The Saints and Scholars Foundation

09/22/2026

Saints & Scholars Board Member Séamus Ó Fianghusa made history on Sunday. He sang the Star-Spangled Banner in Irish at the dedication of the first Global Irish Famine Way Monument, located on Staten Island -- it's the first time our national anthem has been sung in public as Gaeilge!

09/09/2026

Mater Dei Academy celebrated its first graduating class this past spring, as featured in The Irish Catholic:

Mater Dei Academy, Ireland’s only independent Catholic school, celebrates its first graduating class six years after opening with just 12 students.

08/02/2026

The relics Saint Carlo Acutis were recently made available for veneration ahead of Cork’s 100th Eucharistic Procession in June. And an incoming first-year Mater Dei Academy student was blessed with the opportunity to function as an altar server at the Cathedral of Saint Mary and Saint Anne during the visit!

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Please visit our website at www.saintsandscholars.us for more information, and please consider making a tax-deductible donation to this important cause. The Saints and Scholars Foundation is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization. All donations are fully tax-deductible.

07/11/2026

Toward the end of their journey together, participants in The Saints and Scholars Foundation’s pilgrimage to Ireland were able to celebrate Mass at the Church of Saint Teresa of Avila in Dublin.

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Please visit our website at www.saintsandscholars.us for more information, and please consider making a tax-deductible donation to this important cause. The Saints and Scholars Foundation is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization. All donations are fully tax-deductible.

07/11/2026

Participants in The Saints and Scholars Foundation’s pilgrimage to Ireland were able to meet the Mayor of the Borough District of Drogheda, Cllr Michelle Hall, while abroad!

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Please visit our website at www.saintsandscholars.us for more information, and please consider making a tax-deductible donation to this important cause. The Saints and Scholars Foundation is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization. All donations are fully tax-deductible.

07/11/2026

While travelling in Ireland, participants in The Saints and Scholars’ Foundation’s Pilgrimage were able to visit historic Ross Castle. Built in the fifteenth century, it is a beautifully restored Irish tower house famous as one of the last strongholds to fall to Oliver Cromwell’s forces in 1652.

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Please visit our website at www.saintsandscholars.us for more information, and please consider making a tax-deductible donation to this important cause. The Saints and Scholars Foundation is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization. All donations are fully tax-deductible.

07/11/2026

The Saints and Scholars Foundation’s President Connie Marshner recently visited Saint Olan’s Well in Aghabulloge - pictured here with its ogham stone - as a part of the Saints and Scholars’ pilgrimage to Ireland!

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Please visit our website at www.saintsandscholars.us for more information, and please consider making a tax-deductible donation to this important cause. The Saints and Scholars Foundation is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization. All donations are fully tax-deductible.

07/11/2026

This past spring participants in The Saints and Scholars Foundation’s pilgrimage to Ireland were able to visit Monasterboice, the historic 6th-century monastic settlement in County Louth! Sights included the Round Tower and the particularly memorable Muiredach’s High Cross, widely venerated as the finest high cross in all of Ireland.

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Please visit our website at www.saintsandscholars.us for more information, and please consider making a tax-deductible donation to this important cause. The Saints and Scholars Foundation is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization. All donations are fully tax-deductible.

06/21/2026

The Saints and Scholars Foundation’s pilgrims began their time in Dublin on day ten, with a visit to Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church before gathering outside to visit the Trinity Library to see the Book of Kells.

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Please visit our website at www.saintsandscholars.us for more information, and please consider making a tax-deductible donation to this important cause. The Saints and Scholars Foundation is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization. All donations are fully tax-deductible.

06/21/2026

Mater Dei Academy has graduated its first class! Graduating 6th Year Annie Feeney spoke on behalf of the graduating class, reflecting on the memories, friendships, challenges and achievements shared over the years.

Congratulations to all the graduating 6th Year students as they enter the next stage of their life!

Mater Dei Academy’s first class: The Class of 2026!

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Please visit our website at www.saintsandscholars.us for more information, and please consider making a tax-deductible donation to this important cause. The Saints and Scholars Foundation is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization. All donations are fully tax-deductible.