The Chaplaincy Team met with Sr Silvana and Nigel the Penguin from Caritas Westminster and discussed how to be Caritas Ambassadors for the School. Sr Silvana spoke about the 11 week programme and what the expectations were. After much discussion all the children agreed to meet up after School on Monday’s to complete the programme. If they are successful they will be presented with a badge by Sr Silvana and Nigel later in the Spring Term.
About the Programme
The programme will run through six key themes of Catholic Social Teaching and help the trainee Ambassadors to think about social justice issues in our local community, before taking them through responding by developing and running their own social action project. It also introduces them to the work of Caritas Westminster, offering practical examples of how they use Catholic Social Teaching to influence their own work.
The Caritas Ambassadors will become leaders of social action in our school, and responsible for sharing what they have learnt with those around them. They will share the work of Caritas Westminster with others, but especially share their increased understanding of the issues faced by our local community, and how we and their fellow pupils can address these to create a fairer society.
The programme focuses on the group developing their own ideas, and taking responsibility for creating and running their social action projects themselves. It guides them to use the Give, Act, Share, Pray model to design their project, looking at how they can give their time and skills to act to support those in need, and sharing this work with others through awareness raising and prayer.
Click here for more information on Caritas Westminster.
