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Margaret Aylward, foundress of the Holy Faith Sisters, began her work with the intention of handing on the Faith and providing education for the poor in post-famine Ireland. "Before all things the children will be made strong in Faith - a Faith that is living and operative". Holy Faith Secondary Schools were opened in Dublin in the second half of the nineteenth century at the direction and request of Cardinal Paul Cullen so that Catholic education could be as widely available as possible. On September 22, 1890, four Holy Faith Sisters founded a school in Clontarf. The present Secondary School building opened in 1950 and will celebrate its Golden Jubilee in the year 2000. While being justifiably proud of its long tradition and heritage, Holy Faith Clontarf strives consistently to adapt to the educational requirements of a rapidly changing world and has a history of commitment to curriculum innovation and development. The school is traditional, contemporary and futuristic. It draws from and relies on the Christian values of the past, works to help its students meet the challenges and realities of the present and to look to the future with maturity, confidence and hope, empowered by a broad general education. |