[:3n3w5:] CEIST E-News no.27 26 February 2010

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26 February 2010

CEIST is the new trustee body for the voluntary secondary schools of the Daughters of Charity, the Presentation Sisters, the Sisters of the Christian Retreat, the Sisters of Mercy and the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.

Peer to Peer Pastoral Care, Suicide Prevention and Bereavement Support

Eureka Secondary School, Kells, Co. Meath have kindly shared with us the following article on Threads - Peer to Peer Pastoral Care, Suicide Prevention and Bereavement Support in the school.

Threads originated as a pro-active response to suicide prevention in the school community in September 2005 after the death of one of the students. It is a form of peer to peer ministry – one branch of the overall Pastoral Care System in Eureka Secondary School.

Prayers for Chairs

The "Prayers for Chairs" book, will be launched in April by the CEIST Education Office to all CEIST School Boards of Management.

The CEIST Faith Development team hope this book will be helpful to chairpersons of our Boards of Management in beginning their board meetings with prayer.

Click here to download electronic copy of the book.

R.E. Teachers Cluster Meetings

Two meetings for R.E. Teachers will be held this March, details as follows;

The Clayton Hotel, Galway on March 10th.

The Downhill Hotel, Ballina on March 15th.

Catholic Education - A Student's Experience

The following is an account from Presentation College Currylea Transition Year student, Ailis Broderick, on her experiences of Catholic Education.

Seminar: Embracing Diversity in Catholic Secondary Schools - 8th March

A seminar has been organised to provide an opportunity for Catholic Secondary Schools' Management to:

Engage with the key people involved in these initiatives

Become acquainted with the relevant policy/management issues

Identify best practices in embracing diversity in schools

Junior Certificate Religious Education programme

Caroline O’ Sullivan Ryan, Religion Teacher, Christ King Girls’ Secondary School , Cork, is currently undertaking research on the Junior Certificate Religious Education programme.

If you would like to asssit Caroline in her research then please complete the following questionnaire.

Mercy College Coolock 'Sing Out' for Haiti

The students of Mercy Coolock 'sang out' for Haiti on Friday 29th January, raising over €2,700 in the process.

A team of 5th year students organised the event, which saw girls from every year group, as well as staff, put their vocal talents on show.

This Month's School Profile - Sacred Heart Secondary School, Drogheda

We featured Sacred Heart Secondary School, Drogheda for our school profile for month of January, 2010.

The Sacred Heart Secondary School is an all girls’ voluntary secondary school in Drogheda with approximately 550 students.

News from Coláiste Muire, Ennis

Coláiste Muire, Ennis students have been very busy lately and have very kindly shared with us recent news and events within the school.

Presentation Thurles Reach First Ever All-Ireland Camogie Final

Presentation Secondary School, Thurles made history on Saturday 6th February when they qualified for their first All-Ireland Camogie Final by beating Seamount College in a cold and foggy Kinvara.

News from Mercy College, Sligo

Every two weeks Mercy College "Champion in the Classroom" goes to print.

Click here to view latest Champion in the Classroom issue.

The school also presented a cheque of €4,017 to Sr Coirle McCarthy recently, click on more link for further details.

Mercy Leadership in an Unsettling Time

Sr Helena O'Donoghue RSM, wrote an excellent article in the first edition of Mercywords, a new Mercy international e-journal.

The article titled "Mercy Leadership in an Unsettling Time" can be downloaded by clicking here.

Emmaus Retreat

The month of March will see a wide variety of different programmes and workshops take place at the Emmaus Retreat Centre.

Full details on all of these programmes available on www.emmauscentre.ie or Phone 01-8700050.

Changing Boundaries: Spirituality and Education

This conference brings together academics and practitioners to consider how the boundaries between spirituality and religion have changed and the implications of this change for educational goals.

Click here to download more information.

The Annual Cardinal Newman/ Maynooth Lecture

NEWMAN' S IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY,THEN AND NOW.

SPEAKER: PROFESSOR ÁINE HYLAND, EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION, UCC

Date: Wednesday, 3rd March, 7.30 pm

Venue: Renehan Hall, St Patrick's College, Maynooth

Response: Professor Tom Collins, Vice President for External Affairs/Dean of Teaching and Learning, NUI Maynooth. All welcome.

Áine Hyland is a well known Irish educator, a former Professor of Education and later vice President of University College Cork.

In her distinguished career in education she has been, inter alia, a founder of the Dalkey schools project, a founder of the Educate Together movement, and chair of the Points Commission.

Invitation to lecture by Dr David Paton: ‘Reducing teenage pregnancy and sexual activity: What works and what doesn’t’

The Law Reform Commission has recently recommended that contraception be made available to minors without the permission of their parents.

The theory is that this will help reduce teenage pregnancy.

But is this true? The British experience would suggest it is not.

The Iona Institute has therefore invited a leading expert on this topic, Professor David Paton of the University of Nottingham, to present what the evidence really has to say in this area.

Click here for more details on lecture.

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