Catholic schools...

...come under fire a lot, and there will be more if this ghastly same-sex marriage scheme goes through and schools are told that they must teach that two people of the same sex can marry...which no Catholic school can teach under any circumstances. Meanwhile I have been spending the week sending out certificates and prizes for the 2012 Schools RE Project run by the Association of Catholic Women and realising just what a lot of good work is done in Catholic junior schools in Britain. They face an uphill task, however. Vast numbers of those who seek to send their children to Catholic schools are not actually practising the Faith, and indeed seem puzzled at the notion that they should, as Catholics, actually go to Mass every Sunday...