Catholic Social Teaching

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 responsible global citizens.

Our part in this story is a kind-of 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 a set of principles of social teaching that we share with our children through all that we do, through the curriculum, special events and activity and through our ordinary actions in school.

Catholic Social Teaching Principles:

At English Martyrs’ School

At English Martyrs’ Primary school we learn and reflect about Catholic Social Teaching principles through a range of curriculum subjects and through the various actions, activities and decisions that we make as a school community.

Children in each year group focus on the various principles of Catholic Social Teaching throughout the year.  In order to help children get a better grasp of the various principles we have also adopted the set of characters suggested by CAFOD for the teaching of Catholic social teaching in schools.

Catholic Social teaching Guidance

As a school we always try to be guided by these Catholic Social teaching.

We do this through…

  • The way we relate and interact with each other – making sure we always respect Human Dignity of each person
  • The way we work with and Support pupils with Special Needs.
  • The way we encourage others to have their say in decisions we make about our school life and other matters.
  • The various actions we take to make sure we are genuinely taking care of our planet – Our common Home.
  • The way we relate with anyone who is ‘poor’ in any way and need our help – providing more support to those who most need it.
  • The way we show Solidarity and support good causes in different ways.