Representatives from De La Salle College, Waterford, took part in a special commemoration of Waterford’s first X-Ray which was held by University Hospital Waterford and the science department of De La Salle College.

As a very large school in an urban area we have a very diverse student group, De La Salle College, Waterford, recently started on a journey to recognise this diversity.

Students at St Benild School in Malta celebrated Advent with a number of activities including initiatives to help those in need at this time.

Students at Stella Maris Junior School showed their caring side as they celebrated the festive season by helping others.

In May of 2021 building work began on our school extension, here in St. Stephen’s De La Salle, Waterford. This project will provide four new classrooms for our school.

At the end of September, St Benildus College celebrated ‘International Week of Deaf People’.

December has been a busy month at La Salle Retreat Centre, Mellieha, with many events taking place and more planned over the coming days.

The Lasallian Ministry Leaders Conference for Ireland saw Principals and Pastoral Centre Directors gather to take part in what proved to be a very uplifting and enlightening meeting.

We are now into our final two weeks of retreats for 2021 at Benildus Pastoral Centre. The two halves of the Autumn term saw us host on average four retreats per week.

This year St. Benildus College was once again proud to help the wonderful Christmas Shoebox Appeal campaign ran by Team Hope.

Br. John Deeney of the Oxford Community has shared his ‘Seventeenth Century Snippets’ that provide a reminder of the conditions that inspired St John Baptist de La Salle to provide education for the poor and vulnerable.

December at Stella Maris College is a month which we all hold dearly to our hearts. Apart from it being the month where we celebrate Christmas, it is also a time where we are share, care and look out for each other a little bit more than we do any other ordinary day.

St John’s College, Ballyfermot, held a 6th Year Prayer Service on Monday December 6th, with the theme of ‘waiting’ being chosen as the title of the service.

The experiences, reflections and wisdom in a recently launched book by an American Brother are certain to be of interest to many Lasallians in the District.

Students at St Peter’s Bournemouth are continuing to provide great support for the Reaching the Unreached charity which is very close to their hearts.

In November and December we have had the privilege to welcome many young people to the Castletown Pastoral Centre.

It is said that the journey from your head to your heart is the longest and most difficult journey to make. This can be the experience of us all so when we rolled out our new programme, Journey to Your Heart, at De La Salle Pastoral Centre, Belfast, many schools were interested in their students taking part.

As part of College Awareness Week, Transition Year, 5th and 6th year groups engaged in a number of technology talks hosted by Choosetech for those interested in pursuing college courses in this field.

To acknowledge COP26 the students at De La Salle have been celebrating Earth Week with a number of events organised on each day of the week to help raise awareness and take positive action. 

A student at St Augustine’s Catholic College in Trowbridge has combined her Lasallian spirit with her creative talents to help promote positivity and help vulnerable children.