The Team
Padraig Swan
Director
"Be the change that you want to see in the world" (Gandhi) and let that change be the butterfly that is within you..."
Details pending
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Debbie Moore
Project Coordinator- Gardiner Street
"I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change the way I see the world within me. Though you can give without loving, you can't love without giving."
Work areas:
International volunteering in Colombia, Zambia & Jamaica , Local and European Pilgrimages, Retreats, Workshops, Seminars, Conferences and Website.
Qualifications:
BA in Humanities: Pastoral Theology, MA in Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care, MA in Supervisory Practice, Spiritual Director.
Areas of interest:
Spirituality, personal development, social justice, leadership training and music.
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Frank Brady, SJ
Project Coordinator- Ballymun
“if I could help someone in any way, I would do it!”
Work areas:
Joint coordinator of Ballymun Gospel Choir Mass, Santiago de Compostela Pilgrimage.
Qualifications:
BD Theology, Community Worker, Drug Rehabilitation
Areas of interest:
Community development, social outreach, ‘retreats on the streets'.
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Sean Meehan
Project Coordinator- Ballymun
“I love working for the Jesuits, never a dull moment, and you feel that you are doing something useful that benefits the world.”
Work areas:
Joint coordinator of Ballymun Gospel Choir Mass
Qualifications:
Psychology, Community Development, Pastoral Development
Areas of interest:
Counselling & psychology, inner-city development, human rights.
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Patricia O'Connor
Project Coordinator- Gardiner Street
“We are each just one part of a puzzle, always looking for others to help us understand the bigger picture. I think we strive to provide a platform to help put the puzzle together.”
Work areas:
Kairos (peer) retreats, MAGIS08, Easter retreat Clongowes
Qualifications:
BA Business Studies, Masters in Holistic Development for Pastoral Ministry
Areas of interest:
Special Olympics, working with homeless, and running retreats for young people.
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Fernando Gallígo, SJ
Coordinator- Gardiner Street
“God want us
to be at the
service of the community, particularly those most in need.”
Work areas:
One year residential Jesuit Volunteer Community (JVC) & One year course in Social Spirituality
Qualifications:
BA Philosophy, BD Theology
Areas of interest:
Spirituality, Justice, personal development.
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Louise Foxe
Music Director
“I was a member of the Gardiner Street Choir for four years and now I am thrilled to be director - it is great to be able to reach so many people through music.”
Work areas:
Directs the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir and Band
Qualifications:
A.T.C.L. Diploma in piano, Masters in Community Music
Areas of interest:
Communications, musicals and drama, community-based music.
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Gerry Clarke, SJ
Project Coordinator- Gardiner Street
Taken from St Paul: “What have you that you did not receive?”
Work areas:
Discover groups, retreats in daily life, S.Africa challenge
Qualifications:
B.A. in Classics, STL Theology, H.Dip in Education.
Areas of interest:
Peace & reconciliation (N. Ireland), photography, scripture, spirituality.
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Cathy Burke
Music Director
“I was honoured to become Musical Director of Ballymun Gospel Choir last year. I feel that I can make a real contribution through music which I love.”
Work areas:
Directs the Ballymun Gospel Choir and Band
Qualifications:
BA Music, MA Musical Composition
Areas of interest:
Traditional music, gigging, performing arts, vocal coaching.
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Noelle Fitzpatrick
Part-time Volunteering Coordinator
"To cling to materiality as the highest expression of success is wrong. It is who you are as a person that counts. Giving of your time to help another is the essence of love."
Work areas:
Co-ordinator, Local Volunteering
Qualifications:
BA Insurance and European Studies, MA International Relations
Areas of interest:
Sports, the outdoors, travel, old houses, old movies, development issues.
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Caitlín Ní Runaigh
Secretary - Ballymun Office
Work areas:
Administration and secretarial work
Areas of interest:
These vary, from music to traveling. I am very passionate about social justice and sometimes get frustrated when I see injustices in the world. I love speaking the Irish language and having a laugh!
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Phil Hurley
Financial Administrator
Work areas:
Administration and secretarial work.
What's On: July'08
Tue 01
Jamaica
(TBC)
Wed 02
Zambia 3-week
volunteering begins
Fri 04
SAC 1 ends
Sat 05
SAC 2 begins / Colombia 3-wk
volunteering begins / Magis08 begins
Sun 06
JSV 3-week
residential project
begins in Ballymun
Tue 15
World Youth
Days in Australia
begins
Thu 17
Wicklow 4-day
pilgrimage begins
Fri 18
SAC 2 ends
Sat 19
SAC 3 begins
Sun 20
WYD ends
Mon 21
Magis08
pilgrimage begins
Tue 22
Zambia 3-week
project ends
Sat 26
Colombia 3-week
project ends
Sun 27
JSV 3-week project
& Magis 08 end
Thu 31
St Ignatius Day
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Slí Eile Gardiner Street
20 Upper Gardiner Street,
Dublin 1
Tel: 00 353 [0]1 888 0606
Slí Eile Ballymun
125 Shangan Road,
Ballymun, Dublin 9
Tel: 00 353 [0]1 862 5345
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