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Mike Garde BD., H Dip. ED, CPE

Mike Garde BD., H Dip. ED, CPE was born in South Africa, but has lived most of his life in Ireland. He is currently working towards an MA at the Milltown Institute in Dublin, Ireland on the Magnificat Meal Movement, a traditionalist Catholic Movement centred around devotion to the Eucharist and devotion to the Virgin Mary which has evolved into Cultist movement. He visited Helidon where the MMM is located in 2003. He is the Director of Dialogue Ireland an independent Trust which researches New Religious Movements (NRM’s) and Cultist movements. He is an associate member of FECRIS, a European wide federation of those concerned about Cultism, and is involved in Thought Reform Consultancy, providing information to the public and the media on NRM’s. The main focus of his educational work is in providing High School students with an educational encounter with NRM’s to prepare them for the transition to College. He holds a Diploma in Theology from University College, London (1973), Diploma in Theology from the Baptist College, Belfast, (1973), BD from the Pontifical University, St. Patrick’s, College, Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland (1975), and H.Dip.ED from the National University of Ireland, (1976), Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Unit, Mater Hospital Dublin, 1992.  (dialogueireland@esatclear.ie ) Web site: www.esatclear.ie/~dialogueireland

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