St.Brigid, our patron saint of Kildare

Yesterday our TY year group went on a mini-pilgrimage to Kildare town. First we sopped off at the very centre of Kildare town, at the heritage centre. Here we learnt all about the history of Kildare and St.Brigid.
We watched a really interesting video about St.brigid and Monastic life in Kildare!

After this we ventured across Kildare town to the old cathedral! We all took a quick look around the cathedral and afterwards Mr.K said a few prayers with us.

The cathedral in Kildare town
We then hopped back on the bus to head over to go on our short walk. We visited St.Brigid's well at the National Stud and we visited St.Brigid's holy shrine.

St.Brigid's well

After our trip we all went bowling!

Tallaght TY Retreat

Yesterday our TY year went on a retreat to Tallaght. We all expected it to be similar to our first & second year retreats however at the end of the day we all agreed it was a great experience and was not at all what we expected!
When we first arrived we were directed into a room and greeted by all the staff we would be working with for the day. We also spoke briefly about what matters in life and worries/stresses in life, we then split up into smaller groups and went upstairs! There were 10 of us in my group; Leah, Muireann, Sinéad, Rachel, Sorcha, Chanice, Ciara, Jenny, Emma and myself. We all felt really comfortable with eachother and I felt we could talk about anything!
I thought the day was great, I got a chance to talk about things that I normally wouldn't speak about. I felt like anything I said would not be repeated by any of the girls to anybody else!