February 2016

The Lumen Christi College Annual Chess Championship will be held on Saturday 7th May 2016.  The closing date for entries is Saturday 30th April.  Further information and application form can be found by clicking here.

PowerPoint presentation from Year 12 Parent Careers Evening Thursday 11th February 2016.

Friday February 5th, is ‘Wear it. Beat it Day’ for the British Heart Foundation and Lumen Christi are going to participate too! Students can wear a red accessory for the day to show support. Bearing in mind the school’s uniform policy, and that it is still a full uniform day, the following accessories are allowed:

• Scarves
• Ties
• Socks
• Shoe laces
• Hair bobbles/bands
• Badges
• Belts

A donation of £1 per person would show our support for the British Heart Foundation and the work that they are doing. In 2013 we raised over £700!

As a representative of Lumen Christi College, James Nangle travelled to Stormont to speak with policy makers from the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, as well as having additional talks with John O'Dowd MLA, the Education Minister and Martin McGuinness, the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland.

Alongside Reverend David Latimer, Adam McElhinney, Sophie Doherty (Foyle College) and Megan Doherty (St. Mary's) he lobbied for funds for Co-operation Ireland's 'International Day of Peace' event at The Maze Prison Long Kesh.

In collaboration with other Youth Ambassadors from post-primary schools in the city, James has been working on designing a logo for 'The International Day of Peace'. The event is scheduled for the 21st of September 2016, with over 400 schools from across Northern Ireland participating. 

Fr Pat Cahill & Veronica, from the Ceili Community, who visited Liturgy Prefects for an hour of testimony and song.

9B attended a Prejudice Face On event on Tuesday 9^th February  in the Waterfoot Hotel. This was the finale event for a 6 week project that they participated on organised by the Community Relations Officers for Derry City and Strabane District Council. 

Last year I was chosen as a tour guide at an exhibition portraying the life of Anne Frank and her role in tackling racism and discrimination in today's society. The charitable organisation behind the project, The Anne Frank Trust, campaigns to end hate crimes and damaging social attitudes by bringing the message of Anne Frank's Diary to schools, prisons and communities. I was amazed by the passion and far-reaching extent of the Trust’s work, so earlier this year when they asked me to come to London to feature in a video to promote their work, I was delighted to assist.

I was further honoured to receive an invitation to view the screening of the fundraising film at their annual lunch in January to mark Holocaust Memorial day. The event was held in the Hilton Hotel London and was attended by Holocaust survivors, victims of Hate crimes and of terrorist attacks in the Middle East; all truly inspiring people, who like Anne, use their horrifying experiences to campaign for equality and an end to ignorance.

The Trust raised a record-breaking £440, 000 through the event at which guest speaker the Rt Hon Theresa May MP praised the Trust's work.
I'm extremely grateful to Mr Hegarty for giving me the opportunity to become involved with such a fantastic organisation and I would strongly urge everyone to support the Trust in any way they can.

Blaithin Thomasius Yr 14

Year 14 students who received the Pope John Paul II Award in the Millennium Forum.  Awards were presented by Archbishop George Stack of Cardiff and Bishop Donal McKeown of Derry.

See the latest pictures of Open Evening 1st February 2016.