Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
~ Albert Schweitzer
Support for Learning, Spirituality and Leadership in Irish Education
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Leading with Soul: Spirituality and Educational Leadership - February 25th 2012
This year's School Ethos Reflection Day will be on 'Leading with Soul: Spirituality and Educational Leadership'. Don't miss this opportunity with internationally reknowned faciliatator and speaker Dr. Margaret Benefiel, who will guide us through a day of discernment and reflection on our spirituality and how it integrates with our work as educators.
Holocaust Memorial Day - January 27th
A letter sent by the head of a large high school in Boston to new teachers in her school:
Dear teacher, I am a survivor of a concentration camp. My eyes saw what no man should witness: gas chambers built by learned engineers, children poisoned by educated physicians,infants killed by trained nurses,women and babies shot and burned by high school and college graduates so, I am suspicious of education. My request is: help your students become human. Your efforts must never produce learned monsters, skilled psychopaths, educated Eichmanns. Reading, writing, arithmetic are important only if they serve to make our children more human.
(quoted by Richard Pring in his inaugural lecture as Professor of Education Studies at Oxford, 1991)
Catholic Schools Week 2012: January 29th - February 4th
The theme for Catholic Schools Week 2012 is 'Catholic School: Christ's Living Body Active in our World'. The theme is taken from the anthem of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress, Though We Are Many and reflects the overall theme of the Eucharistic Congress. Click here to download resources for use during Catholic Schools Week this year, available in both English and Irish. These resources can be used with students, staff, parents, members of the board of management and the wider parish.
Guidelines on the Inclusion of Students of Other Faiths in Catholic Secondary Schools
Click here to view and download the JMB Guidelines on the Inclusion of Students of Other Faiths in Catholic Secondary Schools which were written by Aiveen Mullally of SchoolEthos.ie.
These guidelines offer practical suggestions to Catholic secondary schools on how to welcome and facilitate students of different faiths and no faith, while remaining true to the characteristic spirit of the school. The guidelines seek to address some of the challenges faced by Catholic schools in a 21st Century diverse Ireland and to encourage schools to be truly Catholic in its approach to hospitablity and inclusiveness of all faiths and none in their schools.
