Education
St. Mary’s Parish promotes the intellectual integrity of Catholicism and the inherent wisdom of the tradition. We do this through our Education Committee which organises a series of lectures each spring and autumn.
Speakers are carefully selected and have included the following in recent times:
David Quinn
Professor William Reville
David Reddaway – British Ambassador
Dr. Garret Fitzgerald
Breda O’Brien
Peter Sutherland SC
Professor Eamonn Duffy – Cambridge
Fr. Jerome Murphy-O’Connor – Jerusalem
Philip McDonagh – Ambassador Holy See
Dr. Maurice Manning
Professor Nicholas Lash
Dr. Una Agnew
Most Rev. Alan Harper
Dr. John McDade SS
In addition we also invite in visiting preachers, also in the spring and autumn. Recent preachers include:
Fr. Bernard Treacy OP – Editor “Doctrine and Life”
Abbot Christopher Dillon – Glenstal Abbey
Bishop Jim Moriarty – Kildare and Leighlin
Fr. Alban McCoy – Chaplain Cambridge University
Cardinal Sean Brady
Fr. Paul Andrews SJ
Monsignor Tom Stack
Rev. Dr. Pat Claffey SVD
Fr. Ben Hegarty OP
Fr. Michael Collins – Papal Historian
Bishop Eamonn Walshe – Auxiliary Dublin
Fr. Dermod McCarthy – RTE
Professor Ronan Drury – Maynooth College
Fr. Brendan Coffey – Prior Glenstal Abbey
Fr. Kieran O’Mahony OSA
Most Rev. John Fleming – Killala
Fr. Martin Murnaghan – Kenya
Bishop Donal Murray – Limerick
Fr. Pearse Walsh – University (Newman) Church
These events are publicised on our own Web site (www.stmaryshaddingtonroad.ie), in newspapers, by email and posters at the entrances to the Church.
See also this post.