Archbishop Sean Brady officially launches the Catholic Education Website at St. Mary's University College, Belfast.

CCMS Launches Welcome Pack for Ethnic Families

Friday, June 15, 2007

The diversity within Catholic Maintained schools has been highlighted today with the launch of a new ‘Welcome Pack’ for ethnic minorities from the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS).The Council has produced the ‘Welcome Pack’ to help the growing ethnic population to access current information on educational opportunities available to their children within the Catholic Maintained schools sector.

Catholic Education Week:
26th February - 4th March 2007 

This year Catholic Education Week will take place from the 26th February - 4th March and the theme is "Walk in the Light."

Where we have come from ……

Forty years have passed since the close of Vatican Council.. Some would say we have been wandering in the wilderness ever since, like Moses and the newly emancipated Chosen People. Others would say that what we were promised at that time was never delivered. Either way, to understand where Catholics stand today, the point of departure has to be the Second Vatican Council.