Catholic Social Teaching
Catholic Social Teaching
Here at St Richard’s, we teach our children that you are NEVER too small to make a BIG difference.
Catholic Social Teaching offers a set of principles to help us think about and consider how we should interact with one another, within our local and global family. It is based on Scripture, tradition and Church teaching and forms the foundation of the choices we make, it provides a vision for a just and fair society in which the dignity of all people is recognised, and those who are vulnerable are cared for. Following in the footsteps of Christ, we hope to make present in our world, the justice, love and peace of God.
In November 2023, we were delighted to launch social action projects linked to the themes of Catholic Social Teaching. During the launch, children learnt more about what Catholic Social Teaching is and about role models for social action from the past and present.
Each class was given a special bag containing images, scripture and links to help them consider their Catholic Social Teaching statement and think about how they can create a project which will make an impact on their brothers and sisters in the local and global community. The projects that the children decided upon took place across the course of the year.
Click on the Year group links to find out more about each of last year’s projects:
Click here for a look at our fabulous Catholic Social Teaching Newsletter
This year we have refreshed and relaunched using the CAFOD characters to support children's greater understanding of the principles. We want our actions to have an even greater impact!
There are 9 Principles that we will focus on with our children.
Human Dignity, Solidarity, Subsidiarity
Participation, Distributive Justice, Option for the Poor
Common Good, Peace, Stewardship
In addition to our successful social action projects, these principles will be delivered in a variety of other ways:
- through our RE curriculum and across the wider
curriculum
- within our prayer and liturgy in school
- through our charitable giving
- linked to national or world awareness days and weeks
- whole school projects