Some good news for the faithful in Ireland!

Founded by Cantillon-Murphy, his wife Grace, and other interested parents, Mater Dei opened in 2020 with 12 students . Today, some 60 students in secondary school, the equivalent of grades 7-12 in the United States, sit in its classrooms, where they receive lessons in the Catholic faith, Irish and the history and literature of Ireland, science and math, and a classical education. Additional students are enrolling in the school’s online and homeschooling courses or ordering it

Catholic education, which has changed over the centuries, must continue to evolve to help young people face the challenges not only of technology but of confusion about the meaning and purpose of life, Pope Leo XIV said.

This past Easter Sunday Mater Dei Academy was featured on Shalom World TV's 'Into the Light. ’ The documentary explains how Mater Dei...

5/1/2023 Ms. Geraldine Heffernan has been named the first Principal of Mater Dei Academy in Cork by the school’s Board of Trustees. Ms....

3/22/2023 "Even after decades of Ireland’s rapid societal secularization, encouraged in no small part by a brutal procession of the...

9/15/2022 The 2022 academic year at Mater Dei Academy has begun! In preparation for the new academic year, Mater Dei Academy has seen...

7/12/2022 The Foundation is pleased to announce the recipient of its Saints and Scholars Fellowship 2022: Margaret Killackey holds an MA...