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About Sr<\/strong> Bernadette Flanagan PBVM<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1998, Dr Bernadette Flanagan completed her doctorate in Humanities (Spirituality) at the Milltown Institute, Dublin.<\/p>\n

Since that time she has become an Associate Professor in Spirituality and led the development of MA and professional doctoral studies in Spirituality in Ireland. She has consulted to a wide range of organisations in Ireland and overseas on dimensions of spiritual education, spiritual care and spiritual practice in such fields as healthcare, education, relational wellbeing, aging; addiction and leadership.\u00a0 Dr Bernadette Flanagan has served as Chair SpIRE.<\/p>\n

About The Spirituality Institute for Research and Education (SpIRE)<\/p>\n

The main object for which SpIRE was established is the promotion of spirituality by providing research, education, and community services for the public benefit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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About SPIRE From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Spirituality Institute for Research and Education (SpIRE)<\/strong>\u00a0was established in 2016 to raise awareness of spirituality as an applied academic discipline.<\/em>\u00a0Starting in August 2016, SpIRE in conjunction with the\u00a0Waterford Institute of Technology\u00a0delivers an MA in Applied Spirituality which was run from\u00a0All Hallows College, Dublin and awarded by\u00a0Dublin City University\u00a0(prior to it closing down its academic programmes), and which had earlier been run from Jesuit\u00a0Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy\u00a0awarded by the\u00a0National University of Ireland, from 2001<\/em> until it suspended its academic programmes in 2012 \u00a0The Jesuit Library in Milltown, has acquired a number of books donated by All Hallows College from the John Hand Library on spirituality. <\/em><\/p>\n

Lectures and seminars are delivered in the Jesuit Centre, Milltown Park, and students have access to the newly created (2020) SpIRE library and facilities in Milltown Park. The objective would be to develop the programmes, to include Doctoral research.<\/em><\/p>\n

Founded by Dr. Michael O’Sullivan SJ<\/em> \u00a0who is the Executive Director of SpIRE and MA programme leader and Dr Bernadette Flanagan PBVM who serves as chair of SpIRE \u00a0both had previously worked at the Milltown Institute and were also colleagues at All Hallows College <\/em><\/p>\n

Members of the SpIRE Advisory Committee include Dr Noelia Molina, Dr Noel Keating, Dr Elizabeth McCrory, Dr Bernadette Flanagan, and emeritus Prof. Michael Howlett (WIT). Prof. Fiona Timmins (Trinity College Dublin) and Dr Michael Murray served on this committee for a number of years, as did Dara Westby.<\/em><\/p>\n

In August 2016 SpIRE hosted a Summer School in Milltown Institutes Conference Centre, the second\u00a0SpIRE Summer School – Journeying with Spirit\u00a0is scheduled for August 2017. SpIRE and WIT hosted the first international conference in this country on\u00a0Pilgrimage and the Evolution of Spiritual Tourism\u00a0took place in WIT in March 2018.<\/em> \u00a0In May 2019, SpIRE and WIT hosted and ran the 2019 European Spirituality in Economics and Society (SPES) Society Annual Conference,\u00a0Spirituality in Society and the Professions <\/em><\/p>\n

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The Spirituality Institute for Research and Education (SpIRE) was established in 2015 to serve the spiritual seeking of people; it emphasises the value of the academic study of spirituality in higher education, and the phenomenon of \u2018spirituality and\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018Spirituality and\u2019 refers to the relationship between spirituality and the manifold areas of lived experience. These areas include healthcare, management, leadership, disability, social concern, ecology, aging, and social media, etc. The interface between spirituality and such areas, and spirituality and the professions, are all signs of a new spiritual consciousness across the globe.<\/p>\n

This global spiritual awakening is moving people to seek spiritual resources for issues about the meaning of life. The issues arise in a range of settings such as work, family, relationships, life-transitions, and concerns regarding human, societal, and planetary wellbeing.<\/p>\n

In order to serve the journey of life in its spiritual dimension and connection, SpIRE aims to develop contemplative and critically informed spirituality guides, reflective practitioners, spirituality theoreticians, and skilled researchers. It will give effect to its aims through education, research, training, consultancy, publishing, and networking. The networking will involve collaboration with similar initiatives and entities in Ireland and beyond.<\/p>\n

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Audio of Speech of Sr Bernadette Flanagan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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