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De La Salle Day 2024

By Mr M Kirwan

Our Annual De La Salle Day celebration took place this
year on Friday, May 17th.

De La Salle Day in Churchtown is always a special
occasion, this year’s celebration was no different; in

particular we celebrated the success of our school
becoming a Co Educational, welcoming girls for the
first time.

Our annual Founder’s Day Celebration is all about
welcome and this year was exceptional in that regard,
we were delighted to welcome back a large number
of retired staff members, a large contingent of past

pupils and of course our current students.
Our Assembly Hall looked fantastic, thanks to the

hard work of Ms McDermott and her team of helpers.

Fr John Bracken led a beautiful liturgy full of poignant
references to the teachings John Baptiste La Salle.

The Liturgical Team of Mr Forde and Ms McDermott
did a fantastic job ensuring our students were central
to the celebration. Mr Forde and Mr Brennan also led
a fantastic student choir who added immensely to the
service.

Following the mass Ms Fitzpatrick introduced our
Lasallian Award winners and we were treated to a

beautiful poem about John Baptiste La Salle read by
students.

This was followed by the official opening of our new
Home Economics Classroom by Minister Neale
Richmond.

The morning was of course finished with the
traditional distribution of ice cream, a fitting end to a

really special De La Salle Day celebration.

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