Catholic Social Teaching (CST) resources for secondary schools

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• Script of Laudato Si animation for young people (29kb, docx)

  Script of Laudato Si' animation for young people.

• Catholic Social Teaching: Common Good and Human Dignity (898kb, pdf)

  An explanation, key statement, scripture, CST quotes and CAFOD links to help explore Common Good and Human Dignity principles alongside the Fratelli Tutti animation. 

• Human rights and Gaudium et Spes (286kb, pptx)

  Powerpoint to use in lessons on Human rights and Gaudium et Spes.

• Human dignity animation worksheet (611kb, pdf)

  Worksheet to use alongside our Human Dignity animation.

• Pope for a day home learning resource (2mb, pdf)

  Pope for a day home learning resource

• CST placemat (385kb, pdf)

  Keep this on your desk as a handy reminder of CST principles.

• Catholic Social Teaching cards (8mb, pdf)

  A downloadable set of our popular Catholic Social Teaching (CST) cards. As well as new stories and images, they include CST quotes, scenarios and movie quotes. The accompanying teacher notes suggest 17 activities.

• The Beatitudes_illustrated (11mb, ppt)

  A PowerPoint with colourful illustrated text of the Beatitudes, Matthew 5:1-12. Ideal for a justice assembly or a reconciliation service.

• GCSE RE: Causes and effects of poverty case studies (625kb, pdf)

  Case studies to use when studying the causes and effects of poverty and the work of CAFOD.

• CST posters (2mb, pptx)

  A set of posters to print, each illustrating a principle of Catholic Social Teaching. Display them in your classroom as handy reminders for KS3 and GCSE RE students.

• Climate justice in CST and Scripture (458kb, pdf)

  An extensive collection from which to select quotes as stimulus for discussion or when planning prayer or liturgy with young people. 

• Catholic Social Teaching cards instructions (693kb, pdf)

  A guide to using the Catholic Social Teaching cards.

• Oscar Romero poster (1mb, pdf)

  A poster, timeline, liturgy and activity ideas on the life of Oscar Romero.

• Myanmar country guide (2mb, pdf)

  Facts, stats and case study from Myanmar. Includes activities making a diagram of a cyclone emergency drill and exploring CST quotes on Stewardship. KS3/4.

• Parable of the sheep and goats worksheet (521kb, doc)

  A worksheet exploring the parable of the sheep and the goats.

• Food in scripture and Catholic Social Teaching (234kb, pdf)

  Use these Bible verses on the theme of food as a stimulus for discussion or when planning prayer times or liturgy.

• CAFOD and Catholicism PowerPoint (4mb, ppt)

  Information for young people about why Catholic Social Teaching is at the heart of what we do, and what role prayer and scripture play in our work. 

• Poverty causes and effects PowerPoint (3mb, ppt)

  Interactive PowerPoint exploring the causes and effects of extreme poverty.

• Water and Catholic Social Teaching quotes (666kb, docx)

  Quotations on a water theme from scripture and Catholic Social Teaching. Use as discussion starters or when planning liturgies.

• Sheep and goats parable (5mb, ppt)

  A PowerPoint of the sheep and goats parable from Matthew 25:31-46, with a closing prayer.

• Scripture and justice quotes (220kb, pdf)

  An easy reference point for inspiration of quotes and resources to use within your sessions.

• Human Rights unit (4mb, ppt)

  A six-week unit for General RE. Can be adapted to fit a longer or shorter timeframe. Includes stories from CAFOD partners. Teachers' notes and additional material are in the notes field of this PowerPoint.

• Eucharist worksheet (184kb, pdf)

  Facts and activities on justice and the Eucharist.

• Matthew 25 illustrated (9mb, ppt)

  A colourful set of illustrations of Matthew 25:31-40. For a more contemporary slant, you could replace the traditional translation used here with another such as The Word on the Street or The Message.

• Catholic Social Teaching extracts on poverty (37kb, pdf)

  A selection of quotations from encyclicals, the Catechism and the Catholic bishops of England and Wales on the issue of poverty