Experience God in Creation at Dalgan Summer School

Dr John Feehan

Places are still available for Ireland’s 2014 Dalgan Summer School, which this year is called ‘Experiencing God in Creation’. It is organised by the Columban Ecological Institute at Dalgan Park, Navan, in Co Meath and takes place on 14-17 July.

Directed by Dr John Feehan, an eminent scientist and theologian, in collaboration with Columban eco-theologian Sean McDonagh, this is a wonderful opportunity to deepen knowledge, love and care for God’s creation. The programme will include lectures and discussions, field visits and microscope encounters, with a full day’s outing further afield on one day. Special emphasis will be placed on the natural history interest of the sites visited.

Sean McDonagh says: “Each summer for the past nine years I have looked forward to spending a week with Dr John Feehan exploring God’s creation. Dr Feehan recently retired from University College Dublin where he was a senior lecturer in the School of Biology and Environmental Science. He is a man of enormous erudition and has researched and written on many aspects of the natural world here in Ireland.

“He trained as a geologist and the stamp of that training can be seen in his book The Landscape of Slieve Bloom. In all his writing and lecturing Dr Feehan has always attempted to go beyond the rocks which form the bedrock of the landscape and explore the living world, including the impact which humankind have had on shaping the landscape.”

The cost, including bus hire, tuition and use of equipment (such as microscopes) is €250.

Contact: Elizabeth Mc Ardle at The Columban Ecological Institute, St Columban’s, Dalgan, Navan, Co Meath.
Tel: 046 9021525 Ext 567
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