(Catholic Herald).
Catholic education in Ireland risks falling off a demographic cliff with the numbers of teachers in Catholic schools professing adherence to the faith projected to decline rapidly, according to an in-depth survey of Catholic education in Ireland that was recently released.
Conducted by Global Researchers Advancing Catholic Education (GRACE), an international research-based partnership between academics in universities and Catholic education bodies in Ireland, Australia, the US and the UK, the six-part report – titled “Identity and Ethos in Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Ireland, Exploring the Attitudes and Behaviours of Stakeholders” – raises very practical questions and suggests practical solutions to strengthen Catholic education.