Catholic social teaching

Nurturing peace on Anzac Day – questions and activities

Laura Kings 20 April 2024

This comprehensive guide offers teachers a structured approach to exploring essential Catholic values of love, justice, forgiveness, and reconciliation within the context of peacebuilding.

AC+ resources on music and faith

Laura Kings 19 March 2024 EH

Music plays a role in worship, Theology, faith, spirituality, prayer and engagement. Please enjoy this selection of our best articles on the subject.

Preparing for Lent – questions and activities

Laura Kings 15 February 2024 EH

The following questions and activities explore Lent, moving to a global and historical context for older students.

Stewardship - questions and activities

Laura Kings 16 November 2023

What does it mean to be a steward and how do you do it? Explore the idea with these classroom questions and activities.

AC+ resources on love and healthy relationships

Rebecca Lerve and Laura Kings 14 November 2023 EH

For our AC+ subscribers: Here are some resources that might be helpful in engaging students in reflection and conversation around love and healthy relationships.

A climate for change – questions and activities

Laura Kings 9 November 2023 EH

These questions and activities look at how students can be changemakers to fulfil their role as stewards in caring for creation.

Young, active and living Catholic Social Teachings - Questions and activities

Laura Kings 9 November 2023 EH

The following questions and activities help students make connections between Catholic theology, social teachings and lived experience. In the early years, we start by taking a look at houses (ours, Jesus’ and God’s) as a way of building the knowledge and skills to do this.

Jesus, change, changing gender roles and the Church - questions and activities

Laura Kings 6 November 2023 EH

How did Jesus teach us to deal with change? Was Jesus a changemaker? Who were some influential female changemakers from Biblical times? How does the Church change and deal with change when it comes to issues of gender?

Christianity in a climate for change - Questions and activities

Laura Kings 6 November 2023 EH

These questions and activities teach students how to deal with change in their own lives and then explore how change interacts with Church teachings and belief.

Listening, understanding, reconciling, healing and forgiving – questions and activities

Laura Kings 6 November 2023 EH

While these questions and activities were designed for use before and after the Voice campaign, they are general in nature and suitable for use with teaching a Catholic approach to any divisive or polarising social issue.

AC+ Resources on Promoting Peace and the Catholic Church

Laura Kings 26 October 2023 EH

This collection of resources explores Catholic perspectives on Peace. War is the antithesis of how we as Catholics are called by the Holy Spirit to live. Recent Catholic thinkers, including Pope Francis, have questioned whether anything can justify the pursuit of war over the pursuit of peace.

AC+ resources on human dignity

Rebecca Lerve and Laura Kings 23 October 2023 EH

For our AC+ subscribers: Here are some resources that might be helpful in engaging students in reflection and conversation around human dignity.

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