From time to time, the Trust publishes resources which may be of use to the schools.

The Le Chéile Trust recognises the importance of reviewing and updating the school's RE policy and to assist in this process we offer a Religious Education Policy Template

The Le Chéile Song "New Beginnings" was specially commissioned for the setting up of Le Chéile. The music and words were composed by Ian Callanan. A sound file and scores for piano and voice can be downloaded at the link: Le Chéile Song.

The Le Chéile Prayer may be useful for School Assemblies or at the beginning of a staff meeting.   Le Chéile Opening Prayer

The Stations of the Cross for Students is an additional prayer resource suitable helping students to make connections between the life of Chrsit and their own experience.

The Prayer for First Staff Meeting of the School Year offers an opportunity for a brief time of reflection to set the school year in a context of faith.

The Le Chéile Logo (jpg format) can be downloaded by schools.

The Pope's address to students of Catholic Schools during his recent visit to St Mary's College in Twickenham.

Teacher Resources

Work on preparation for the 50th International Eucharstic Congress which takes place in June 2012 is well under way. While the Congress takes palce in Dublin it is intended as an all-Ireland event and all the dioceses are engaged in preparatory work. The Congress website will publish a series of pastoral and liturgical resources as well as an e-zine which will offer help to schools and teachers - it will be worth being familiar with over the next eighteen months. www.iec2012.ie   

The Mission Alive Office of the Irish Missionary Union have prepared an excellent resouce for teachers on Justice and Peace issues related to missionary work. The resouce contains two DVDs, and other material to help students reflect on and learn about the meaning of Christian mission in today's world. Copies have been sent to schools but further ones may be had from Ronan Barry at the Mission Alive Office This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . The Irish Missionary Union webiste contains other RE resources on education for justice, prayer and spirituality: www.imu.ie . Many of the Congregations of the Le Cheile Schools Trust are members of the IMU. 

The Debt and Development Coalition Ireland have made available an excellent resouce for teachers including a CD entitled "How the World Works". It is designed for Transition Year Students and is suitable for RE, Geography, History and Economics. Teachers may obtain copies by contacting Nessa at the office: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   or by downloading it  from the website at www.debtireland.org  

 The Euro Mediterranean Foundation for Dialogue between Cultures has prepared an excellent resource book for teaches which is available in pdf. It is entitled "How to Cope with Diversity at School: Teaching and Learning about Religious Diversity and is made up of 12 units on such topics as War and Peace, Worship, Life and Death, Clothing, Food, Art etc. Since it is a large book (230 pages) it takes a while to download but well worth a look. It would help with World religions in Junior Cert RE and also with transition year projects.  http://www.euromedalex.org/misc/rd_en.pdf