Summerhill College

Chaplaincy in the College of the Immaculate Conception, Summerhill, Sligo is about “being there” for all in the school community; staff, students and their families.

The chaplain is available to people of all denominations and accordingly will supply a pastoral care service to all in the school community.The chaplain is observant and aims to be sensitive to the needs of others as far as possible.

This is achieved primarily through meeting students on a one to one basis and in small groups. This is done formally and informally with a view to being available to them as a faith presence, to listen to them and to address their pastoral and spiritual needs.

The chaplain ensures that the characteristic spirit of the school, reflecting the school’s mission statement, finds expression in faith formation as well as pastoral, liturgical, and school outreach activities.The chaplain exercises their role by:
a) Personal contact with individual students,
b) Access to class and small groups,
c) Provision of Liturgical functions,
d) Responding to the day to day pastoral needs of the students and staff ande) Recretional, cultural and outreach activities.

Paul Keogh (Chaplain)