St Theresa's Catholic Primary School

Cathoic Social Teaching

The principles of Catholic Social Teaching underpin all we do at St Theresa's.  Our faith calls us to love God and to love our neighbours in every situation, especially our sisters and brothers living in poverty.  Following in the footsteps of Christ, we hope to make present in our unjust and broken world, the justice, love and peace of God. (Cafod).  

Catholic Social Teaching is based on the life and words of Jesus Christ, who came "to bring glad tidings to the poor...liberty to captives...recovery of sight to the poor" (Luke 4:18-19). It concerns what the Church has to say about social issues and the way in which Catholic faith should be lived out within society. These teachings are rooted in Scripture and especially in the teachings of Jesus found in the Gospels.

 Catholic schools therefore become places where our young people are helped to put their faith into loving actions for others so that their faith can illuminate life and society (Pope Francis, Lumen Fidei 55).

The Catholic Church has seven 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 is used in many subjects, including Geography, PSHE, and English; it is not taught just in RE.  Many of our assemblies feature Catholic Social Teaching, we discuss world events and how our faith challenges us to respond in a particular way.

We teach our children to be thoughtful about and challenging of the world's organisations and communities, we must work together to build a better world for the future.

Charitable Outreach

St Theresa's fully embraces the Church's teaching's on social justice and over the year 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 The Good Shepherd Appeal.

Each year the school also chooses local and national charities to do specific fundraising, this includes; Sheffield's Children's Hospital, Food Bank donations for the St Wilfrid's Centre, and causes linked to past and present pupils.