The Catholic Church in Scotland encourages schools, parishes and other agencies to work closely together in order to celebrate the distinctive purpose of Catholic education during one particular week each year. 

SCES provides support materials for schools and parishes to assist them in their own plans to draw attention to the added value which Catholic schools bring across Scotland. Promotional events, liturgical celebrations, particular classroom lessons and school activities will be encouraged in schools and parishes.

Catholic Education Week 2008 was celebrated from Sun. 27th January to Sat. 2nd February 2008, with the theme: "Teaching Values for Life". This year's Cardinal Winning Education Lecture, hosted by the Department of Religious Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Glasgow, was given by Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond on the theme: "Celebrating Catholic Education: reflections on partnership from 1918 to date, and beyond". The lecture took place on Saturday 2nd February 2008. Read the text of the First Minister's Lecture.
Various resources have been developed to support schools and parishes in their efforts to celebrate Catholic Education Week.  School resources can be accessed by subscribers to the SCES RESOURCES section of this website.  Parish resources have ben distributed to every parish in Scotland.  Thery can also be downloaded by clicking on the document titles below:  Newsletter    Parish Resources    Prayers of Intercession    Values in the Family
To read details of celebrations of Catholic Education in other countries, click here.