Massive congratulations to De La Salle College, Belfast Year 9 student Jack, who was crowned Poetry Aloud’s Junior champion in this year’s competition.

A selection of staff and students from De La Salle School Basildon were had the good fortune to attend the recent Flame 2023 event in Wembley and School Chaplain Doug Mongan reflects on a memorable day.

Yvonne Joye has displayed her commitment to our core values by lending her support to a project that celebrates the generous spirit of people in Ireland in supporting those in need over the past five decades.

‘Faith in Action: Together for the Lasallian Mission’ is taking place on Thursday March 30, at 4pm (Rome time).

The National Finals of the Lasallian competition made a welcome return for the first time in three years as Lasallian students demonstrated their creativity and understanding of the Lasallian tradition.

The District of Ireland, Great Britain and Malta was very well represented at the recent Cymfed Youth congress – Flame, which was held in Wembley on Saturday March 4th.

Chaplains, Heads of RE and Animators from schools across GB gathered in St Cassian’s, Kintbury, for the CHoRE Networking Retreat on March 2nd and 3rd.

Students and staff at De La Salle School Basildon continue to live the Lasallian Values in many ways and this month this has included Partnership Working and celebrating Ash Wednesday.

Over the past number of months Lasallian schools from across Ireland have been taking part in the Lasallian competition which is run by the MEL committee of Ireland. The finals takes place on March 14 in Castletown.

Students at Castlebar Primary School celebrated a number of important events recently, including Pancake/Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday.

The latest news from St Illtyd’s Catholic High School includes an update on the Duke of Edinburgh Award, Shwmae Day and Spotlight on Transition.

It has been another action-packed time at Stella Maris Junior School with activities including birthday celebrations, prayer, chats with astronauts, carnival events and much more.

Retreats continue in Castletown and we have been blessed with so many wonderful students visiting us. We have facilitated 5th Year, Transition Year and Confirmation retreats and as well as welcoming returning schools we have also welcomed schools

Culture week took place in St Benildus College recently and was just one of many activities at the school.

In an effort to remedy the long time it has been since St Gregory’s took a group out to Rome, three members of the RE team of St Gregory’s and the Lay Chaplain gave 29 students the opportunity to explore Italy’s capital and the Vatican.

February continues to demonstrate the consistent demand for school retreats at De La Salle Retreat Centre Dublin. We have done more retreats in the months from September 2022 to date than in any other year.

Congratulations to all students at De La Salle High School, Downpatrick, who received special awards for full attendance in January.

It has been a very busy start to the year for students and staff at St Gerald’s De La Salle College Castlebar, with with a variety of events that once again reflect the strong Lasallian ethos in the school.

Two recent events at De La Salle College Junior School Malta highlighted the wonderful sense of community that exists in the school, as students and teachers celebrated Ash Wednesday, while also undertaking an initiative to reduce paper waste.

St. Benild School celebrated the feast of its school patron saint: St. Benild Romançon on Friday January 27th with a series of special and traditional events.