Catholic Social Teaching
Catholic Social Teaching (CST) is rooted in Scripture, formed by the wisdom of Church leaders. It is our moral compass that helps guide us on how to live out our faith in the world. CST calls us as a Catholic school to work for the common good, help build a just society, uphold the dignity of human life and work for the justice and dignity of all of our brothers and sisters.
Catholic Social Teaching is exactly that… social.
We, as God's family, are called to love our neighbours in every situation, especially our global neighbours living in poverty. Following in the footsteps of Jesus, we hope to make present in our unjust and broken world, the justice, love and peace of God.
Pope Benedict wrote:
“No man is an island, entire of itself. Our lives are involved with one another, through innumerable interactions they are linked together. The lives of others continually spill over into mine: in what I think, say, do and achieve, and therefore my life spills over into that of others.”
Catholic Social Teaching calls us as a school to work for the common good, help build a just society, uphold the dignity of human life and work for the justice and dignity of all of our brothers and sisters.
Catholic Social Teaching at St Joseph's
Life and Dignity of the Human Person (click here to see how we live it out)
Call to Family, Community and Participation (click here to see how we live it out)
Rights and Responsibilities (click here to see how we live it out)
Option for the Poor and Vulnerable (click here to see how we live it out)
The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers (click here to see how we live it out)
Solidarity (click here to see how we live it out)
Care for God's Creation (click here to see how we live it out)