The Student Leadership Conference was held in DCU St Patrick’s Campus on the 7th of May and was another outstanding success.
Students and Teachers traveled from all across the country to attend the event. After everyone registered they then gathered in the lecture hall to begin the day.
Once everyone was seated we were welcomed by Dr. Cora O Farrell who is the Director Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education at DCU as well as Professor Daire Keogh the President of Dublin City University.
Following this we had the lighting of the CEIST Candle and opening prayers read out by those students in attendance from our various school.
Everyone received a warm welcome from our CEO Maeve Mahon who was then followed by Archbishop Dermot Farrell who offered a welcome of his own as well as a Blessing.
We then had the pleasure of viewing the following four presentations from some of our schools. They were on the following topics;
- Our Living Scenes Prepared By Hannah, Ben & Jenny from Calasanctius College Galway
- Spreading Faith Through Fun Prepared by the Students from St Joseph’s Rochfortbridge
- Lift Leadership Program Prepared by the Students from Christ King Secondary School Cork
- Laud Ato SÍ Prepared by the Students from St. Joseph’s SS Castlebar
After a short break the students divided into their induvial rooms, where they participated in their student workshops, the topic of which was Making a difference CEIST Values in Action.
Three questions where then put to the students which resulted in in-debt discussions and sharing of ideas.
While students, attended workshops their teachers where able to hear from our special guest speaker Vivek Da Silva
Following lunch everyone returned to the lecture theatre where students gave feedback on their workshops as well as very powerful speech from Divine Luke-Letlhake from St. Mary’s College Arklow.
To finish the day Maeve Mahon, our CEO thanked all who attended, as well as everyone involved in making the 2025 CEIST Student Leadership Conference a truly special event.
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