Welcome to Grow in Love

Grow in Love is a Religious Education series for Catholic schools in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is based on the Preschool and Primary School Religious Education Curriculum for Ireland (2015) and is fully approved by the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference.
There are eight programmes in the Grow in Love series, for Junior Infants/P1 to 6th Class/P7.
There is also an adapted programme for Second Class/P4 for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN).

Grow in Love in the Parish

Click here to learn more about Grow in Love in the Parish: A Bridge Between Home, School and Parish Communities for First Holy Communion Children.

Second Class/P4 for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN)

There is now an adapted programme for Second Class/P4 for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN). This programme consists of the following elements:
• Three pupil books designed specifically for children with mild (Book A), moderate (Book B) and severe (Book C) learning needs.
• Two social stories to help children to prepare to celebrate the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Holy Communion for the first time. These two social stories are in the one book.
• Two activity books, one for First Reconciliation and one for First Holy Communion. These two activity books are contained within the one book.
• An additional online resource consisting of special downloadable templates with activities for children with severe learning needs for whom the Book C pupil book would be too difficult;
• An online Teacher’s Guide, with lesson plans and embedded links to music, videos and additional classroom activities.

Click here to learn more about the adapted Grow in Love programme for children with Special Educational Needs from the writers, Áine McNally and Róisín Russell, who explain the various elements of the programme and how it differs from the mainstream programme. Currently available for children in Second Class/P4, materials for Confirmation are also in development and will be available early in the school year commencing in September 2026.

A Mhuire Mháthair

Hail Mary!

Bring Flowers of the Rarest

A song to Mary

May, the Month of Mary

During the month of May, we focus on the person of Mary, the Mother of Jesus.
Let us continue to pray with and to Mary that we may be attentive to the word of God.

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent.

Let us hold each other in prayer as begin this journey together.

In November we remember…

This November we remember especially all those who have lost their lives during this pandemic all over the world.

We pray for the grieving families that they may be graced by God with the strength and courage to live with the loss of their loved ones.

May all who have died rest gently in the peace of God.

Downloadable Resources

Browse our selection of free resources, including guides to sacramental preparation, a guide to Grow in Love for use in parishes and an overview of how the series can be used in multigrade classrooms.