All Hallows College
- This article is about All Hallows College in Dublin, Ireland. For Allhallows College in Dorset, England, see Allhallows College.
Former name | All Hallows missionary college |
|---|---|
| Type | Private Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1842 |
| President | Rev. Fr. Mark Noonan C.M. |
| Students | 700 |
| Address | Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, Ireland. , , , 53°22′15″N 6°14′58″W / 53.370886°N 6.249418°W |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Affiliations | HETAC(1998-2008) DCU (2008-) |
| Website | www.allhallows.ie |
All Hallows College is a Roman Catholic college located in Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland. All Hallows is one of six linked colleges of Dublin City University, meaning that the college's degrees are validated and accredited by the university.
History
The college was founded in 1842 by Reverend John Hand[1] and since 1892 has been under the direction of Vincentians.[2]
By 1973 the college had trained 4000 priests[3] not only for Ireland but for South America, South Africa, India, Canada, Australia, the West Indies, New Zealand, the United States, England, Scotland and Wales. All-Hallows Alumni were the largest group of secular priests in California up to the late 1890s.[3]
The academic training for a priest took seven years, three were devoted to physics, mental philosophy, languages, and English literature; the remaining four years to Sacred Scripture, history, liturgy, canon law, sacred eloquence, and the science of theology.[4]
In autumn 1955 while on holiday in Ireland the then Senator John F. Kennedy addressed students of All hallows at the invitation of Fr. Joseph Leonard, his speech referred to the suppression of religion in the soviet bloc.[5]
In the 1960s, after the Second Vatican Council the college began accepting women from religious orders but then all Lay Students, offering adult education, but also certificates, degrees and diplomas in theology, humanities and pastoral studies.
In 2001 the colleges degree programmes were validated by HETAC following on from NCEA. The undergraduate degrees based on subjects was recognised by the teaching council entitling graduates to teach in secondary schools in Ireland.[6]
In 2008 the college as with the Mater Dei, and St Patrick's College, Drumcondra became a college of Dublin City University.[7]
Present
The College offers courses mainly in subjects aligned to religion including theology at undergraduate and postgraduate level as well as personal development, and enrolls approximately 700 students. The current college president is Fr Mark Noonan C.M.. The future president of All Hallows has been announced and will be Fr. Patrick McDevitt C.M. from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.
The college's main buildings are the historic Drumcondra House designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce for Marmaduke Coghill, Purcell House, O'Donnell house, and Senior house.
The college offers joint major undergraduate degree courses (where the student's two subjects are both considered majors and are both able to be used as a basis for employment)starting in September 2008. Previous to this a student had to take one major and one minor. The major having to be Theology and the minor being either philosophy, psychology or English. The undergraduate degree courses are available to school leavers via the Dept. of Educations Central Applications Office(CAO), yet about 50% of first year students would be mature.[8]
The college also offers a number of postgraduate programmes in theology and Social studies such as Social Justice & Public Policy, Management: Community and Voluntary Services and ecology & religion. Most of these are taught courses have graduate certificate and diploma stages prior to MA stage. The college also offers research masters and doctoral studies. All of the masters and doctoral programmes are entitled to tax relief under the government scheme.[9]
All Hallows also runs a variety of Adult & Community Learning courses.
Exchange Programmes
The college engages in the Erasmus student exchange programmes with Liverpool Hope University as well as Universities of Trier and Erfurt in Germany. All hallows runs study abroad programmes with a number of American Universities such as De Paul University[10] in Chicago and St. John's University (New York)[11] both also founded by Vincentians. The college has also engaged in programmes with Webster University, St.Louis; University of Missouri and Regis University, Denver.
Facilities
The college has a dining room, student common room, computer room, the John Hand library and study facilities, students can also avail of facilities in Dublin City University and its sister colleges. Students have access to online learning via moodle. An extensive archive of the college is hosted on campus. The college has on campus accommodation available for visiting students and groups. It also has extensive Conference facilities available hosted in the Purcell House building, where seminars, conferences, and workshops are hosted.
A number of Non-Profit Organisations and Charities such as Volunteer Missionary Movement, Daughters of Charity Education and Training Service, Ruhama(Supporting women affected by prostitution and human trafficking), Accord Catholic Marriage Counselling, Debt and Development Coalition Ireland, Console(Living with Suicide) are based on campus.
People Associated with All Hallows
Along with the founder Fr. Hand, over the years a number of eminent people have taught at or been associated with All-Hallows Dr. Bartholomew Woodlock(became Rector of the Catholic University of Ireland), Dr. Daniel Moriarty, Dr. Michael Flannery, Dr. Eugene O'Connell, Dr. George Conroy, Dr. James McDevitt, Dr. Sylvester Barry, Dr. Thomas A. Bennett, Monsignor James O'Brien(St. John's College, Sydney), and Dr. Patrick Delany (Hobart), have gone on to leading positions in the Catholic Church or other Educational Institutions. Two other noteed professors at the college were the converts from Anglicanism Father Thomas Potter, and Mr. Henry Bedford MA. The Architect and designer of many churches in Ireland James Joseph McCarthy was Professor of Ecclesiastical Architecture at the college.[12] Rev. David Moriarty became president following the death of Fr. Hand in 1846, other presidents have included Dr Woodlock, Dr. Thomas A. Bennett D.D. O.C.C.(1803–1897), the Very Rev. Dr William Fortune (1834–1917), Rev. Thomas O'Donnell CM and more recently Fr. Kevin Rafferty CM and Mgr. Tom Lane CM(served from 1970–1982).
Notable Graduates
- J. Kevin Boland, Bishop of Savannah
- Matthew Gibney, Bishop of Perth
- Father William Gleeson linguist and California church historian.
- John J. Glennon, Archbishop of St. Louis
- John Tuigg, third bishop of Pittsburgh
External links
References
- ^ Life of Father Hand by Dr. James McDevitt(All Hallows) ,Dublin, 1885.
- ^ All Hallows Vincentians Website.
- ^ a b Irish priests in the United States: a vanishing subculture By William L. Smith.
- ^ All Hallows Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ^ The Kennedy's: America's Emerald Kings by Thomas Maier Page 227.
- ^ Degrees Recognised by the Teaching Council for the Purpose of Post Primary Teaching
- ^ Speech by the Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern, T.D., at the signing of a new linkage agreement and revised linkage agreements between All Hallows College, St. Patrick's College, the Mater Dei Institute and the Governing Authority of Dublin City University on Monday, 4 February, 2008 at 3.30pm
- ^ All Hallows - Mature Students Directory UCD Website
- ^ Postgraduate Courses eligible for tax relief All Hallows Revenue Commissioners of Ireland.
- ^ SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE - All Hallows, Dublin, Ireland De Paul University.
- ^ Ireland Study Abroad St. John's University.
- ^ James Joseph McCarthy Dictionary of Irish Architects