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.
Moveable feast date: The feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, is designated as a solemnity. This marks it as a feast of great importance within the Catholic Church. The feast is held on the final Sunday of the Church’s liturgical year; the last Sunday before Advent. The feast was established in […]
Feast Day 13 November: Saint Frances Cabrini was an Italian Missionary Sister and tireless advocate for poor and marginalized immigrant communities in several American cities. Our Five Fact Assembly tells the extraordinary story of her life and asks pupils to consider how they can follow her example. For schools with a focus on Catholic Social Teaching, […]
Feast day, 1 November: All Saints’ Day is a special feast day when we honour all the saints in heaven; including those holy people not officially canonised by the Church. This assembly focuses on five saints from around the world: St Josephine Bakhita, St Oscar Romero, St Peter Yu Tae-Chol, St Mary McKillop, St Thérèse […]
Feast day, 2 November: The Catholic Church designates November as a special month, to pray for and remember those who have died. The month begins with the feast of All Saints (Nov 1), and the feast of the Holy Souls (Nov 2). Our classroom liturgy and activities invites children throughout November to pray for those […]
The season of Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas and is a time of prayerful preparation. During Advent we recall the Israelites’ long wait for the Messiah’s birth and remember that Jesus was born into the world and will come again. Each year Mission Together produce engaging resources to help children keep Jesus at the […]
