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The Laurentian Society is a society of Trinity College, Dublin, named after Saint Laurence O'Toole (Lorcán Ua Tuathail in Irish),〔("Odd Situation at Trinity", The Windsor Star, Canada, 23 March 1964, p. 8. )〕 and concerned with relevant issues from a Catholic perspective.〔(Website of Trinity College Central Societies Committee )〕 It was the Catholic society of Trinity College, and it existed with no interruptions between the academic years 1952–53 and 2001–02.〔See: Dublin University, The Dublin University Calendar 1953-4, Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co. Ltd., pp. 57 * & 58 *, and the following calendars up to the year 2001–2002. The Society appears in each one of them.〕 During those years, the society held talks on various issues and was engaged in charitable activities. The society played an important role in opposing the ban on Catholics entering Trinity College,〔''The Irish Times'', 4 April 1967, p. 1.〕 and was also very influential on other groups of the college, such as the G.A.A. club of Trinity.〔''The Irish Times'', 3 February 1965, p. 6.〕 The work of this society was quoted across the Atlantic.〔(Odd Situation at Trinity, The Windsor Star, Canada, 23 March 1964, p. 8. ) and (Much Ignored 'Ban' is Lifted, ''The Windsor Star'', Canada, 6 July 1970, p. 8. ). Reference to the Society has been made also in other foreign sources, such as the British newspaper ''The Tablet'' (Finola Kennedy, "When Dublin was the capital of Christendom", The Tablet, United Kingdom, 17 March 2012, p. 19).〕 In September 2011, the Society was revived, being granted provisional recognition by the Trinity College Central Societies Committee.〔(Website of Trinity College Central Societies Committee )〕 The Society was granted full recognition on 19 March 2013 at the Annual General Meeting of the same Societies Committee. ==History== The Laurentian was a society of Trinity College, Dublin, created during the academic year 1952-3.〔Dublin University, The Dublin University Calendar 1953-4, Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co. Ltd., pp. 57 * & 58 *.〕 Trinity News articles differ in the exact year in which it was founded, since one number says that it was created in 1952, whereas other says that it was created in 1953.〔Cf. (Trinity News, Vol. XIV, No. 13, 13 April 1967 ) and (Trinity News, Trinity Archive, 1 Nov. 2005, p. 20 )〕 The fact that the very society celebrated its tenth anniversary in 1963 makes the latter date seem more probable. This society was named after Saint Laurence O'Toole (Lorcán Ua Tuathail in gaelic), a bishop of Dublin and an abbot of Glendalough. He was born in Ireland in 1128, and died in Normandy, 14 November 1180; he was canonised in 1225 by Pope Honorius III. "The Laurentian Society was founded in 1953 as a social society for the 200 odd Roman Catholics attending Trinity."〔(Trinity News, Trinity Archive, 1 Nov. 2005, p. 20 )〕 The reason for this small number of Catholics attending Trinity had a long history. Some centuries ago the Penal Laws (Ireland) prevented Catholics from being educated in Ireland. Once these laws were abolished, "Catholics and Dissenters were excluded from Trinity College by the extension of religious tests in 1637. Even after their removal in 1773–74, students could not hold scholarships or fellowships without taking oaths which were anathema to the Catholic faith. Although Fawcett's Act of 1873 removed the requirement to take these oaths, the Catholic hierarchy denounced this measure as 'an act of secularisation', and continued to warn Catholic students against entering Trinity College".〔Senia Paseta, "Trinity College, Dublin, and the Education of Irish Catholics", 1873–1908, in Studia Hibernica (Patrick's College ) No. 30 (1998/1999), p. 10.〕 The Catholic Church required Catholics to have a special dispensation before being allowed to attend Trinity College, as this University was seen as a danger for their faith, a decision made by Archbishop John Charles McQuaid that generated much controversy. Even in 1969, "Irish Catholic students wishing to attend University in Dublin () directed to the National University, or UCD [University College Dublin ], as it is better known." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laurentian Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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