News & Events Archive:

Some highlights of 2010:

• Campus Closed during Christmas Holiday
  24 December 2010 - 4 January 2011
  The grounds of the College will be closed from 12 noon on Friday 24 December 2010 until Tuesday 4 January 2011.   Access will be provided to faculty and staff of the College and University as required.
  
  
• Carol Service: 13, 14 & 15 December 2010
  
  For three nights, the wonder of the first Christmas is retold in Carols and Readings.
  
  Over 2,000 students and seminarians, faculty and staff and many visitors to the College enjoy three nights of joy.
  
  
  
• Bioethics and the Catholic Moral Tradition
  by Pádraig Corkery
  Pádraig Corkery has just launched his new volume. Drawing on his experience of teaching bioethics at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, this volume is intended for a general audience who would like to learn more about this fascinating and complex subject.
  
  
• College Closed Thursday 2nd December until Monday 6th.
  Snow brings a Winter Wonderland to Maynooth
  Due to the severe weather conditions, St Patrick's College, and NUIM will be closed until Monday next, 6th December.
  The College has taken this decision in the interests of the safety of students and staff, and apologises for any inconvenience caused by this decision.
  
  
  
• Christmas Card Sale - December 2010
  Saint Joseph, the Man chosen by God is featured on this year's College Christmas Card. The painting is from the Maynooth College Collection, an oil painting on canvas (105 x 120 cm). The elderly Saint Joseph appears to be taking the infant Jesus with him for a walk, but in the full picture, Mary is depicted in the shadows keeping an eye on them both.
  Available from:
  - The Development Office, Dunboyne Hall
  - The Conference & Accommodation Office
  - Bookshop on the North Campus
  
  
• 26 & 27 November 2010: 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.
• November 2010: Maynooth Theological Journal
  St Patrick's College, Maynooth will launch the Maynooth Theological Journal in the Spring of 2011. This annual journal will provide a scholarly forum for both undergraduate and post graduate students to share their theological work and research interests. Students are invited to submit papers for the first issue of the Maynooth Theological Journal before Monday 31st January 2011.
  
  
• 24 November 2010: Patristic Symposium launches three volumes
  Most Rev Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin will launch the collected papers of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Conferences of the Patristic Symposium on Wednesday, 24 November at 7.30.p.m. in Renehan Hall.
  
  
• Richard FitzRalph: His Life, Times and Thought
  15 - 17 November 2010
  A Conference in the Philosophy Department to commemorate the 650th anniversary of his death: Richard FitzRalph was a 14th century churchman, Chancellor of Oxford University and Archbishop of Armagh, who died in Avignon on 16th November 1360.
  
  
• 10 November 2010: Carol Service 2010- Last Call for Tickets
  
  Click the heading to enter the lottery for our Carol Service tickets on Monday 13th & Tuesday 14th December. Tickets are limited so hurry! All ticket applications must be received by
  Friday 12 November 2010.
  
  
  
• Celebration of the Eucharist for all who have died in the last year
  9 November 2010 at 12.05 p.m. in St Mary's Oratory
  You are invited. We will remember all students and staff of Saint Patrick's College and NUIM who have died in the past year.
  
  
• 8 November 2010: Pope John Paul II Theological Society: Talk -'Faith and Reason in Blessed John Henry Newman'
  The Pope John Paul II Theological Society will be holding their second talk of the academic year 2010-2011 on Monday 8 November 2010 at 8pm in Renehan Hall, presented by Reverend Professor Thomas Norris.
  
  
• Pontifical University Degrees and Diplomas
  6th November 2010
  Degrees and Diplomas were conferred by His Eminence Cardinal Seán Brady in the College Chapel on Saturday, 6th November. 140 graduands were conferred in the faculties of Philosophy and Theology, 28 of whom were at post-graduate level.
  
  
  
• 6 November 2010: Graduation Day
  
  The Pontifical University at Saint Patrick's College Maynooth will award degrees and diplomas on Saturday 6th November 2010 at 12 noon in the College Chapel.
  
  
  
  
• October 2010: Autumn Dining Styles Survey
  Take the survey and Coffee is on us!
  We are conducting a survey to better understand your campus lifestyle and preferences. By sharing your thoughts, we will gain valuable insight to help improve your overall campus dining experience.
  
  
• 23 October 2010: National Centre for Liturgy:
  Lecture - 'Is the Liturgy hitting its target?'
  The National Centre for Liturgy will be holding a public lecture presented by John F Baldovin SJ; a professor of historical and liturgical theology at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. All are welcome.
  
  
• Archbishop Raphael Cheenath of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India
  visits Maynooth 21 October 2010.
  Kandhamal has been in the news for the slaughter and persecution of the Christians at Christmas 2007 and again in the summer of 2008. Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in Northern India, Most Reverend Raphael Cheenath SVD visited the College and was welcomed by the President, Monsignor Hugh Connolly.
  
  
  
• President welcomes Pope's Letter to Seminarians
  18 October 2010
  "All seminarians and seminary staff will benefit from reading and re-reading these wise and wholesome words."
  
  
• 12 October 2010: Pope John Paul II Theological Society:
  A Question of Eternal Life: Does Hell Have a Future?
  The Pope John Paul II Theological Society will be holding their first talk of the academic year 2010-2011 on Tuesday 12 October 2010 at 8pm in Renehan Hall, presented by Reverend Martin Henry & followed by a wine reception.
  
  
• Living in union with Christ in today’s world:
  A Conference on John Calvin and Ignatius Loyola Friday 8th / Saturday 9th October, 2010
  John Calvin, French Protestant Reformer, and Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder of the Society of Jesus, were for a brief time contemporaries in the Sorbonne.
  St Patrick’s College, Maynooth will host a conference that will bring the inheritance of both these figures into dialogue. Both Calvin and Loyola were Sorbonne men. Six of the founding fathers of St Patrick’s College, had been professors of the Sorbonne.
  
  
• Opening of the Academic Year - 30th September 2010
  
  You are invited to the Eucharistic Celebration in the College Chapel on Thursday 30th September at 12.00 p.m. to celebrate the opening of the Academic Year.
  
  
  
  
• Michaelmas Appeal for the Maynooth Scholastic Trust
  September 2010
  The Maynooth Scholastic Trust supports Postgraduate Students by providing scholarships. We invite students and their families, alumni and Friends of Maynooth to support this fund.
  
  
• Exhibition in Russell Library containing John Henry Newman’s letter to Dr Charles Russell - Monday 20 September - Thursday 7 October 2010:
  On 8 October 1845, as Maynooth College celebrated its Golden Jubilee, John Henry Newman wrote to Dr Charles Russell, Professor of Ecclesiastical History in Maynooth. ‘I am expecting this evening Father Dominic the Passionist, whom I shall ask to admit me to the bosom of the Catholic Church’.
  On Sunday next, Pope Benedict XVI is expected to beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman in Birmingham. Newman's letter is in the College Archives, and you are invited to view it and other items in the exhibition in the Russell Library.
  
  
• Click on your course for your Timetable:
  BD Timetable
  BTh Timetable
  BATh Timetable
  Academic Schedule in the Pontifical University
  
  
• 9th - 12th September 2010
  The Wild Geese trip to Berlin.
  Members of the faculty and staff of both NUIM and St Patrick's College are welcome on the Wild Geese trips.
  


• 3 September 2010 - Kalendarium is now available online
  The Kalendarium is an annual publication of Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth, aimed atstudents, prospective students and seminarians providing information on the Seminary, the Pontifical University and courses for the current year. The book, which will be available in hard copy from next week also provides a record of students,ordinations and orders in the Seminary. The editor is Louise Hennessy.
  
  
• Fourteen new seminarians - 22 August 2010
  St Patrick’s College Maynooth has today welcomed fourteen new seminarians who will commence their formation for the priesthood at the National Seminary. At the end of September the number of seminarians in Maynooth will be approximately 70.
  
  
  
• Maynooth Castle is open to visitors for the Summer months.
  10.00 a.m. to 5.45 p.m. daily until October.
  Maynooth Castle is located at the main entrance to the College. The FitzGerald family who built the Castle around 1200 provided Stoyte House and the land on which Maynooth College was founded in 1795.
  
  
• Maynooth College Lapel-Pin
  The Maynooth College Lapel-Pin is once again available from the Development Office. Supplied in a handsome lined gift-box it can make an ideal memento for students, alumni, priests or students of the College and Pontifical University.
  Cost: €10.00 includes a donation to the Seminary Fund.
  
  
  
  
• Filming on Campus - Summer 2010
  The College Buildings and Grounds provide a rich tapestry of locations for film producers and directors. During the Summer months, several film crews avail of the campus features and facilities to produce documentaries, advertisments and drama productions.
  
  
• June 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
  
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• 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