Social Justice Week 11th- 17th September
Social Justice Week for 2016 is 11th – 17th September. This year’s topic focuses on migration and encourages students and teachers to share migration stories and respond through prayer and action. Caritas suggests that teachers use a prayer and a migration story each day.
You can find the resources for 2016 on this link.
Please send in your photos, videos and examples of student work your class complete for the Migration Story so we can celebrate their success on our blog.
Contact:
Cushla: cushlao@chch.catholic.org.nz
OR
Jeremy: jcumming@chch.catholic.org.nz
We look forward to seeing and sharing your students ideas!
Essay and Multimedia Contest
This year the Christchurch Commission for Justice & Peace invites students to write an essay or put together a multimedia presentation on poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand and to link it with Christian values that are within the Catholic Church's Social Teaching (CST).
The focusing question is: Discuss the issue of Poverty in New Zealand in light of the principles of CST.
The contest is open from 28th August - 14th October and includes the following categories:
Years 7 - 8 entries: $150 prize.
Years 9- 10 entries: $300 prize
Years 11- 13 entries: $ 500 prize and J& P Cup
We look forward to seeing your students entries and sharing these on our blog.
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