Catholic Social Teaching

"Catholic Social Teaching (CST) is the official teaching of the Church on the social order, impacting on all dimensions of society, including the economic and the political. It is an essential part of the Catholic faith." Catholic Parliamentary Office

Catholic Social Teaching is about the good of the community, it is about the common good. St Augustine described the common good as 'one which is not diminished by being shared with others'.

As a Catholic school, SS Peter & Paul Primary School endeavours to embed Catholic Social Teaching into the every day life of our school and the pupils and staff, by actively promoting the goodness of Catholic Social Teaching and the values. We do this in a variety of ways throughout our curriculum and the liturgical year. The pupils and staff at SS Peter & Paul Primary School understand the importance of helping others in our parish and local community and following the teachings of Jesus Christ.

We fully embrace the Church's teaching's on social justice and do everything we can to raise funds for the needy in society both locally, nationally and globally. We raise money during the important liturgical season's of Advent and Lent by the children, staff and school community coming together for various events. The school has a long standing history of raising money for CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development) and Catholic Children's Society. Recently, local and global charities include raising funds for Ukraine, Merton Food Bank and St Peter and Paul Parish.

CAFOD's MASCOTS and KEYS

At SS Peter and Paul Primary School, we use CAFOD's mascots to introduce our pupils to the 9 principles of Catholic Social Teaching. Each principle is illustrated with two images. These images are memorable and engaging and aim to provide a visual connection with the principle. We use the animal mascots with EYFS, KS1 and Lower KS2 and we use and introduce the keys in Upper Key Stage 2.

INTRODUCTION TO THE CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING MASCOTS and KEYS
Information about the CST Mascot	Prayer for that CST Mascot	Keys
	Human Dignity
	The Common Good
	Participation
	Subsidiarity
	Stewardship
	Solidarity
	Preferential Option for the Poor
	Distributive Justice
	Promoting Peace