Conference:
Exploring the link between Sport and Spirituality A forum for all Friday 24th and Saturday 25th January 2014
St. Patrick’s College, Thurles
Registration & Further Details: Details www.stpats.ie/about/conferences sportsandspirituality@stpats.ie andspirituality@stpats.ie www.facebook.com/sportandspiritualityconference Admission: Friday and Saturday €50/ students €20 Saturday only €40 Friday only €10 Jointly sponsored by St. Patrick’s College, Thurles and Davy Stockbrokers
Programme Friday 24th January 7pm
Registration
7.30pm Public Lecture: Dr. Nick Watson Can Sport Build Character? Exploring Faith, Love and ‘Big Hits’ in the World of Sport
8.30pm Wine Reception
Programme Saturday 25th January 9.00am
Registration and Welcome Refreshments
9.30am
Fr. Tom Fogarty, President, St. Patrick’s College Welcome Address
9.45am
Dr. Kevin O’Gorman, SMA.
Hurling the Heart towards Holiness: Investigating the integration of Morality and Spirituality in Sport
10.45am
Tea/ Coffee
11.15am
Dr. Nick Watson
Sport, Religion and Disability: Reflecting on Brokenness and Weakness and Mind and Body
12.15pm
Dr. Eamon O’Shea Preparing players for the ‘Big’ day
1pm
Lunch
Programme Saturday 25th January (cont.) 2pm
Dr. Mark Nesti
Spirit, Play and Peak Performance in Professional Sport – Reflections on 10 years inside the English Premier League as a Sports Psychologist
3pm
Tea/ Coffee
3.30pm Rev. John Boyers Sports Chaplaincy at Manchester United
4.30pm Plenary Session 5pm
Closing Address
Speaker Profiles Dr Nick J. Watson is Senior Lecturer in Sport, Culture and Religion and head of student pastoral care (in sport) at York St John University (YSJU), UK, where he was the Founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Sport and Spirituality (2003-2009). Nick has co-authored/edited co authored/edited six books on sport and religion, most recently, Sports, Religion and Disability (2014) and Sports and Christianity: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (2013). In addition to having coached athletes with disabilities, Nick has significant experience coaching football, in Spain, America and the UK.
Dr. Kevin O’ Gorman, SMA, is Lecturer in moral theology at the Pontifical University at Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth. His research interests centre on Moral Theology and Canon Law, Ethics and Culture and Sport, Morality and Faith. His publications include, lude, Saving Sport, published by Columba Press in 2010.
Dr. Eamon O'Shea is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at NUI, Galway and is a Whitaker Institute Research Associate, principally involved with the delivery of Whitaker Institute's socioso economic research in conjunction with the Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI). Dr. O’ Shea is also the current manager of the Tipperary Senior Hurling team.
Speaker Profiles Dr. Mark Nesti is a specialist in applied sport psychology, especially in relation to professional sport including football. especially He has worked in Premier League football as first team counselling sport psychologist at Bolton Wanderers 20032003 2007, Newcastle United 2007-08, 2007 08, and at Hull City 2008-09. 2008 His most recent books, both published published by Routledge, focus on Applied psychology and Premiership football (2010) and Sport, ethics and spirituality (2011). Mark has been a BASES accredited sport psychologist since 1990 and has worked with a range of sports at different levels of performance, perfo from club to Olympic standard.
Rev. John Boyers founded SCORE (the previous name of Sports Chaplaincy UK) in 1991. He is based in Manchester, where he is Chaplain to Manchester United Football Club. Prior to that he was Chaplain to Watford F.C. John has played an integral part in the organising of sport chaplaincy at a number of Commonwealth and Olympic Games.
Fr. Tom Fogarty is President of St. Patrick’s College, Thurles. His research interests include exploring the links between religion and sport. He is also a former manager of the Tipperary and Offaly Senior Hurling Teams.
Who is this conference for? Sports Coaches Sports Psychologists Sports Sociologists Athletes Sports Chaplains Chaplains in Education Physical Education Teachers Sports Managers Sponsored by Davy Stockbrokers
Further Information Contacts: Fr. Tom Fogarty, Dr. Rebecca Purcell and Diane Corkery, St. Patrick’s College, Thurles. Telephone: +353(0)504 21201
Web: www.stpats.ie/about/conferences Email: sportsandspirituality@stpats.ie andspirituality@stpats.ie
Please register online at the above address