The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have issued a new edition of the Religious Education Curriculum Directory (3-19) for use in Catholic schools.

Five Catholic academies opened this month, bringing the total number of Catholic academies now open to 90.

The Archbishops’ letter was circulated to all Catholic parishes and secondary schools. The letter is a positive affirmation of marriage, as is the Coalition for Marriage’s online petition. As the letter says, Catholics believe that ‘marriage is a high and noble vocation’.

Parents across England and Wales are facing potential bills of thousands of pounds following local authority cuts to funding subsidies for transport to Catholic schools.

The following resolutions relating to Catholic education were unanimously adopted by the Bishops of England and Wales at their Plenary Meeting in Leeds this week.

The Government has decided to mark the 400th anniversary of the completion of the translation of the King James Bible into English by sending a copy of it to every school in England.

Recently published data demonstrates that a higher proportion of pupils in Catholic schools come from the 10% most deprived areas compared to the proportion in schools nationally.

164 delegates, most of them Heads, will attend. Keynote speakers, Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP and Fr Adrian Porter SJ, will explore the universal call to holiness and how this can be made a reality in contemporary life. 

The CES team is delighted to welcome Bishop John Sherrington, auxiliary bishop in Westminster archdiocese, as our new trustee. Bishop Sherrington was appointed on 1 January and his appointment means he will also be joining the CES Management Committee.

The Catholic Church is Wales in divided into three diocese; the diocese of Wrexham, the diocese of Menevia and the Archdiocese of Cardiff. Together they have an estimated Catholic population of 208,146.

The diocese of Wrexham consists of the 6 Counties of North Wales and the district of Montgomery in the County of Powys in Mid-Wales. It has a Catholic population of 37,050.

The diocese of Menevia covers Swansea, Carmarthen, Llandrindod wells, Haverfordwest and Port Talbot. It has a Catholic population of over 27,096

The Archdiocese of Cardiff has eight deaneries covering Cardiff, the Welsh valleys, Bridgend, Hereford, Newport, North Gwent and Pontypridd. It has a Catholic population of over 144,000.

There are 91 schools in Wales who educated 30,549 pupils and employ 1,635 teachers.

To contact the Welsh dioceses please see below:

Cardiff
Tel: 02920 233 838
Email: schools @ rcadc.org
Website: www.rcadc.co.uk/schools-commission.html

Menevia
Tel: 01792 652 757
Email: education @ menevia.org
Website: www.dioceseofmenevia.org/index.php/schools/

Wrexham
Tel: 01978 262 726
Email: curia @ wrexhamdiocese.co.uk
Website: www.wrexhamdiocese.org.uk

CES Education Adviser (Wales)

Philip Manghan

Tel: 07960513558
Email: WalesAdviser @ catholiceducation.org.uk