The Saints and Scholars Foundation is in the right place at the right time to help launch a new model of classical Catholic education in Ireland! In 2023, EWTN's Colm Flynn travelled to Ireland and asked the question!

The tide of faith is turning in Ireland: Generation Z, 18-29 year olds, are returning to the practice of the Faith. Eight years ago, only 7% of that age bracket attended weekly Mass; today it is 17%. Deo gratias! The data behind those numbers is solid: Presenting a study on recent religious trends on the island of Ireland by Emily Nelson and Stephen Bullivant .

The importance of the Saints and Scholars Foundation’s work is made clear in this recent posting from Rev. Brendan Kilcoyne, speaking to Ireland’s revised state curriculum. Ireland needs independent Catholic schools !

Irish culture is more than parades and leprechauns, as Connie Marshner joins Our Sunday Visitor .

8/9/2022 Beginning in September Mater Dei Academy will be located at the Farranferris Education and Training Campus in Cork! Campus...

The Wanderer. March 15, 2022 By CONNIE MARSHNER The world is full of bad news right now, but there is a ray of hope in Ireland. It is widely known that in the space of thirty years Ireland went from being the most Catholic country in Europe to being the most anti-Catholic. How did that happen? In 1966 the voice of the Church on matters of morality was heard: The bishop of Dublin spoke out about indecency on television and the national TV station had to apologize. Twenty yea

10/15/2020 As the fourth lecture in the Mater Dei Academy lecture series, Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother (Sisters Mary...

10/12/2020 Please see this recently published article from the Catholic News Agency demonstrating the need for The Saints and Scholars Foundation and the establishment of Catholic education in Ireland.

2/27/2020 From America Magazine: "There is a growing conviction among many educators that implementing a classical educational model,...