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Welcome to the Des Places Educational Association Ltd (DEA).

The DEA is Patron of the 8 schools and colleges of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit in Ireland, as well as being a joint Patron of Holy Family Community School, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin.

Schools under the sole patronage of the DEA provide Catholic education in the Spiritan (Holy Ghost) tradition for over 5,000 pupils.

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  Blackrock College and Willow Park School   Holy Family Community School   Rockwell College  
  Willow Park School
Blackrock College		   Holy Family
Community School		   Rockwell College
 		  
  St Mary's Junior School and College   St Michael's Junior School and College   Templeogue College  
  St. Mary's School
St. Mary's College 		  St. Michael's School
St. Michael's College		   Templeogue College
 		  
 
18th August 2010
Congratulations
Congratulations to all our Colleges on their Leaving Cert results. Best wishes to the students of Spiritan Colleges in your chosen path for the future. We hope and pray that whatever road you take in life that you will be happy, safe and blessed.
 
18th August 2010
DEA Middle Leadership Course
The DEA Middle Leadership Course begins on Wednesday 22nd September at 4.00 in the Tara Towers Hotel, Merrior Road. Participants will be contacted by the Education Officer in early September with confirmation details.
 
18th August 2010
DEA Photography Competition
In September the DEA will launch a photography competition for Senior College students. The theme this year is CELEBRATION. Application forms and details will be available on the website and in the schools from early September. The closing date for entries is November 8th 2010.
 
7th May 2010
Willow Park New School Building
Willow Park Junior School will celebrate the official opening of their new school building on Friday 7th May at 2.00 with a blessing by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin.

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Spiritan Education       Visit the Irish Spiritans web site.  
The Spiritan Education Ethos is guided and grounded by seven core values:

Openness to the Spirit
Guided by the Holy Spirit in our relationships, choices, behaviours and decisions.

A Sense of Community
Working together as a family of schools who are committed to the fulfilment of every individual’s human potential through support and advocacy.		   Concern for the Poor
To create an awareness of the disadvantaged in our society and to promote a responsibility of the better off towards a global society where poverty is eliminated.

Commitment to service
To follow in the footsteps of des Places by building a commitment of service to each other and to our communities.

Global Vision
Reflecting the missionary outlook of the Congregation, Spiritan		   education works for the empowerment of peoples and their liberation from injustice, poverty and ignorance.

High Educational Standards
The realisation of each person’s holistic potential and to strive for excellence in all areas of life.

Personal Development
The moral, spiritual, intellectual, physical, social and cultural aspects of each student’s development is at the heart of the Spiritan vision of Education.		  
 
  Des Places Educational Association, Des Places House, Kimmage Manor, Whitehall Road, Kimmage, Dublin 12, Ireland.
Tel: +353 1 499 7610 Fax: +353 1 492 7060 E-mail: reception@desplaces.ie   Des Places Educational Association