What is the Le Chéile Schools Trust?
The Le Chéile Schools Trust is a collaborative trust set that comprises the schools of fifteen religious congregations. The aim of the Trust is to carry on the legal, financial and inspirational role of trusteeship that has, up to now, been done by individual congregations. It carries out the legal and inspirational role of trusteeship. This is a significant development in Irish education as the Catholic Church and the individual religious congregations renew and reformulate their commitment to Irish education.
The main object of Le Chéile is the development of a vision of Catholic education and overseeing its implementation in the Schools, encouraging preservation of key aspects of the evangelical heritage of their founding Congregation and to facilitate the opening of new schools if and where the need arises and resources permit.
In the case of non-denominational schools, the aim is to promote the integration of human and spiritual values that permit Catholic values to develop.
In setting up the Trust, the congregations wish:
• To affirm their commitment to the future of Catholic Education.
• To provide for the needs of the students and communities in their schools.
• To honour their partnership with the government in the education system.
For further information on Le Chéile please follow the link provided below:
http://www.lecheiletrust.ie