The Irish Catholic Bishops, in their role as patrons of Catholic primary schools, have welcomed the launch this morning by the Minister for Education, Ms Norma Foley TD, of the new Primary Curriculum Framework. Bishops recognised the importance of updating the present curriculum to meet the evolving educational needs of pupils. They note that the new framework respects the holistic nature of education in providing for the development of the whole human person: spiritual, intellectual, moral, physical and social.
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He loves, He hopes, He waits. If He came down on our altars on certain days only, some sinner, on being moved to repentance, might have to look for Him, and not finding Him, might have to wait. Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep him waiting one instant.
St Julian Peter Eymard
We adore you, most holy Lord Jesus Christ, here, and in all your churches throughout all the world; and we bless you, because, by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.
~ St Francis of Assisi
