PureMentalNI: ‘Children of the Troubles’ have had Enough of Adult Inaction

Mental health provision is now an issue for NI school students - and with politics in a quagmire the churches could play a role too, they say.

Irish Catholic Schools: Avoidance of Research Threatens Integrity

A retired principal's candour raises a stark question: is avoidance of research into the true state of 'faith formation' in Irish Catholic schools fostering hypocrisy?

Faith Formation and Fear of Shame: Sean O’Conaill

Why have Irish Bishops not researched the reasons for the disappearance of school-going teenagers from church? Have they cause for concern about the likely results of such research?

Faith formation? Take it out of schools altogether!

Sean O'Conaill argues that our school-centred system of 'faith formation' is a major factor in the growing existential crisis of Catholicism in Ireland.

Faith formation: the role of home, parish and school

Aidan Hart outlines a model of faith formation centred on the family and parish, supported by and influencing the school.

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