Certificates in Religious Education were presented to final-year undergraduate student teachers at a ceremony in St Mary’s University College Belfast on Thursday 13th June.



The presentation of Religious Education Certificates to over one hundred and fifty students (covering each of the nine Ulster counties), who will graduate with BEd degrees on 4th July, were made by The Most Reverend Noel Treanor, Bishop of Down and Connor.



Speaking at the event, which was attended by over five hundred people, the College Principal Professor Peter Finn referred to a recent message sent by His Holiness Pope Francis using Twitter and he asked the students to reflect on it as newly qualified teachers: “Do I take the Gospel message of reconciliation and love into the places where I live and work?”

A ceremony for the College’s postgraduate student teachers who follow an Irish-medium programme was held in the previous week when Certificates in Religious Education were presented by The Most Reverend Donal McKeown, Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor.