Walk for International Students
Our fifth year international students enjoyed a walk on college grounds this morning, Our college campus gives students the opportunity to live mindfully and embrace the serenity that nature has to offer. We acknowledge the challenge Juan, Pierre and Janssen face being so far away from home during these challenging times but the boys are […]
Virtual Open Day Webinar
Our inaugural Virtual Open Day Webinar is taking place on Zoom from 11am-12pm on Saturday 13th March and with limited places left available, we’re asking our current parents to support us by spreading the word to any family, friends or colleagues that you think might be interested in potentially enrolling their son(s) to start in September […]
Virtual Open Day Webinar, Saturday 13th March 2021
Virtual Open Day Webinar 11am-12pm, Saturday 13th March 2021 For all prospective parents & students considering enrolment at Cistercian College Roscrea The Cistercian College management and staff invite all parents & their sons potentially interested in enrolment entry to the College (particularly in 2021 or 2022) to pre-register for our inaugural Virtual Open Day Webinar, […]
A Message of Thanks
Our return to the College on Sunday night was a very different one, the absence of our good friend and colleague Mr. Gary Halpin RIP was painfully obvious for all. I want to thank all members of our full College community for the many messages of sympathy and support that we received – both personal […]
Gary Halpin RIP
The College community of staff, students, parents and monks were devastated this morning on hearing of the sudden death of our much loved colleague and friend Gary Halpin RIP. Since Gary joined our College as Head of Boarding he brought tremendous energy to his work. He loved the College. He had a formidable presence, a […]
Annual Christmas Carol Service 2020
The Walled Garden TY Project
This year the College sought permission from the Monastery to restore the Walled Garden to its former glory as a TY project. Over many years the walled garden had gone wild and become overgrown. The project is a collaborative one which is fully supported by the Monks under the supervision of Dom Malachy and with […]
International Christmas Celebrations
We had our annual Christmas celebration for international students on Thursday evening. The first of our international students will leave for Christmas at the end of this week. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all our international students on a great couple of months, the boys have been fantastic, have really […]
1st Year Workshop
Today we held a mentoring workshop for our 1st year students. The purpose of the workshop was to equip students with the necessary tools to cope with real life situations. While it is important to reflect back it is equally important to be resilient in the present moment and to have the confidence to […]
Meditation for Students
Our Wellbeing classes are enjoying the Meditation exercises that their teacher Ms. Brislane has facilitated in the Oratory. The feedback from the students after these sessions has been very positive and hopefully they will incorporate this practice into their lives – especially when they leave CCR.