This Five Facts about resource has been created to help launch Mission Together – the Pope’s charity for mission – in school. This resource links with the CST principles: Solidarity, Option for the Poor and Vulnerable, and Human Dignity. For more understanding of mission, click here to view our Five Facts about Mission resource.
Fr Thomas Jackson, was a Mill Hill Missionary Priest (Britain’s only missionary society). Born into poverty in mid-19th Century Preston, Fr Thomas went on to share the love of God and example of Jesus in distant jungles and far flung war zones. He was a holy man of deep faith, courage, and compassion. For schools […]
Feast Day 23 April: Saint George is the patron saint of England, yet he wasn’t born in the country and never even visited! So how did he become the nation’s patron? Find out why and discover more facts, like how Saint George unites Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land, through our Five Fact Assembly. […]
Lent is a movable feast, occurring between February and April. Lent lasts a period of forty days, echoing the period of time Jesus spent in the desert preparing for his public ministry. During Lent, Christians devote more time to prayer, charity, and sacrifice as they prepare for the greatest feast in the Church year, Easter […]
Holy Week is a movable feast, occurring between the last week in March and first fortnight in April. Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday and leads to the highest liturgical point in the Church calendar – the Passion and Resurrection of Our Lord. Our Holy Week activities and prayers allow children to journey through these […]
