Bishop McGee with pupils at the special service recently.
THE DIOCESE of Argyll and the Isles recently celebrated the centenary of the 1918 Education Act in Scotland which saw Catholic schools funded by the state and open to inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectors.
Pupils from St Columba’s Primary School, Oban, St Columba’s Primary School, Caol, Lochaber, and others from St Mun’s in Dunoon and St Andrew’s in Rothesay joined school staff, parents, councillors, council representatives and Bishop Brian McGee at the end of last month for a Mass of Thanksgiving in a packed St Columba’s Cathedral, in Oban, to celebrate the centenary of the 1918 Education Act. Parishioners and Scottish Catholic Education Service representatives were also in attendance. Bishop McGee welcomed everyone and thanked them all for the important role they play in supporting state-funded Catholic schools.