{"id":22526,"date":"2024-02-26T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/?p=22526"},"modified":"2026-08-14T15:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:53:17","slug":"dignity-and-compassion-transition-year-students-support-atu-remembrance-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/dignity-and-compassion-transition-year-students-support-atu-remembrance-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Dignity and Compassion: Transition Year Students Support ATU Remembrance Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- ========================================== -->\n<!-- NEWS ARTICLE: ATU REMEMBRANCE SERVICE       -->\n<!-- ========================================== -->\n<div class=\"aen-news-article-modern\" style=\"font-family: 'Plus Jakarta Sans', sans-serif; width: 100%; max-width: 1200px; margin: 50px auto 30px auto; padding: 0 20px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; position: relative; z-index: 10;\">\n  \n  <div style=\"background: #ffffff; 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Community Care \u2022 Transition Year Service Dignity and Compassion: Transition Year Students Support ATU Remembrance Service 26 February 2024 A group of our Transition Year students recently participated in a deeply poignant Remembrance Service held at ATU Castlebar. The annual ecumenical service was organised to offer comfort, solidarity, and support to local families who have experienced the devastating loss of a baby or a child. Representing the Davitt College community with exemplary maturity, our students took an active role in the candle ceremony and distributed custom prayer cards thoughtfully created by class 4A. Participating in an occasion of such profound local significance is an immense privilege, and our students are to be commended for the extraordinary dignity, empathy, and respect they demonstrated throughout the evening. &#x1f56f;&#xfe0f;&#x1f54a;&#xfe0f;&#x1f90d; 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