St Benedict's
Catholic Social Teaching
God has a plan for creation
Catholic Social Teaching is based on the belief that God has a plan for creation, a plan to build his kingdom of peace, love and justice. It holds that God has a special plan for every single one of us, whoever we are. Our part in this plan isn’t just limited to things ‘spiritual’, or times when we do “religious things.” It involves every aspect of our lives, from the things we pray about, to how
we live as a responsible global citizen. Our part in this story is a vocation for the common good, a call to treat everyone as our brothers and sisters. It is something that we all share.
The Catholic Church has set out the principles of social teaching that we share with our children through all that we do, through the curriculum, special events and activities and through our ordinary actions in school.
https://cafod.org.uk/Pray/Catholic-social-teaching
Catholic Social Teaching Policy
What is Catholic Social Teaching?
There are nine principles of Catholic Social Teaching:
The Oscar Romero Award is a framework that supports Catholic schools in recognising and celebrating what they do to support and promote the Catholic Social Teaching Principles. The award recognises schools that place Catholic Social Teaching at the heart of its strategy, curriculum and practical work. We are delighted that St. Benedict’s has been awarded the Participator Level of the Oscar Romero Award for our commitment to Catholic Social Teaching (CST).
Who was Oscar Romero?
Archbishop Oscar Romero is a 20th century martyr of the Church. He was the archbishop of San Salvador in Central America. On 24 March 1980, in the chapel of the cancer hospital where he lived, he was shot dead at the altar by a death squad marksman as he was about to offer the bread and wine in the middle of Mass. He was canonised (recognised as a saint) on 14 October 2018 by Pope Francis in Rome, having been beatified on 23 May 2015.
CAFOD: Catholic Social Teaching (CST) Workshops
Maggie Melville from CAFOD led Catholic Social Teaching (CST) workshops across the school which focused on the themes of Participation, Stewardship and Solidarity. Children discussed how we are all responsible for looking after our world and learnt about Dristy’s story - a little girl’s family in Bangladesh and how CAFOD has supported them.
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