Canonisation of Pope Paul
His Holiness Pope Francis announced last Thursday February 15 that Blessed Pope Paul VI will be made a Saint later this year. He was born Joseph Batista Montini and reigned as Pope from 1963 to 1978 succeeding Pope John XXIII. He also published an important church document, “Humanae Vitae,” in 1968 about the value of […]
Barry Nash Memorial
The Barry Nash Hurling Memorial is fast becoming the highlight of the College sporting year. Yet again we were treated to a feast of hurling in the sunshine. All games had a one score margin and the final was as good a game as seen in many years. Scariff looked like they were going to […]
World Book Day
Friday 3rd March was World Book Day. Students in Cistercian College celebrated this by taking part in a “Drop everything and read” initiative. During an afternoon class the full student community read a novel that they had selected from the library. The library was recently upgraded with books that had been donated by parents and […]
Annual Academic Awards
Cistercian College hosted its annual Academic Awards ceremony in the College Recreation Hall on Monday evening. Students were rewarded for excellence in each of the academic subject areas. They were photographed afterwards in the Centenary Room being presented their award with their teachers. Billy Foley – winner of the English and Geography Awards […]
