News & Events

A useful resource for Parish Pastoral Councils, Parish Justice and Peace Groups and more
This document from the USCCB Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development is a compilation of helpful quotes and excerpts from speeches, messages, homilies, and audiences of Pope Francis. This...
NCCA Consultation on Structure and Time in Primary Curriculum
The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) has recently launched a consultation process on structure and time in the Primary Curriculum. The NCCA reports that the 1999 Primary curriculum...

Catholic Schools Week
Catholic Schools: Learning with Pope Francis to care for our common home On Sunday 29 January Bishop Denis Nulty, Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin, will be the chief celebrant and...

World Meeting of Families – Launch October 22nd, 2016
A report from the Communications Office of the Irish Bishops’ Conference on the launch of the World Meeting of Families 2018 On the 22nd October, 2016, a special conference marking...

Launch of Primary Religious Education Curriculum
On Monday 28 September 2015 Bishop Brendan Leahy, Chair of the Bishops’ Council for Catechetics launched the new Catholic Preschool and Primary School Religious Education Curriculum for Ireland (2015), and...

Launch of new Catholic religious education curriculum and programme
On Monday 28 September Bishop Brendan Leahy, Chair of the Bishops’ Council for Catechetics launched the new Catholic Preschool and Primary School Religious Education Curriculum for Ireland (2015), and its...