Students pray on the first day of the 2026-27 academic year at St Patrick School in Smithtown, NY, September 3, 2026. Photo: OSV News / Gregory A. Shemitz. Last month, Catholic Education Partnership (CEP), working with the Irish Bishops’ Conference, launched Living Love Senior, an SPHE/RSE programme for the new Senior Cycle Leaving Certificate curriculum. And, it is a triumph. Those involved deserve huge credit, not only for the programme’s quality, but for producing it within the current deplorable state of education in…
