St Patrick's College, Maynooth,
Seminary
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Since 1795, St. Patrick’s College Maynooth has been the National Seminary of Ireland. It has a proud and unique tradition of service to the Church in Ireland and throughout the world. That tradition of service and formation for ministry continues today. The Seminary prepares seminarians for priesthood in the Dioceses of Ireland.
“The seminary years are a time of journeying, of exploration, but above all of discovering Christ. It is only when a young man has had a personal experience of Christ that he can truly understand the Lord’s will and consequently his own vocation”
Pope Benedict XVI, Address to Seminarians (World Youth Day 2005)
Eight seminarians were ordained to the Diaconate on Trinity Sunday in the College Chapel.
They are from the Dioceses of Cork and Ross, Dublin, Derry, Glasgow, Johannesburg, Argyle and the Isles, Killaloe and Clonfert.
The presider was Bishop Joseph Toal of Argyle and the Isles.
For more on recent and upcoming events in the College, please see our Life & News pages.
In our Recent Events page, you will see photos from the life of the College.
160 priests gathered for Maynooth Union Day on Tuesday, June 15th.
The classes of 1950, 1960 and 1985 celebrated their jubilees.
Cardinal Murphy O'Connor addressed the Union. The title of his talk was
Behold the rock from which you are hewn (Is 51:1)
The full text is available here.
Our Drama Society staged a very well received production of Translations, under the direction of Eoin Winters. More photos can be seen in Life and News.
Mgr. Hugh Connolly welcomes the forthcoming Apostolic Visitation to the Seminary.
See photos of our annual past present evening.
Our Seminarian Soccer team had a very enjoyable visit to Malta where we were welcomed by fellow seminarians in Valetta.
Well done to all who took part in the annual Galway Charity Cycle and to our seminarians, Brian, Aaron and Brian!