What does the word Caritas mean?
Catholic Social Teaching is: The underlying insight is that everyone has the right and responsibility to live in our world constructively, not destructively, and to ensure that we leave it in a better state than when we entered it.
At the core of Catholic Social Teaching are a number of key concepts and principles.
These are: human dignity, family and community, the common good, rights and responsibilities, the option for the poor and the dignity of work and stewardship.
Embedding Catholic Social teaching
means putting
Caritas in Action
This is the key mission of our school.
At St Mary and St Joseph's we teach our children to follow in the footsteps of Christ, to be active in their faith and to take action for the greater good of others and our world. We offer our pupils many opportunities to take ownership of this through various roles and responsibilities within school, taking part in both local and global fund raising events and developing pupils' understanding of their wider responsibility and role in society.