News & Events Archive:

Some highlights of 2011:

• Carol Service: 14 December 2011
  The two universities and the seminary came together in a celebration of Christmas that was attended by leaders of Church and State, as well as the Diplomatic Corps, leaders of education, industry and enterprise.  Guests were the invitees of the two Presidents, Monsignor Hugh Connolly of Saint Patrick’s College and Professor Philip Nolan of NUI Maynooth. Click heading for more pictures.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
  
  
• Second Issue of the Maynooth Theological Journal
  December 2011
  The second issue of the MTJ is now available. It contains ten articles from students of Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth. The journal may be purchased at a price of €4 in the Theology office.
  
  
  
• 2011 Christmas Card is now available
  The 2011 College Christmas Card features the Nativity Window from the College Chapel at Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth. This card, and several others from the Maynooth College Collection are available. Cards cost €10 for a pack of 10.
  
  
  
  
  
• Semester One Examinations Timetable, January 2012
  BD Examination Timetable
  BTh Examiniation Timetable
  BATh ExaminationTimetable
  
  
• Maynooth Mission Outreach - Skydive!
  Maynooth Mission Outreach (MMO) is teaming up with Skydive Ireland to raise money for MMO around Easter 2012. MMO will pay for your training (€250) if you commit to raise €750. Further details:  http://www.skydiveireland.ie/index.php.
  Registration form:  http://www.skydiveireland.ie/downloads/registration.pdf
  
  
• 2012 Seminary Calendar
  
  The Seminary Calendar for 2012 is now available from the Pontifical University Office, the Post Room and the Conference Office.  Otherwise one can e-mail MaynoothCalendar@gmail.com and it will be sent directly to you.  Cost: €5.00
  
  
  
• Annual Fun Run in aid of Saint Vincent de Paul.
  14 December 2011
  Meet at the John Paul II Library at 1.00 p.m.
  
  
  
• Feast of the Immaculate Conception, 8th December 2011
  Mass will be celebrated in Saint Mary's Oratory at 12.05 p.m. on this special feastday. All are welcome.
  
  During term, the Eucharist is celebrated in Saint Mary's Oratory every day at 12.05 p.m., while the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) is available in Saint Joseph's Oratory every Tuesday from 12.30 p.m. - 1.00 p.m. All are welcome.
  
  The stained glass window is part of the triptych which forms the first window on the South side of the College Chapel. It shows three of the significant events in the life of Mary; the Immaculate Conception, the Annunciation and the Visitation.
  
  
• Blessed John Paul II Theological Society:
  'Seeking and Articulating the Truth - Aspects of the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI' - Monday 5th December 2011
  Renehan Hall at 8pm.
  A panel of speakers will present aspects of the theology of Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI.
  
  
  
  
  
• Biblical History and Peter Comestor
  Staff / Student Seminar on 1 December 2011
  All are welcome
  Professor David Luscombe of the University of Sheffield will speak on Biblical History and Peter Comestor (d. 1178).
  Thursday 1st December, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
  Crolly Room, Saint Patrick’s College
  
  
• Opportunity: Catholic Chaplain required for the Maynooth Campus
  Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons. Applicants should be committed to the values of Christ and have the ability to accompany young people on their journey in life. Applications with full C.V. and names and telephone numbers of referees should be forwarded by 9th December 2011.
  
  
  
  
• Maynooth Union Day: 29 May 2012
  Save the Date
  The Annual Maynooth Union Day will take place on 29th May 2012. This is a little earlier than in previous years due to the 50th International Eucharistic Congress (10th to 17th June 2012). The Maynooth Union classes for the reunion in 2012 will include the following:  1942, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011.  Further details and invitations will be issued in March 2012.  Enquiries can be made to president@spcm.ie (please write Maynooth Union in the subject box).
  
  
• 25 & 26 November 2011: St Patrick's College Open Days
  Open Days are a great opportunity for prospective students, parents, teachers and guidance counsellors to find out more about the University and what we have to offer. Each day will involve a range of talks, tours of the campus and information sessions. We coordinate our Open Days with NUIM, so that you can see all that the Campus has to offer.
  
  
  
• Book Launch:'Having Life in His Name'
  Thursday 24th November at 7.30 p.m. in Pugin Hall
  Veritas invites you to the launch of 'Having Life in His Name'. This book was edited by Rev Professors' Brendan Leahy and Seamus O'Connell will be launched by Monsignor Hugh Connolly.
  
  
  
• Alignment of Pontifical University Academic Award with the National Qualifations Framework
  The academic programmes and awards of the Pontifical University were aligned with the National Qualifications Framework by the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland.
  The National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) provides a way for everyone – graduates, employers and other third level institutions – to understand and compare qualifications, and to ensure that they are quality assured and recognised at home and abroad.
  
  
• Graduation Day Photographs can be viewed on line
  Degrees and diplomas were awarded by the Chancellor Cardinal Seán Brady in the restored College Chapel of Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth.
  Photographs of 2011 graduates can be viewed on line
  
  
  
  
  
• 19 November 2011: Graduation Day
  "What we need are politicians, public servants, scientists, journalists, economists, bankers and others with the integrity and courage to bring their Christian faith with them into the cabinet room, the laboratory or the boardroom"
  - Cardinal Seán Brady
  
  
  
  
• 19 November 2011: Graduation Day
  The Pontifical University at Saint Patrick's College Maynooth will award degrees and diplomas on Saturday 19th November 2011 at 12 noon in the College Chapel.
  
  
  
• 'Text, Targum & Testament': A Conference in Honour of Martin McNamara MSC - Thursday 17th November 2011
  The Pontifical University, St Patrick's College Maynooth will honour the contribution of Martin McNamara MSC to biblical scholarship on Thursday, November 17th  with the conferring of a doctorate honoris causa on Professor McNamara. In this context the Faculty of Theology are hosting a conference in Martin's honour under the heading "Text, Targum and Testament."
  
  
• Ecclesial Movements & Communities: Reverend Professor Brendan Leahy - November 2011
  People on the lookout for trends in the Catholic Church will be very happy to discover Rev Professor Brendan Leahy's new book: Ecclesial Movements and Communities. “He reviews the rise and development over the last 50 years of movements such as Charismatic Renewal, Communion and Liberation, Cursillo, Focolare, L'Arche, Legion of Mary, the Neocatechumenal Way and Sant'Egidio. In doing so, he also explores issues that arise.
  
  
• Pope John Paul II Theological Society:
  'Ressourcement & Aggiornamento' - Monday 14th November 2011
  The Blessed Pope John Paul II Theological Society will be holding this talk on Monday 14th November 2011 in Renehan Hall at 8pm. The talk will be given by Reverend Joseph Carola, Professor of Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
  
  
• Mass for Deceased - 8th November 2011
  There will be a Mass for all who have died on Tuesday, 8 November, at 12.05pm, in St. Mary's Oratory, St. Patrick's College. We will be remembering all deceased students and staff of St Patrick's College and NUIM, and the relatives and friends of the staff and students of both colleges, including those who have died since our last November Mass.
  
  
• Ireland's oldest native tree?
  
  The Tree Council of Ireland, has concluded that the Yew Tree at the entrance to Saint Patrick's College is Ireland's oldest native tree! It is commonly known as the Silken Thomas Tree.
  
  
  
  
• Pope John Paul II Theological Society:
  'Catholic Spirituality: God’s Initiative, Man’s Response' - Monday 24th October 2011
  The Blessed Pope John Paul II Theological Society will be holding this talk on Monday 24th October 2011 in Renehan Hall at 7.30pm. The panel includes speakers from the Dominican Friars, the Benedictines of Rostrevor, the Carmelite nuns of Knock and the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal.
  
  
• Naming a New Reality: Theological and Ecclesiological Foundations of Ministry - 9th November 2011
  Dr Margaret Lavin will be giving this lecture on 9th November in the Crolly room, St Patrick's College, Maynooth at 7.30pm. All our welcome. Please click on the link above for further details or contact brid.liston@spcm.ie.
  
  
  
  
• Social Justice Week: 17 - 20 October 2011 - Working for a better world
  Social Justice Week promotes action and reflection on social issues of the day in light of the Gospel and Catholic social teaching. Click on the link above to see the programme.
  
  
• New Book: Living in Union with Christ in Today's World - October 2011
  Last year, the College hosted a conference on ‘The Witness of John Calvin and Ignatius Loyola’ to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the reformer’s birth. The conference papers from Presbyterian and Roman Catholic academics have recently appeared in a volume edited by Rev Brendan McConvery CSsR. Contributors to this volume from the Saint Patrick’s College community include Professor Salvador Ryan, Rev Brendan McConvery, Rev Professor Liam Tracey, and Rev Laurence Murphy SJ.
  
  
  
  
• Last Ordination of 2011: 9th October 2011
  The Most Reverend Michael Smith,Bishop of Meath will ordain Deacon Kevin Heery, anative of Mullingar on Sunday 9th October at 3.00pm in the Cathedral of Christ and King. All of us here in St Patrick's College, Maynooth would like to wish Kevin and our ordinands of 2011 heartiest congratulations and prayerful best wishes for a long and fruitful ministry.
  
  
  
  
• September 2011 - Maynooth Theological Journal: Call for Papers
  The Maynooth Theological Journal (MTJ) is now opening the call for papers for its second issue.The preferred length for an article is circa 2,000 words. The closing date for submissions is Friday, 4 November 2011. Papers are to be submitted by e-mail as a Microsoft Word attachment to mtj@spcm.ie
  
  
• Opening of the Academic Year - 6th October 2011
  
  You are invited to the Eucharistic Celebration in the College Chapel on Thursday 6th October at 12.00 p.m. to celebrate the opening of the Academic Year.
  Please note the change in date (listed as 29th September in our important dates).
  Staff and Students are invited to attend. All welcome afterwards to a light lunch in Pugin Hall.
  
  
  
  
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  Culture Night is back! Saint Patrick's College will join with cultural organisations and venues across County Kildare and will open to the public for a night of free entertainment and discovery:
  National Science Museum - 7.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.
  Schola Gregoriana Recital - College Chapel, 9.00 p.m.
  
  
• September 2011 - Course Timetable
  BD Timetable
  BTh Timetable
  BATh Timetable
  Academic Schedule in the Pontifical University 2011-2012
  
  
• Registration Timetable for the 2011 - 2012 Academic Year
  The Pontifical University at St Patrick's College, Maynooth welcomes all our students back to Maynooth for the new academic year. In particular we welcome our first year students and wish them a fulfilling and happy education in Maynooth. Click this heading for the Registration Timetable for the coming year.
  
  
• September 2011 - Kalendarium Online!
  The Kalendarium is an annual publication of Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth, aimed at students, prospective students and seminarians providing information on the Seminary, the Pontifical University and courses for the current year. The book, which is now available in hard copy also provides a record of students, ordinations and orders in the Seminary. The editor is Louise Hennessy.
  
  
• New seminarians begin studies for the priesthood - 28 August 2011
  Maynooth College today welcomed the men who begin their studies for priesthood. This group includes a chartered surveyor, a pub manager, several mature students and at least one school leaver. The average age of the new entrants is 25 years old, and they come from 14 of the 26 dioceses of Ireland.
  
  
  
  
• Parking Update: 1 September 2011
  Saint Patrick's College Traffic Management and Parking Policy for the 2011/12 academic year will come into operation on Monday, 26th September, 2011. Enforcement will apply from 08:30 – 18:00, Monday to Saturday throughout the academic year. Enforcement will be carried out by APCOA Parking Management Ireland Ltd on behalf of Saint Patrick’s College. Click here to view the designated permit parking areas.
  
  
  
• Eucharistic Congress Symposium: 6 - 9 June 2012
  Save the Dates
  Maynooth College will host a major international symposium on The Eucharist from Wednesday 6th June to Saturday 9th June 2012. This symposium is scheduled for the week before the 50th International Eucharistic Congress which will be held in Dublin from 10th to 17th June 2012.