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Activities Nga Ngohe Easy as CST: Unlocking the Church’s Potential Māmā noa, pēnei i te CST: Te Tuku i nga Pūmanawa o te Hāhi kia Whai Hua
Activities Introduction to all the CST Principles Nga Ngohe Use these short Challenge students to design prayers to introduce their own icons to represent each of Watch CST in 3 Minutes or summarise the nine for a great overview of the CST principles covered in the chosen CST principles SJW2020 resources. Get them to Catholic social teaching for SJW2020. and some of the main explain what they feel is the essence CST principles. of each principle and how this is reflected in their unique icons. Play the online CAFOD CST matching game Get students to colour in to see if students can Watch the Reflecting on the nine CST characters and correctly identify the CST video to provide a great icons and try to memorise definitions for a range of introduction to Catholic the different principles that CST principles. social teaching. Hear from a form the focus of range of voices about how the SJW2020 CST connects to their resources. daily lives. Play this card game to Use this Caritas Australia help students match CST activity to match images principles with different to CST principles. scenarios. A perfect way for secondary students to see the connection of Catholic social teaching to real life is to utilise the See - Think - Judge - Act process. Students can follow the steps below: •See – Explore a human experience or a current issue. What is happening? What is the effect on people? Why is this happening? • Think – Express and clarify your ideas. Learn by listening to others and sharing your understanding. What are others saying? What do you think could be happening? • Judge – Reflect on the issues, including from a faith perspective. What does Scripture say? What do the CST principles say? What are the ethical implications? • Act – Remember that action can take many forms. It may be personal or a group action. What is it that you want to change (long term goal)? What action are you going to take immediately (short term goal)? Who can you involve in your action? Easy as CST: Unlocking the Church’s Potential Mama noa, penei i te CST: Te Tuku i nga Pumanawa o te Hahi kia Whai Hua l l l l l l
Activities Human Dignity Nga Ngohe Te Mana i te Tangata Watch this great Complete this CAFOD animation. worksheet to reflect on human dignity after watching the animation. Read the SJW2020 Watch this great case studies focused CRS video. on Josh and Sinead. Use the SJW2020 templates to encourage students to consider ways Challenge students this they can act to promote week to encourage friends the CST principle of and family members, human dignity. by reminding them how important they are and what Choose a prayer from the makes them so special. SJW2020 resources or Share this cartoon take time to pray for and ask students those who are feeling to compare the two down and in need of scenes in relation to support. dignity. Listen to the picture book Talk with your class about story You are Special and movements such as Black Lives talk together about how Matter that gained momentum Punchinello’s discovery of in 2020. How do they relate Eli and his relationship with to the principle of human Wemmicks relates to the dignity? How should we principle of human respond? dignity. Have a class discussion about what are the most important skills or traits for any person to have. Why Watch the 2014 are these important? Attempt to Caritas case study rank these in terms of importance. demonstrating the What is the connection between principle of human these skills/traits with human dignity called Made in dignity? God’s Image. Easy as CST: Unlocking the Church’s Potential Mama noa, penei i te CST: Te Tuku i nga Pumanawa o te Hahi kia Whai Hua l l l l l l
Activities Common Good Nga Ngohe He Painga Ma te Katoa l Have a class discussion Watch this great about Pope Francis’ words Caritas Australia in Laudato Si’ that ‘the video. Use the SJW2020 climate is a common templates to encourage good, belonging to all and students to consider ways meant for all’ (#23). they can act to promote the CST principle of the common good. Use the following whakatauki Watch this great Caritas (Māori proverb) to create a Internationalis video about poster for the classroom to us being one human family remind everyone that no- and share some of the key one should get left behind: learnings that relate to the He waka eke noa. / A canoe common good. which we can all use. Check out the SJW2020 Play the game Mine and examples of upholding the Yours to learn about common good as many great the common good in a responses to the challenges fun way. caused by the recent COVID-19 pandemic are highlighted. Choose a prayer from the Watch the 2014 SJW2020 resources or lead Caritas case study a reflection to give thanks explaining the Share this cartoon and ask common good called for the way of life all can students to compare the The Good of Each enjoy in Aotearoa New two scenes in relation to and All. Zealand. the common good and what we can learn about our connections with others. Easy as CST: Unlocking the Church’s Potential Mama noa, penei i te CST: Te Tuku i nga Pumanawa o te Hahi kia Whai Hua l l l l l l
Activities Participation Nga Ngohe Nau te Rourou, Naku te Rourou l l Listen to the picture book story The Invisible Boy Watch this great and discuss and compare CRS video. how Brian feels when he is excluded and also when he is given the chance to participate. Use the SJW2020 templates to encourage students to consider ways they can act to live out the CST principle of participation. Watch the 2014 Caritas case study demonstrating the principle of participation called Everyone With a Follow current events for the Part to Play. week and take note of all the Connect with a local examples where people have group in your community enabled others to participate or to enable them to feel where others have felt isolated important and connected or struggled to participate fully in with your school and society. Discuss what we can all students. This could be learn from these a retirement home or examples. neighbouring parishioners. Choose a prayer from the Read Acts 2:41-47 and get students SJW2020 resources or to imagine the nature of the early pray for everyone who Church. How did the actions of is feeling isolated and is people reflect participation? Think Read the SJW2020 struggling to fit into their about the modern Church too and example about community. ask students to share their views participation, focused on how the actions of Christians on the New Zealand today reflect participation. Catholic Bishops’ Election Statement. Easy as CST: Unlocking the Church’s Potential Mama noa, penei i te CST: Te Tuku i nga Pumanawa o te Hahi kia Whai Hua l l l l l l
Activities Subsidiarity Nga Ngohe Mana Whakahaere Use the SJW2020 templates to encourage students to consider ways they can Watch this helpful act to promote the CST Watch this great animation. principle of subsidiarity. Caritas Australia video. Invite local councillors to visit and share how local voices Watch the Subsidiarity form part of the decision- video example to see making process in your how the CORS project has community. Reflect on whether empowered new refugee this is a good example of families to settle in New subsidiarity. Zealand within their local communities. Use the Subsidiarity Share this cartoon image You Say activity to learn and ask students to reflect about decision making on the best process for and empowerment. decision making. Watch the 2014 Caritas case study Choose a prayer from the demonstrating SJW2020 resources or pray subsidiarity called for those throughout our Empowering world who are ignored or Communities. whose voices are not heard. Easy as CST: Unlocking the Church’s Potential Mama noa, penei i te CST: Te Tuku i nga Pumanawa o te Hahi kia Whai Hua l l l l l l
Activities Stewardship Nga Ngohe Kaitiakitanga Listen to Dr Seuss’ picture Use these great prayer Watch this book story The Lorax climate postcards great CRS and discuss the many created by CAFOD video. connections to stewardship (the Caritas agency for including reflecting on England and Wales) how we live and our to enable students responsibility for to reflect on our our planet. connection to Set up prayer stations Use the SJW2020 creation. based on the seven templates to days of creation to encourage students encourage students to consider ways they to think about how can act to live out Watch the 2014 we can all share in the Caritas case study the CST principle of responsibility of caring stewardship. demonstrating for God’s world. stewardship called Discuss the connection Being Responsible between us being the Guardians. stewards of God’s gifts and the issue of climate change. How are we Share this cartoon to Watch this called to respond? get students reflecting great Caritas on our actions as Australia guardians of our See the SJW2020 video. planet. example of how people across the Pacific are Watch and respond being great stewards of to this great Caritas the gifts God has given Canada video about Watch the video to us. caring for our common Mangroves - An Excellent home. Solution and hear from Boore Moua and his riddle. Read this whakatauki (Māori proverb) and ask students to share what treasures they imagined: Kia Choose a prayer from mau tonu ki ngā taonga tapu o ngā the SJW2020 resources or take time to pray for Plant a tree at school and mātua tūpuna. Koinei ngā taonga communities affected by discuss the importance of tuku iho, nā te Atua. / Hold fast to climate change in the words kaitiakitanga the treasures of the ancestors. For the world. and guardianship in they are the treasures that have respect to the principle been handed down of stewardship. to us by God. Easy as CST: Unlocking the Church’s Potential Mama noa, penei i te CST: Te Tuku i nga Pumanawa o te Hahi kia Whai Hua l l l l l l
Activities Preferential Option for the Poor and Vulnerable Nga Ngohe He Whakaaro Nui mo te Hunga Rawakore l Play the game Dead Read the SJW2020 Watch this great Ants and reflect example about recent CRS video. on strategies for Benefit Impact sessions helping those who supporting local are most in need. beneficiaries. Use the SJW2020 templates to encourage Choose a prayer from students to consider ways the SJW2020 resources they can act to live out or pray for all those the CST principle of the around the world who preferential option for the don’t have access to poor and vulnerable. their basic needs. Watch the 2014 Listen to the picture Caritas case study Challenge the class to book story Those demonstrating the collect non-perishable Shoes and talk preferential option for items and then at the end together about how the poor and vulnerable of the week donate these Jeremy puts the needs called Protecting Those to a local food bank to of Antonio before his in Need. help a family get the own. food they need. Search online for great Use Isaiah 1:17 as examples or causes where the inspiration for students poorest and most vulnerable to write their own are being supported. Find poetry to encourage us ways to support these to all to act practically to make a difference in our help those who are the world. most in need. Easy as CST: Unlocking the Church’s Potential Mama noa, penei i te CST: Te Tuku i nga Pumanawa o te Hahi kia Whai Hua l l l l l l
Activities Solidarity Nga Ngohe Whakawhanaungatanga Read the Parable of the Good Samaritan from Luke 10:25- 37 or watch this animated Watch a great example version. Then discuss how the of solidarity in Samaritan acted in solidarity Watch this great Christchurch after the and what we can learn from CRS video. Coronavirus outbreak. this parable told by Jesus. Use this cartoon’s quotes Read Pope Francis’ Easter and illustration to ask message for 2020 that was students what specifically given at the height of the they could do to stand in Covid-19 pandemic. Highlight solidarity with others the key messages we can from their global remember and be family. challenged by. Use the SJW2020 templates to encourage students to consider ways they can act to live Watch the 2014 Caritas out the CST principle Create a space in your case study demonstrating of solidarity. classroom to display quotes the principle of solidarity of hope and inspiration or called Walking Together. powerful Scripture passages that focus on how we can all support members of our global family. Reflect on the following whakatauki (Māori proverb) Watch the SJW2020 video and discuss its relevance to the example to see how principle of solidarity: Waiho i students across the country te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa. / Let are acting in solidarity with Choose a prayer from the us keep close together, the most vulnerable on our SJW2020 resources or not far apart. planet. take time to pray for refugees who have been forced to leave their homes. Easy as CST: Unlocking the Church’s Potential Mama noa, penei i te CST: Te Tuku i nga Pumanawa o te Hahi kia Whai Hua l l l l l l
Activities Distributive Justice Nga Ngohe Te Tika Ka Tohaina Play the Candy Currency Read more and watch game to challenge student some of the videos from behaviour as a result the case study of Monte of unequal resource Cecilia Housing Trust in Use the following statement distribution. action. as a topic for a class debate: ‘Some of what you have belongs to others, give them their due!’ To gain a better understanding Use the SJW2020 of this principle read a few templates to encourage paragraphs from the following students to consider ways three papal encyclicals: Gaudium they can act to promote et Spes (#69) from 1965, the CST principle of Centesimus Annus (#31) from distributive justice. 1991, and Laudato Si’ (#93) from 2015. Share any key points. Ask students to carry out an internet research task to find out which countries in the world Share this cartoon and experience the highest levels of ask students to reflect poverty. Let them report back on the message and Play the game To Have with their findings, examine any effectiveness. and Have Not which will trends, and consider possible provide lots of laughter explanations. but hopefully lead to an effective discussion after the game is over too. Choose a prayer from the SJW2020 resources or take time to pray that those who control the world’s resources will share Challenge students to them for all to enjoy, rather than guess the state of global making decisions based on how inequality using these much they will profit from the PPT slides. distribution. Easy as CST: Unlocking the Church’s Potential Mama noa, penei i te CST: Te Tuku i nga Pumanawa o te Hahi kia Whai Hua l l l l l l
Activities Promotion of Peace Nga Ngohe Te Whakatairanga i te Rangimarie l Read the SJW2020 example about the peaceful endeavours Hold a class debate based at Parihaka. on the following Albert Reflect on a prayer Einstein quote: ‘Peace by Pope Francis from cannot be kept by force; earlier in the year to it can only be achieved promote peace and by understanding.’ justice. Choose a prayer from the SJW2020 resources or pray for leaders worldwide that they will make decisions in the interests of the safety and wellbeing of all people Find out more about people rather than the affluence in the past who have been of their countries. peacemakers. What made them so special? Why did they do what they did? Watch the video ‘Pacem in What were their key Terris’ 50 years later by the messages? Catholic News Service to Use the SJW2020 see the importance of the templates to encourage encyclical Peace on Earth students to consider ways written by Pope John XXIII they can act, to live out in 1963. the CST principle of the promotion of peace. Watch this video Create a colourful display in promoting the your class using post-it notes of International Day of Peace different colours. Ask students (September 21) and talk to write a response on a post-it about the purpose of note to this question: When you the day. close your eyes and think of peace, what do you see? Easy as CST: Unlocking the Church’s Potential Mama noa, penei i te CST: Te Tuku i nga Pumanawa o te Hahi kia Whai Hua l l l l l l
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