- A student works on an assignment 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. The development of the Catholic bishops’ ‘Living Love’ resource for primary and secondary schools has something important to teach us about what meaningful consultation looks like. ‘Living Love’ was developed by the Council for Education of the Irish Episcopal Conference to support the delivery of the Social, Personal and Health Education curriculum. A ‘final draft’…
