Speakers
Keynote Speakers:
Rev. Paddy Rushe
Baroness Nuala O’Loan
Dom Mark Ephrem Nolan
Prof. Tom Groome
Workshop Presenters:
Rev. Kevin DoranColette Furlong
Kathleen Quinlan
Philomena Mc Quillan
Julie Kavanagh
Rev. Paddy Jones
Brenda Drumm
Ailis Travers
Enda Donlon
Catherine McNally
Br. Pádraig McIntyre OSB
Rev. Gareth Byrne
Patricia Kieran
Patrick Rushe
Brian McKee
Rev. Donagh O’Shea
Áine Fitzgerald O’Reilly
Dom Mark Ephrem Nolan
Dom Mark-Ephrem M. Nolan, OSB was born in Belfast in 1958 and entered the Benedictine Order at the Abbey of Bec (France) in 1979. (Professed in 1981. Ordained priest in 1986). For a decade was in charge of monastic formation, the liturgy and ecumenical outreach at Bec.
In 1998 was chosen by the Abbot General of the Olivetan Benedictine Congregation to lead a group of monks from Bec to establish a monastic foundation in Northern Ireland. The mission statement of Holy Cross Monastery, Rostrevor, speaks of the community having for particular mission to contribute to reconciliation between Catholics and Protestants in a land stained by the blood of Christian brothers and sisters.
Holy Cross Monastery is recognised across the denominational divide as a centre contributing to the spiritual renewal of the Churches in Ireland today.
A Benedictine Perspective - Dom Mark-Ephrem M. Nolan, OSB will speak from his monastic background, rooted in the Benedictine tradition of lectio divina and Christ-centred spirituality.
Tom Groome is the chair of the Department of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry in Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry. Tom’s latest book Will There Be Faith? is a creative holistic approach to teaching Christian beliefs and values. His approach which aims to ‘bring life to faith and faith to life’ is a road map for reenergizing the faith community and family from the bottom up. His talk at this year’s conference will be based on the book Will There Be Faith?
Title of Presentation : Will There Be Faith?: So much depends on What, How and Why we Share It
Synopsis of Presentation: Toward the end of his public ministry, Jesus himself raised the question, “When the Son of Man comes again, will he find faith on earth” (Luke 18: 8). We cannot take the question lightly. The challenge of sharing Christian faith with the rising generations was probably never greater than in this present “post-modern” era. So much depends on what faith we share, how we share it, and to what end. This keynote will make recommendations in response to this challenge.
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Paddy’s experience of media and film culminated in writing, producing and directing a film about St. Oliver Plunkett. Ordained in 1996 he served ten years in Drogheda, during which he became Diocesan Vocations Director, and National Coordinator. An avid social media user & Starbucks fan, he has extensive priest-chaplain duties in three secondary schools in Dundalk, where he administers a parish.
Title of Presentation: Movies With Meaning
Stories, we all spend our life telling them.. about this..
about that.. about people, but some... some are so good we wish they never end.
...they are so gripping, we would go without sleep to see a little bit more.
some stories bring us laughter, sometimes bring us tears..
but isn't that what a great story does!? makes you feel!?
stories that are so powerful, they really are with us forever......
This presentation will look at how movies tell us these stories.
Fr. Kevin Doran is a priest of the Dublin Diocese and is currently Secretary General of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress. He has previously served as National Co-ordinator for Vocations and as Spiritual Director at the Irish College, Rome.
Colette FurlongA native of Dublin, Colette is the Senior Pastoral Development Officer for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress. Specializing in liturgy she has been involved in sacramental preparation in national schools, on retreat teams to secondary schools, lectured at third level institutes, being chaplain in one. Having lived in Italy Colette enjoys all things Italian including the odd chat.
Title of Presentation: The Eucharistic Congress: An Opportunity for Eucharistic Catechesis
Synopsis of Presentation: We will present the spirituality underpinning the theme of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress, together with an indication of how we hope schools may be able to participate in the programme of preparation during the school year 2011/2012.
Kathleen Quinlan
Kathleen Quinlan born and reared in the wonderful wild landscape of the Iveragh Penninsula of South Kerry. And now exploring a way of being in the world as T.S. Eliot puts it
". . . . . . .and at the end: we shall not cease from exploration
And at the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
T.S. Eliot
Title of Presentation: Meditation in Movement
Philomena McQuillan
Philomena McQuillan she is a mother of three and lives in Carrickfergus. She is part of the Co-ordinating team for the World Community for Christian Meditation in Northern Ireland (www.wccm.org). Philomena has run a weekly meditation group for over 10 years. She has a special interest in promoting meditation in schools.
Title of Presentation: Teaching Christian Meditation to Children and Young People
Synopsis of Presentation: We will be exploring the experiences of Australian teachers and pupils in the Diocese of Townsville, where Christian Meditation has been taught systematically for over 6 years in all 31 of their schools. Several schools in Northern Ireland, both Primary and Secondary Level have begun to introduce Christian Meditation to their pupils since December 2010. We will be hearing about their experiences too and looking at ways of sharing this wonderful gift of meditation with more children.
Julie Kavanagh works as a resource person with the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin Faith Development Services. She is a member of the National Council for Liturgy. For many years Julie has been involved in lecturing and the delivery of workshops with many different groups both nationally and internationally in the areas of liturgy and ministry.
Rev. Paddy Jones
Rev. Paddy Jones has been teaching liturgy for over thirty years and celebrating it for much longer! He is director of the National Centre for Liturgy at St Patrick's College, Maynooth. As national secretary for liturgy he has been involved in different ways with the work of preparing the new edition of the Roman Missal for Ireland. Paddy is a priest of the diocese of Dublin and has worked in both a city and rural parishes.
Title of Presentation: Introducing the New Translation of the Roman Missal.
Synopsis of Presentation: As we begin to use the new Missal at Mass we explore a little the journey that resulted in a new edition with a new translation. We look at how the Missal is received and used in parish and school. In the course of the workshop participants will be invited to see how its introduction can present opportunities for understanding better the words we use and pray, as well as opportunities for considering the wider issues so that our prayer is enriched and our liturgy is well celebrated.
Áine is a qualified and active youth and community worker, a leader with the Irish Girl Guides, a teacher of art and craft and a Dame of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. She combines her expertise in art and craft with her commitment to ministry in the Church to deliver this unusual workshop.
Title of presentation: Ministry through art and craft.
Brenda DrummBrenda Drumm is Communications Officer with the Catholic Communications Office. She manages the Irish Bishops’ Conference’s social media presence. Brenda is a member of the Commission for Pastoral Care, the Council for Marriage and Family of the Irish Bishops’ Conference and a member of the Implementation Committee for Share the Good News. She is involved in other Church groups and committees at diocese and parish level and she presents a weekly religion programme on Kildare’s KFM Radio.
Title of Presentation: Social Media: Share the Good News through Social Media
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Ailís TraversAilís Travers is the Catechetical Specialist at Veritas. She develops textbooks, supplemental resources and online materials for religious education. Previously she taught in Loreto College St. Stephen’s Green. Ailis has studied at the Mater Dei Institute of Education, the Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, the Marino Institute of Education and Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. She has a degree in religious education, a postgraduate diploma in spirituality and leadership and a master’s degree in religion and education.
Enda DonlonEnda Donlon is a lecturer in Education at the Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin, where he teaches on the use of ICT in teaching and learning. He has worked on several projects involving technology and Religious Education, including Logos and Briathar, Wellsprings and most recently, FaithConnect.
Title of Presentation: Technology at the Service of Catechesis
Synopsis of Presentation: The phenomenal uptake in social networking services combined with a greater prevalence of mobile technologies (such as iPhones, iPads and Android devices) and increased access to Information Technology and the Internet in general has contributed to heightened levels of digital literacy for the students of today. This presents teachers with opportunities to make greater use of digital technologies (particularly online services) for student learning and engagement. During our workshop we will explore and demonstrate a number of digital facilities which can be used for Religious Education and Catechesis.
Catherine McNally: Catherine Mc Nally is a qualified (B.ED) primary school teacher with 15 years teaching experience. She has a Masters degree in Theology (Coventry University) and an M.Phil (Uni. of Lampeter) in Biblical Studies. She regularly cooks for her class of 30 Sixth Class boys and has found that the experience of communal meals brings life to faith and faith to life for the children in her class.
Patricia Kieran
Patricia Kieran is a lecturer in Religious Education at the Department of Learning, Society and Religious Education at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick. She has written articles and chapters on the area of Catholic education, sacred objects, Roman Catholic modernism and has co-authored and co-edited three books (with Anne Hession): (2005) Children, Catholicism and Religious Education, Dublin: Veritas; (2007) Exploring Theology: Making Sense of the Catholic Tradition, Dublin: Veritas; Exploring Religious Education: Catholic Religious Education in an intercultural Europe, Dublin, Veritas. A forthcoming book, co-edited with Thomas Grenham, is titled Emerging Trends in Primary Education in Contemporary Ireland (Lang).
Title of Presentation: Faith & Food
Synopsis of Presentation: Sacred meals and religious foods form a key element of catechesis in primary and post-primary schools. The first part of the workshop will provide a brief overview of the key theme of foods, fasting and meal rituals in Religious Education. Foods and meal rituals from Jesus’ life (Sabbath meal, Passover, Eucharist) and the early Christian community (Agape) will be highlighted as central to providing students with an understanding of who Jesus was, how he related to others and how we as Christians respond to the risen Christ today. However teachers cannot assume that students have an understanding or indeed positive experience of meal ritual in their homes and everyday lives. Fast foods, dashboard grazing, TV dinners, all diminish the experience of communal meals and change the nature of meal rituals for so many. Inevitably when this is the case it is difficult for teachers to explore the nature of sacred meals with children.
The second part of the workshop will focus on how teachers can enable children to experience communal sacred meal rituals. It will involve preparing basic recipes for religious meals. The workshop will provide participants with a small booklet of recipes for religious meals in the classroom, guidelines on how to celebrate communal meals with students as well as samples of some of the foods we have previously made in classrooms when exploring this topic of sacred food.
Br Pádraig McIntyre
I am a Benedictine monk of Glenstal Abbey in Simple Vows having joined in 2009. For 8 years prior to this I was Diocesan Director of Sacred Music for the Diocese of Kerry and worked a lot in the area of Liturgy.
Title of Presentation: The Body – a Sounding Board of the Divine.
Synopsis of Presentation: To breathe, to sing, to dance, to pray – incarnational moments when God becomes human and we become divine – something of a personal journey. We will reflect on the Incarnation and we will sing, dance and pray – just bring your body!
Rev. Dr. Gareth ByrneDr. Gareth Byrne is Head of Religious Education at the Mater Dei Institute of Education. He was writer and editor, on behalf of the Irish Episcopal Conference, of Share the Good News: National Directory for Catechesis in Ireland. He is Coordinator of the Irish Centre for Religious Education at Mater Dei, focused on teaching, learning and research in Religious Education.
Title of Presentation: Share the Good News
Synopsis of Presentation: This workshop will provide an opportunity to reflect on key points from the Share the Good News: National Directory for Catechesis in Ireland with the writer of the Bishops’ document. The presentation and discussion will centre on adult evangelisation and catechesis and the impact a renewed approach to adult faith development can have on the religious education and catechesis of young people.
Brian McKee
Originally from Ardoyne, Belfast but now living in Ballymena, Brian has been married to Elizabeth for 25 years. They have four children. A former student and worker with the Passionist Fathers, Brian is a qualified teacher of Religious Education and has gained wide experience in adult faith development and youth ministry both in schools and in parishes. He was Director of Youth Ministry in Down and Connor diocese for 10 years, before recently taking a role with the Passionist as a parish pastoral worker and retreat director.
Title of Presentation: Living with an Itch you Cannot Scratch
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