Hundreds of secondary school students from around Ireland converged on St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, on Thursday afternoon (September 27) for the annual service marking the start of the academic year.
The service, which is organised by the General Synod Board of Education (RI), was attended by Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, who also read a lesson. The Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, presided and the service was led by the Dean, the Very Revd William Morton. The theme of the service was peace and reconciliation and the speaker…
