The Catholic Education Commission (CEC) was formally constituted in 1972, with Bishop Francis Thomson as the Episcopal President, James Breen as Chairman and John McKee as Secretary and Education Officer to the Hierarchy. Its function is to advise and assist the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Scotland on all matters pertaining to education and, on its behalf, to promote development in this field. Membership of the Commission is refreshed every 3 years, with each new Commission defining its own priorities in the form of an action plan.  The work of the 12th Commission covers the period September 2005 to June 2008. Membership of the 12th Commission, with representatives from each Diocese and other key stakeholders, is listed below. To read the Constitution of the CEC, click here.

Member	Representing	Position
Bishop Joseph Devine	Bishops' Conference	President
Rev. Fr. Joseph Chambers	Bishops' Conference	Vice President
Mr Neil Roarty	Archdiocese of Glasgow	Chair
Ms Laura Mason	co-opted member	Vice Chair
Rev. Fr Ken McCaffrey	Diocese of Dunkeld	Executive
Mr Brian Bonnar	Former Chair	Executive
Mrs Elizabeth Robertson	CHAPS	Executive
Mr Bert Anderson	Diocesan R.E. Advisors
Mrs Patricia Barry	Diocese of Galloway
Mr Michael Currie	CHAS
Mr Tony Finn	Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh
Ms Ellen McBride	Church Reps
Mr Gerry McCormick	Diocese of Motherwell
Mrs Ann McDermott	Diocese of Argyll & Isles
Mr Stephen McKinney	University of Glasgow
Rev. Fr Michael McMahon	Diocese of Paisley
Mrs Patricia Pritchard	Diocese of Aberdeen
Mr Michael McGrath	SCES	SCES Director
Mrs Margaret Lavery	SCES	SCES Personal Assistant
Mr Sam McFadden	SCES	Project Officer