Saturday, 27th February. The last time the cup was claimed by Maynooth was when Saint Patrick's College took the honours in 1976.
  
  
• 19 February 2010
  The Advent Project Ten Years On: Early Medieval Chant and Ritual in Rome
  To mark the tenth anniversary of the publication of James McKinnon’s The Advent Project, a one-day symposium on Early Medieval Roman Chant and Liturgy will be held on 19th February 2010.
  Keynote Speakers:
  * Prof Susan Rankin
  * Dr John F Romano
  * Prof Joseph Dyer
  Hosted by:
  * UCD School of Music
  * Liturgy Department, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth
  
  
• On Sunday 7th, 14th & 21st February 2010
  Celebration of the Eucharist at Maynooth College to be broadcast on RTE Radio 1
  
  
  
  
• 17th February 2010
  The John Paul II Theological Society
  
  The Dictatorship of Relativism
  
  A presentation by David Quinn
  - religious and social affairs commentator and head of the Iona Institute
  
  Wednesday 17th of February, 7.30pm in Renehan Hall
  
  
• 16 February 2010
  The Annual Michael Devlin Lecture at the Pontifical University
  

  A Blessed Rage for the Common Good
  - Dr Patrick Riordan SJ

  
  
  
  
  

• 16 February 2010
  Caritas in Veritate
  A conference on the Encyclical Letter of Pope Benedict XVI from the perspective of Theology, Economics and Development - Department of Moral Theology
  
  Report on the Conference

• 9 February 2010
  The President welcomes the Belgian Ambassador to Maynooth College
  
  His Excellency Ambassador Robert Devriese paid a courtesy visit to Maynooth College on 9th February 2010.
  
  
  
• 1 February 2010
  Saint Patrick's College welcomes students back to Campus for Semester Two.
  Click on your course for your timetable:
          -  Baccalaureate in Divinity, BD
          -  Baccalaureate in Theology, BTh
          -  Baccalaureate in Theology and Arts, BATh
          -  Post Graduate Programme
  
  
  
• January 2010
  Parish Visits to Maynooth College
  Parish Groups can experience the living heritage of Ireland's National Seminary.
  
  The residential package is designed for groups that would like to visit the National Seminary at Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth, and includes a guided tour, meals, accommodation and Mass in the College Chapel.
  
  
• 24 January 2010
  Stephen Deighan ordained Deacon
  
  We offer our congratulations to Stephen Deighan who was ordained Deacon by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin on Sunday, 24th January for the Archdiocese of Dublin.
  
  Stephen entered St Patrick's College, Maynooth in 2002.
  
  


• January 2010 in Maynooth
  The big thaw has followed the White New Year.
  The snows that blanketed the College have given way to the big thaw...
  
  
• Influenza A (H1N1)
  January 2010
  
  Information
  
  
  
  
  
  
• January 2010
  Examination Schedule
  
  Click here to see the Provisional Examination Timetable:
  7 - 23 January 2010
  
  
• 1 January 2010
  
  
  Two College appointments have taken effect with the New Year