How Notre Dame Fulfils Catholic Social Teaching - The Student Perspective
As part of our Core RE/PTE programme the L6 were asked to use their knowledge of Catholic Social Teaching to explain, evaluate and personally respond to the question ' How does Notre Dame fulfil Catholic Social Teaching?'
Notre Dame Sixth Form College is a great example of a Catholic institution. They fulfil the common good by providing a good education. The college promotes values such as compassion, respect and community which are all extremely important.
The college also prides itself on solidarity when going here feels like a family, everyone works together to reach each objective and support is always offered even when not directly asked.
Notre Dame fulfils the principles of Catholic Social teaching in a variety of ways.
Common Good – this is due to the college’s dedication in enhancing each student to be the best version of themselves, and to thrive in what they want to do. This is seen through examples such as aiming for gold for the Stella Maris award and also seen in how every student is expected to aim high in their subjects. This pushes everyone to flourish in their own way and gives each individual the best opportunity for their future.
The college provides the best resources and even tailors learning to each individual through programmes such as ND+, which is dedicated to improving students in their areas of weakness
Another value Notre Dame fulfils is subsidiary. The college makes sures everyone’s views, cultures and religion are respected, not only respected but celebrated, an example is Culture Day when everyone comes together to celebrate and respect different cultures as Notre believes we are all human and equal despite our ethnicity, religion, or views.
Notre Dame helps us students become aware and recognise others across the world who face bigger struggles than us, therefore fulfilling the teaching of solidarity even further, as it influences Notre Dame students to actively help others where possible through volunteering, part of our Stella Maris award.
In Notre Dame all four principles of CST are fulfilled. We can see the solidarity between teachers, students, achievement tutors all actively working for their good, even if all of us might not face the same struggles. We are all recognising and respecting others as our brothers and sisters.
Notre Dame supports solidarity by being proud of ourselves, our peers and celebrating their achievements. This is evident in the time and emphasis on the Stella Maris leadership award and the dedication to it on the college website. By spending PTE lessons reviewing our virtues and how far we have come, we can be proud of our friends and support them and their self-improvement even if our goals are slightly different.
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