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CEIST News 28-Feb-2017 CEIST Student Leadership Conference 2017 We are delighted to announce that our third Student Leadership Conference will take place in St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra on Tuesday, March 14th 2017. The event will commence at 10.00 am and be concluded by 3.00 pm. A light breakfast and lunch will be provided and the event is free of charge. We are inviting each of our 107 schools to nominate three students to attend the event. A session on mindfulness will be available for teachers accompanying students on the day. CEIST Training and Events CEIST held two CPD days for RE teachers on Monday February 6th in St Patrick's College, Thurles and on Feb 8th in the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone. The in-service was delivered by Dr. Amalee Meehan and Catherine McCormack of CEIST. The focus of the in-service was the CEIST Reflection Day for Senior Students designed by CEIST in response to requests from Principals and RE teachers. We look forward to providing more resources to teachers in the year ahead. Lenten Resources 2017 Check out the following Lenten 2017 resources that includes online videos and many free resources that you may find useful for personal and/or group enrichment during the season of Lent. More Faith Based Film Series - NUA The faith based Film Series called Nua supports young people who have attended retreat programmes and parish based work and also RE Teachers, Chaplains, Youth and Pastoral Workers. The Launch Evening for the Nua Film Series takes place on Tuesday 14th March 2017 at 7:30 pm in Gonzaga College. More Our Lady's Secondary School Templemore Win Harty Cup Our Lady's Secondary School Templemore are Dr. Harty cup hurling champions for 2017, what a tremendous achievement for the school! They defeated St. Colman's College, Cork on a scoreline of 2-22 to 1-6. It is 39 years since the school won this prestigious competiton where they had reached the final in 2002, 2003, 2015 and 2016! In front of 4, 924 specators in the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, Our Lady's Templemore were not going to be denied on this occasion. More A Clean Sweep of Connacht GAA Titles for Presentation College Currylea Well done to Presentation College Currylea on winning three Connacht 'A' Gaelic Football titles this year. Presentation College Currylea has created history by winning the Lidl Ladies Post Primary Senior, Junior and U14 Connacht Gaelic Football Titles so far this year, which is a quite remarkable feat and great credit must go to all involved in the school. More St Brigid's College Callan School Video St Brigid's College, Callan, Co. Kilkenny have created a short video in celebrating the opening of their new school. This video gives you a sense of the magnificent facilities in the new school and of the transformation, which has taken place over the past 18 months. St Vincent's Dundalk Goes Orange The following news snippet was kindly shared from Orla Walsh, Deputy Principal, St Vincent's Secondary School, Dundalk. We are in pursuit of our Amber Flag. ‘It’s ok not to be ok and it’s definitely ok to ask for help’. We will be hosting the actual Irish ‘Cycle against Suicide’ on 23rd of April and sharing a leg of the journey with the group who are cycling around Ireland. More Art loving students may also have a passion for computer coding! Students with a passion for Art might be surprised to find they may also love Computer Coding, says the Principal of a girls school that started coding classes last year. Presentation Girls Secondary School in Waterford began offering coding classes to transition-year students last year and at least a third of the students fell in love with the subject! More Young Social Innovators - Social Innovation Thinking Differently On February 8th, 2017 Young Social Innovators launched their strategy Social Innovation Thinking Differently, A Plan to Develop Ireland’s Innovators and Entrepreneurs who will Build a Fairer, Inclusive and Sustainable World. More NUA is all about exploration: it’s a film series that encourages questions, acknowledges doubt, and offers an engaging perspective on the Christian faith. NUA equips you with the ability to intelligently explore and understand what you believe. We give you tools to discuss your worldview with credibility and confidence, while encouraging you to wrestle with the things that just don’t seem to make sense. At the end of the day, this film series is about impact—immediate and personal, as well as the long-term, life-changing experience of working out your faith. why nua? NUA / nu: ʌ / noo-ah / Language of origin: Irish Adjective, meaning “new”. We’re taking an honest look at questions many of us have about Jesus, the Bible, and what it means to be a Christian. It’s a fresh perspective, a different conversation — created in Ireland, hosted by an Irishman. It’s new and it’s Irish, so we’re calling it NUA. It’s as simple as that, really. how does it work? NUA is a series of eight short films (approx 15mins each) intended to be watched over time. NUA is for everyone and is ideal in an educational setting, church/parish, youth group, university or with friends. These are films to engage with and pick apart. More than anything, NUA is a fresh learning experience. Taken from NUA website - https://nuafilmseries.org Dr. Harty Cup Hurling Final – Our Lady’s Templemore 2-22 St Colman’s Fermoy 1-6 – Match Report February 18th, 2017 | News Our Lady’s Templemore defeated St Colman’s Fermoy by 2-22 to 1-6 in the Dr. Harty Cup Hurling Final on Saturday February 18th at the Gaelic Grounds Limerick. Watch the full game via the Munster GAA YouTube channel below https://youtu.be/zTrD0BR64aE Templemore put years of heartbreak to rest as they win first Harty Cup since 1978 Our Lady’s Secondary School, Templemore (Tipperary) 2-22 St Colman’s College (Cork) 1-6 By Jackie Cahill at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick for the42.ie THE FAMINE IS over! Our Lady’s Secondary School, Templemore, are Dr. Harty champions for the first time in 39 years. Prior to today, Martin Bourke back in 1978 was the only man to captain the school, known then as Templemore CBS, to victory in the prestigious Munster post-primary schools competition. But Paddy Cadell, a member of Tipperary’s 2016 All-Ireland minor winning side, lifted the trophy amid joyous scenes at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, following a 19-point rout of St Colman’s. In front of 4,924 spectators, Our Lady’s weren’t going to be denied on this occasion. They’d lost four finals (2000, 2002, 2013 and 2016) since winning the competition all those years ago but fielding eight of the players who started in last year’s final loss to Ardscoil Rís, Templemore were inspired. Brian McGrath, captain of the Tipperary minors last year, scored 1-7, Jerry Kelly was superb at wing forward with five points and midfielder Stevie Nolan, who went off bloodied in stoppage time, contributed four points in a power-packed performance. Skipper Cadell marshalled a rock-solid rearguard as, from the off, Our Lady’s made their intentions clear, racing into a 0-5 to 0-0 lead within nine minutes. McGrath got the ball rolling with a free before Nolan, Kelly, McGrath again and Andrew Ormonde pointed from play. 9-time champions St Colman’s, in their first Harty final in 14 years, finally got off the mark when wing-back Eoin Roche put over a ninth-minute point but in the opening half, none of their forwards managed to score from play. Niall O’Leary also contributed from the half-back line while midfielder Diarmuid Lenihan scored two frees. In contrast, Our Lady’s would finish the first half with five of their six forwards on target, while Nolan contributed three points from midfield. Ahead to 0-6 to 0-2, Our Lady’s struck for goal in the 17th minute and it was a brilliant Andrew Ormonde effort as he left Kieran Neville trailing in his wake before crashing a shot into the far top corner. Our Lady’s were almost in for a second goal three minutes before half-time but Ray McCormack’s shot was blocked by St Colman’s goalkeeper Eoin Davis. In first half stoppage time, Our Lady’s managed three points to open up a 1-12 to 0-4 interval lead. They were full value for that 11-point margin, too, and other scores were left out there as Our Lady’s registered eight wides before the break, compared to just two for St Colman’s. Our Lady’s were too hot to handle, as McGrath played the ‘link man’ role brilliantly from centre forward, scoring three points and assisting two more in the first half. A 24th-minute score vividly illustrated how tuned in Our Lady’s were, as Nolan and McGrath played a one-two before Nolan arrowed over a classy score. David Lardner pointed from play early in the second half as St Colman’s forward finally got on the scoresheet – but that was the sum total of the attacking sextet’s efforts. O’Leary was the best St Colman’s player on view and after he was shoved into attack, the Castlelyons starlet bagged a 49th-minute goal. But within a minute, McGrath had cancelled that out at the other end and when he added a free, Our Lady’s were 2-20 to 1-5 ahead.