PACYO Bob Beardsworth reports on:
"Just Youth" project in Manchester;
Salford Diocese's WAVELENGTH publication;
A Round-up of Good Practice;
E Anglia's new Youth Officer - Hamish Macqueen.
CATSC See papers above
Celebrating People, Schools and Events Network Youth Forum
Barlborough Hall School, Hallam
St Mary's Catholic College, Blackpool
St Pius X Prep School, Preston
Arundel's prize chorister
St Charles Borromeo Primary School, Weybridge
Wishaw Academy Primary School, N Lanarkshire
St Joseph's Infant School, Luton
Cardinal Newman School, Luton
Diocese of Northampton - Celebrating education in the Diocese
St Mary's College, Middlesborough
Alderley Edge School for Girls
St John's Trowbridge
Stoneyhurst College
CAFOD See CAFOD at CATSC
Conference Reports PACYO Conference "Translating Spirituality"
Launch of CASE (Catholic Agency to Support Evangelisation)
National Catholic Educational Convention - Boston USA
Principles of Catholic Education CES seeks the views of Professional Teacher Associations
on "schools of a religious character" - we await the
response.
PACYO "Just for You..and Millions More" - A reflection
on the visit of the World Youth Day Cross.
CATSC At the Education Show - a unique Catholic presence at
the NEC.
Celebrating People, Schools and Events Diocese of Northampton
St Peter's Comprehensive School, Guildford
More House School, Knightsbridge
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Primary School, Doncaster
St Thomas a Becket Catholic Junior School, Eastbourne
Cathedral Youth Choir, Cardiff
The University of Bath
CAFOD How clean is your machine? CAFOD campaign for justice
for exploited computer manufacturing workers.
Conference Reports "Distinctive and Collaborative - How does the Catholic
School Leader successfully reconcile these competing demands?"
Rupert Lister, former Headteacher, now resarching Leadership in
Catholic Schools, reports on teh CATSC Secondary Heads Conference.
"Keeping the Vison" - Catholic Independent Schools Conference
- Cambridge 2004
Report by Doreen Bradshaw, formerly Headteacher of Holy Trinity
College, Bromley.
Principles of Catholic Education - An occasional series A look back at "The Catholic School: Sacred Congregation
for Catholic Education 1977.
"Atheism not to be equated to a religion" A CES response to a recent call for the inclusion of the study
of atheism in schools.
CAFOD Describes the materials available on CD-Rom to schools from
January 2004.. Contact Pat Merrett on 0207 326 5527 or pmerrett@cafod.org.uk
PACYO Bob Beardsworthreports on a range of initiatives in
Youth work from Aberdeen to Liverpool, via Westminster and Northampton.
Celebrating People, Schools and Events A summary of the a letter sent by Bishop O'Donoghue of Lancaster
to all the teachers of the Diocese is included with anote thathe
full text can be accessed on the CES website as is extracts from
the Service of Commissioning prepared by the Leeds Diocese RE
Team for Education Sunday.
There is also a lengthy feature celebrating the Golden Jubilee
of Bishop Challenor Catholic School in Birmingham. Also mentioned:
Stoneyhurst College Carol singing tradition for charity on the
streets of London; St John's College, Southsea and Ursuline Prep
School, Brentwood.
The Walsingham Interaction for Peace Pilgrimage is also featured.
New Catholic Education Service Publications:"A
Position Paper on Catholic Education in Schools and Sixth Form
Colleges" and "Catholic Education Service Development Plan"
A substantial part of these two important documents is carried
in this issue of Networking as is a summary of a Statement
Backing Catholic Education by the Bishops' Conference of England
and Wales.
Special Feature: Extracts from a Teacher's Diary Des Kelly, Deputy Headteacher at St John Payne Catholic Comprehensive
School in Chelmsford movingly reflects on three sacred moments
from his recent experience.
ACCE The
Association of Chaplains in Education Annual Conference
ACCE celebrated ten years of work at its conference at Ushaw College
where Lord David Alton, Fr Kevin Dring and Helen Bardy featured
as the main speakers. Bishop Ambrose Griffiths presided at the
conference Mass.
Association
of Catholic Sixth Form Colleges Bi-annual Conference
The EU Directive on Discrimination and its possible effect on
Catholic 6th Form Colleges remains a matter of concern
although assurances seem to be forthcoming from DfES. The position
of Chaplains in the sector is the subject of on-going discussion.
Nottingham
Diocesan Secondary Headteachers Conference, Edward Hayes
Promoting the whole person - the challenge for our schools
A Diocese that knows where it is going and where its schools fit
into the mission. A schools’ conference following a Diocesan Assembly
allowing for a rooting in the local Church’s sense of mission
seems almost a luxurious dream to most Headteachers.
CHAPS -
Scottish Catholic Primary Headteachers - Willie Slavin
Catholic Headteachers Actively promoting Self-Esteem
David
Alton again featured and was very well received by an attentive,
well-informed and committed audience. Dr James Conroy deputised
for Prof Gerald Grace and delivered his paper with a perceptive
commentary,
CATSC Primary
Conference - Willie Slavin
He was with the wild beasts and the angels were also there Mark
1:12-13
Kevin Quigley guided the conference through the first day in theologically
formed presentation. Sir John Jones delivered the school improvement
message on the Saturday morning session. The "Networking"
website at www.netcet.com
was launched.
World Union
of Catholic Teachers - Joe Hughes - New Challenges
- Same Goals
An account that emphasises the universality of the issues confronting
Catholic schools. The full account of a paper delivered by Fr
Luc Van Looy SDB appears elsewhere in the current issue of Networking.
CHAPSConference
“Inclusion and Equality in the Catholic School”David Henderson Scottish Catholic Secondary Heads met on 8th – 9th
May in Crieff Speakers:Bishop Donal McKeown (Down and Connor) spokesman
for Education in Northern Ireland for the Irish Bishops’ Conference.- Prof. Gerald Grace - Margery Browning HMI
EducareM
Consultation on ProgressSr Judith Russi Sr Judith spoke at the Nottingham Diocesan RE Centre, Mackworth on 19th
June 2003. EducareM is a project to promote spiritual,
moral, social and cultural education.