As the semester comes to a close and Christmas approaches, join the Catholic Society for a heartwarming and festive afternoon at Moyglare Nursing Home on Wednesday, December 18th, from 2pm to 4pm. This special event is our final gathering of the semester, and it’s a chance to celebrate the spirit of the season by bringing joy and companionship to the residents.

We’ll spend the afternoon enjoying tea, playing board games, and sharing conversations with the wonderful residents of Moyglare. It’s a beautiful opportunity to brighten their day while embracing the true meaning of Christmas, spreading love, kindness, and community.

Whether you’re looking to make a meaningful connection, give back during the holiday season, or simply take a break from the busyness of university life, this event is the perfect way to wrap up the semester. We can’t wait to see you there for an afternoon filled with laughter, warmth, and festive cheer. Let’s make it a Christmas to remember!

Celebrate the joy of the season with the university Catholic Society at our Secret Saint Nick Gift Exchange. This festive gathering will take place in the welcoming atmosphere of Pugin Hall at 1 PM.

Bring your gift, share in the spirit of giving, and enjoy a meaningful afternoon with friends and fellow members of our community.

Details:

• Location: Pugin Hall
• Time: 1 PM
• Don’t forget your Secret Saint Nick gift!

Come and experience the warmth of the season, the joy of giving, and the beauty of community. All are welcome.

Come and join us on Tuesday, December 12th at 1pm as we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas. We’ll attend Mass at St. Joseph’s Oratory, commemorating her powerful message of hope, love, and unity.

After Mass, we’ll head to Pugin Hall for food and fellowship, a perfect opportunity to connect with others and share in the joy of this special feast day.

If you’d like to contribute by reading a Prayer of the Faithful during Mass, we encourage you to contact any committee member in advance.

Let’s come together as a community to honor Our Lady and celebrate her enduring inspiration!

We’re excited to welcome NET Ministry for a special visit to our campus. This is your chance to engage in meaningful conversations, hear inspiring stories, and deepen your connection to your faith in a relaxed and welcoming environment. Whether you're looking to grow spiritually or simply meet new people, this event is for you.

Pizza will be provided, so come hungry and ready for a great time!

Date: Wednesday 4th Dec

Time: 3:00 PM

Location: Rye Events Space 2

Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity—bring a friend, and come enjoy an afternoon of community and connection!

Join the Catholic Society for an inspiring afternoon with Fr. Pat Colgan, who will share captivating stories from his missionary work in Fiji and offer valuable insights into the importance of synodality in the Church today. This is a unique opportunity to hear firsthand about the challenges and joys of bringing faith to life in a vibrant and diverse culture, as well as to understand how synodality fosters unity and collaboration within the Church.

Before the talk, there will be a chance to receive the Sacrament of Confession, offering a meaningful moment of reflection and renewal. The event will be held in TSI036 and promises to be an engaging and enriching experience. Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your faith and be inspired!

Join us for Food for Thought, a welcoming lunchtime gathering hosted by the Catholic Society in collaboration with St. Catherine's and the Salesians of Don Bosco. Whether you're new to the faith, exploring questions, or a seasoned believer seeking deeper understanding, this is the perfect space for you! Engage in open discussions about faith, life, and spirituality. Bring your questions to fellow members, Salesians, and a Priest who will be present to guide the conversation. Everyone is welcome—no question is too big or small. We can't wait to see you there for thought-provoking conversation and meaningful connections!

Join us for a peaceful and creative Rosary Making Workshop! This hands-on event invites participants of all skill levels to learn the art of crafting their own rosary. Guided, you'll explore techniques while adding a personal touch to your spiritual practice. All materials are provided, and participants will take home their unique, handcrafted rosary. Perfect for a meditative afternoon or as a meaningful gift-making experience. Join us and create something beautiful that will inspire your prayers for years to come!

Tea and coffee afternoon in collaboration with the SPPU student ambassadors and Cuallacht na Gaeilge in Pugin Hall

Join the Franciscan Sisters for an insightful talk on "Settling into University Life as a Catholic Student." This talk will offer practical guidance on balancing faith, academics, and social life in a university setting. The Sisters will provide spiritual wisdom and practical tips to help Catholic students maintain their values and deepen their relationship with God while navigating campus life!

Join us for a casual lunch-time meet-up, just to chill, chat and eat! It's a great way to get to know other members in a chill environment. Pizza will be provided also!

If everyone brings along some snacks/treats, we can share them out and everyone can have a bit of everything ;) - variety is the spice of life, as they say!

An end of year student led mass in St.Joseph's Oratory. One final chance to gather together with the staff and students of St.Patrick's Pontifical University. 

Hey Everyone!

Come and join us for a Lectio Divina on the 1st of May! A great opportunity to unwind from exam stress, read & reflect upon the word of God to help get us through this stressful time. 

Hope to see you all there & don't forget your bibles! 

Today the CFR Sisters from Drogheda will be visiting us, to give a brief talk about the importance of the pro-life movement and praying for it. After that we will pray the rosary and then have snacks after. 

We hope you all had a fantastic Easter break! Let's ease back into things with a casual lunch Meetup at the benches just outside John Hume and see friends we maybe haven't seen since before the break once again!

Feel free to bring your own snacks & whatnot also, variety is the spice of life afterall! 

But we hope to see you there!

A Light Fever is a super opportunity for anyone to come in to the chapel with the Eucharist exposed. It provides even just a few minutes to light a candle and escape the hustle and bustle from a busy day to pray. In the chapel, a priest will be there to provide the Sacrament of Reconciliation or a chat to all who would like to avail of it.

This week we will watch the fifth and final episode of the Living Faith Lenten series. All are welcome to join whether you have watched the previous episodes with us or not. We hope to see you there!

Come and join us Thursday evening as we head on down to the Moyglare nursing home as we sing for the local residence, a great opportunity to lift their spirits, see and interact with the local Catholic community and spend time to worship God through voice and song, hope to see you there!

This week we will be continuing our showing of the Lenten Video Series as we watch video four. We will have some discussion questions to talk about in groups during and after the video. Everyone is welcome to come, even if you haven't been able to attend the previous episodes. We hope to see you there!

For this event, we will be having Fr. Luke travel down to Maynooth to give us a talk. Fr Luke's talks are always clearly led by the Holy Spirit which makes them very beneficial so we encourage you to come!

This week we will be continuing our showing of the Lenten Video Series as we watch video three. We will have some discussion questions to talk about in groups during and after the video. Everyone is welcome to come, even if you haven't been able to attend the previous two episodes. We hope to see you there!

Trinity is kindly hosting the intervarsity event of Post-College Catholicism. At this, there will be a number of speakers telling us about the various events and facilities that are available in the Dublin area for young Catholics. It's a great way to meet new people and to foster a Catholic community for outside of college. 

We will be getting the 6:20pm train from Maynooth to Trinity and most likely a bus back afterwards. So please be at the train station for around 6:10pm just so that we can make sure that everyone is there on time. And don't forget your leap cards! ;)

All are welcome! 

Hope to see you there. God bless!

The second in our Lenten Called to More video sessions. This weeks video and reflection will be based on the theme of unlocking more grace from the mass. 

Lenten Reconciliation Service in St.Joseph’s Oratory focusing on the theme of unlocking more grace from the mass. 

To link with the theme of the Lenten Viewing on the Tuesday of "Developing your Prayer Life" we want to apply what can be learnt from there and use this opportunity to develop our prayer through an Adoration in St. Catherine's from 3pm to 4pm. So take some time to sit down and talk to God and develop your connection to him even further. 

Come and join us for our first viewing session of the Lenten video series, each video having its own theme. For this specific video viewing the theme will be "Developing your Prayer Life". Each weekly viewing will then follow its own unique theme also! 

Join us for our AGM tomorrow evening (in the common room) after the Youth 2000 prayer meeting, where we will be announcing our newest committee members. We will also be creating a suggestion box for anyone who'd like to put in any ideas for the upcoming semester.

There will also be some food and snacks there ?

Hope to see you all then! 

God bless! 

Join us on Students for Life annual Student Summit weekend being held in Glencomeragh House, Waterford. It is a donation only weekend with a bus usually provided to and from Dublin. It is a great opportunity to get away from the college setting and get to know people better. There will also be other like-minded students and young people there too. It is a great chance to learn more about the Pro-life stance and to learn methods and techniques of promoting it. 

This event is being organized by Students for Life so every person wishing to attend will be required to register themselves through the Students for Life webpage. https://studentsforlife.ie/ss24/ Also, there will usually be a means of registering for a place on the bus also, closer to the time, but it will be every individuals own responsibility to book their place on it as The Catholic Society is not directly involved in organizing it. 

It would be great to see you there! And feel free to invite a friend (or 2!) also :) 

God bless!

As the final event for our 'Spreading God's Love' week we will be having our gift exchange for all those who participated in our Secret St. Nick over Advent. We will be getting some pizza as well hopefully ;)

All are welcome, even those who weren't doing the Secret St. Nick. 

Hope to see you there!

God bless!

As part of 'Spreading God's Love' week, we want to hand out candy canes with positive messages attached to them to all that we meet on campus. 

It would be great to have as big of a team of distributors as possible, so we'd love to see you there, as we try and spread a bit of love and joy across campus :) 

God bless!

To kick start the week of 'Spreading God's Love', we would like to get a group of people to join us as we go to the local nursing home for about an hour, just to sing some songs and help brighten up the residents' day :) Christmas is all about spreading love, joy, peace and hope, and what better way to start then by a visit like this.

So don't forget your Christmas hands, your singing voices and your smiles! 

Hope to see you there! God bless. 

For all interested in joining us for carols in Moyglare nursing home on Monday 18th from 5-6pm, we will be holding a practice for it from 2-3pm on Thursday 14th. Please be as prompt as possible, as we won't have a lot of time to prep it, so we will have to get straight into it. 

Hope to see you there!

God bless!

Join us for a casual lunch meet up this Thursday at 2pm! 

However, to help prepare for the final week of the semester, in order to spread God's love to all those we meet, we are going to be preparing the candy canes this lunch time too. So all help will be much welcomed :)

Hope to see you there!

At the end of the Intervarsity Students 54-day Rosary Novena, we are inviting all to join us for a thanksgiving Mass in St Catherine's Chapel, North Campus, at 7:30pm, on this Feast of the Presentation of the Immaculate Virgin Mary. It will be a great opportunity to give thanks to God for all the graces and blessings that He has granted, and will grant, through this novena. We hope to head out for food after somewhere as well for anyone who would like to join.

We hope to see you there! 

God bless! 

To end the Intervarsity Students 54-day Rosary Novena, we are inviting all society members to join us after the 1:05pm Mass in St Joseph's Oratory, South Campus, to say the rosary on this final day, the Feast of the Presentation of the Immaculate Virgin Mary. It will be a great opportunity to show that there are young people out there that pray, and give courage and hope to those who see it. 

We hope to see you there! 

God bless! 

Join us for tea/coffee and treats morning with a guest representative from Students for Life! 

It will be a relaxed and fun environment, and a great way to get to know some interesting information. 

Hope to see you there! 

Join us for a lunch time 50/50 Lectio Divina and Praise and Worship session in St. Catherine's Chapel, north campus this Thursday. Look forward to seeing you all there! And don't forget your bibles! ;)

Join us for our first Lectio Divina of the year! 

We are going to come together to eat some food and spend time reflecting on the Word - prayer & fellowship - what better combination?!

All are welcome! 

And don't forget your food and bibles! ;)

Join us for a casual lunch-time meet-up, just to chill, chat and eat! It's a great way to get to know other members in a chill environment. 

If everyone brings along some snacks/treats, we can share them out and everyone can have a bit of everything ;) - variety is the spice of life, as they say!

The Patriarch of Jerusalem has called for a day of fasting, abstinence and prayer on October 17th 2023 for these present times. Join us in prayer at the 1:05pm Mass and prayers afterwards in St. Joseph's Oratory, South Campus. 

Let us join with Catholics around the world as we pray together to ask God to help us in these times and to restore peace to the world. 

Join us for the first (hopefully of many) opportunities to meet Catholics from other colleges, particularly around the Dublin area. There will be representatives there from Trinity and UCD Catholic societies also. 

The Mass begins at 7pm, so we will aim to get a train from Maynooth (for those who wish to travel with us), at 5:55pm (keep an eye on our socials for any changes). We will travel to Broombridge and get a Dart from there to Dominick Street. (Please be advised if you have a students leap card, for your own sake, it would be advised that you bring it with you, as that will be the cheapest way for you to travel). 

We hope to get a representative group from Maynooth going to it. 

We hope that you can be part of that! 

We look forward to seeing you there. God bless!

Join us, as a group of us head to the Academic year opening Mass. It will be held in the large church (St. Patrick's college chapel) on South campus. 

Some of us will head for a picnic lunch (meeting at the President's arch, South campus at approx 12:45pm after the Mass) to find somewhere to sit (possibly Infront of John Hume building, but confirmed in the WhatsApp group chat). If the weather is dodgy, we can head to Pugin as a backup. 

All are most welcome to join us! 

A huge welcome to everyone returning to college or going into their first year of study for the Academic year of 2023/2024!

To mark the beginning of a new year on campus, we are hosting a day retreat for the Catholic Society in order to foster a sense of Catholic community on campus.

It is a day filled with chats, prayer, talks, food and fun.

We are so looking forward to meeting you all and getting to know you all!

Come join us for our final Lectio Divina Prayer Meeting where we will come together as a community to share, chat and pray

Join us in St. Mary's Oratory for mass at 1.05 as we give thanks for the blessed year that we have had together! We will then head to Pugin for some lunch

Join us this coming Wednesday for our next Lectio Divina prayer meeting where we will come together as a community in prayer to share what the Lord is saying to us through the Scriptures. It has already been such a blessing for all in attendance and is sure to continue!!

As part of our Lenten journey, join us for a time of prayer and meditation with the Scriptures. 

We will be holding Lectio Divina on South Campus, in the Scripture Hall from 4-5pm. 

All are welcome! 

Don't forget your bible :)

For the start of Lent, join us for a time of prayer and meditation with the Scriptures. 

We will be holding Lectio Divina on South Campus, in the Scripture Hall from 4-5pm. 

All are welcome! 

Don't forget your bible :)

Join us this Valentine's day for Adoration in St. Joseph's Oratory, south campus! We will be meeting for lunch in Pugin hall following Adoration.

We will begin with 1:05pm Mass, followed by Adoration, with some praise and worship songs included, and then head to Pugin after that at about 2:15-3pm. 

What could be more romantic than Adoring the lover of your soul?

Can't wait to see you all!

Join us for our first event back after Christmas and Exam season!

We are so looking forward to seeing everyone again after the break and catching up!

We will be heading to Pugin Hall following the Mass in St. Joseph's

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Join us for Mass at 1:05pm for our final meet up before the Christmas break. Might be a nice way to pray together for the success of the Christmas exams. God bless!

For the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (a Holy Day), we have decided to attend Mass together as a society at St. Joseph's Oratory on south campus at 1:05pm. We will head to Pugin after so people can grab some lunch and have a chat. 

Hope to see you there!

God bless.

(Location: in the centre of South campus, facing the large clock on the wall, St. Joseph's oratory is under the left arch.)

We are so privileged to have Wendy from Pro-Life coming to speak to us. She'll be discussing issues such as 'How to be Pro-Life on campus'. 

All are welcome, including those from other societies and colleges! 

Hope to see you there!

Join us for our day-time opening event for The Catholic Society!

We will be attending Holy Mass in St. Joseph's Oratory, South Campus (under the left arch below the clock) at 1:05pm on Wednesday 16th Nov. After this, we will head to Pugin Hall to grab some lunch for whoever would like to join. This will give us an opportunity to meet each other, pray, and have a chat! Plus, Mass is always a good way to open a society, particularly a Catholic one! 

All are welcome!

We hope to see you there! God bless. :)

Join us to celebrate the official opening of The Catholic Society!

On Monday evening, 14th Nov., at 8pm, we will be hosting the weekly Youth2000 prayer meeting. This will be followed by pizza and refreshments after. Please bring €2, if you can, to help cover the cost of the food. All are welcome!

We know that this may not be feasible for everyone, particularly commuters, so please see our other (day-time) event, to allow those who can't make Monday evening to join in in the fun!

We look forward to seeing you there! God bless. :)