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Catholic Social Teaching

Catholic Social Teaching (CST) is based on Scripture, Tradition and Church teaching, as given by Popes, Bishops and Theologians. It offers a set of principles to help us think about how we should interact with others. It forms the foundation of the choices we make, and how we view creation. It is our moral compass, guiding us on how to live out our faith in the world. You could say that Catholic Social Teaching is like a set of treasures of the Church, needing to be unlocked, discovered, embraced and lived out!

‘Dear young people… The Lord wants to turn your hands, my hands, our hands, into signs of reconciliation, of communion, of creation. He wants your hands to continue building the world of today.’ Pope Francis 

 

Catholic Social Teaching underpins the essence of our daily school life. As members of the Catholic Church, we are all called upon to preserve the dignity of all human beings, to care for creation, and to reach out to our sisters and brothers in need. Pope Francis emphasises that it is our duty to work together to bring about a more just and peaceful world: to put love into action. It is vital that our children can articulate the connection between Jesus' teaching and doing good deeds. We use the CAFOD Catholic Social Teaching resources and the animal mascots to support the children’s understanding of principles.

The animal mascots are used with EYFS, KS1 and Lower KS2. The keys are introduced in the resources for Upper Key Stage 2.

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Video Transcript

Catholic Social teaching tells us how our Catholic faith guides our actions it comes from scripture letters written by popes and holy people and the example said by Christians through history, Jesus tells us to love God and to love our neighbor. Every neighbor by living out Catholic Social teaching we can build a world of Justice love and peace where everyone has what they need Pope Francis says that we need to work for the good of all peopleand you are probably doing this in your life already there are many ways of living out Catholic Social teaching let's take a look at these three human dignity the common good and solidarity human dignity means that everyone is special we are each beautifully made in the image and likeness of God because everyone is special we should treat every person the way we would liketo be treated ourselves the common good means that we are called to work for the good of each and of all what we do affects everyone and when we make choices we should think about how it affects others solidarity means that we show that we care for others we can be better Global neighbors by speaking out for justice and working actively for the good of all our sisters and brothers we are living out all of these principles of Catholic Social teaching every day by looking after others and the world around us speaking out for justice and putting Catholic Social teaching into action we are building a brighter world together.

 

The Catholic Church teaches seven principles of social teaching, which are integrated into all aspects of school life, including the curriculum, special events, activities, and daily actions. These principles guide how children are educated and nurtured in their moral and social development.