Education: It's a question of faith [IrishTimes]
- Published: 22 November 2011
With 97 per cent of primary schools under religious patronage, education is a big issue for those who want a religion-free system
WALK INTO any church on a Sunday morning and the chances are people aged from about 15-30 will be conspicuous by their absence.
Increasingly, young people in Ireland drift away from organised religion as they become independent of their parents only for some to trickle back when they become parents themselves. The arrival of a baby tends to bring matters of faith back into focus.
Whether it is family and friends’ expectations of a baptism or pragmatic planning for choice of schools, a reawakening of spirituality after one of life’s great events or a desire to give a child a religious grounding, the chances are discussion of religious adherence, or none, will be on the agenda.
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