Ceist

Rockford Manor is a member of Ceist (Catholic Education an Irish Schools Trust) involving the Presentation Sisters and four other Congregations with responsibility for over 100 schools in Ireland.

Nano Nagle, the foundress of the Presentation Congregation is regarded as a pioneer of Catholic Education and her work laid the foundation for the voluntary school system in Ireland.

www.presentationsistersunion.org/

The core values of CEIST could be summarised in the following quotation:

"Opening minds to the lifelong search for a wisdom that is deeper than information, for an understanding of life that goes beyond knowledge, for an appreciation of the dignity of the other that is respectful of difference" -- Mons. Dermot Lane (Theologian)

 www.ceist.ie