Justice is a key virtue in the Catholic faith. It is the principle that everyone should be treated fairly and that everyone has the right to the same opportunities. Justice in our world means ensuring that everyone has access to education, healthcare, and other basic necessities and it means working to end poverty, discrimination, and suffering wherever we encounter it.
Our mission this week:
Think of a situation in the world that is unfair. Work together with others in your community to raise awareness and to work for justice.
In you mission circles discuss what you would do if someone was being treated unfairly. Who could you talk to?
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Our mission word this week was Justice. In the liturgy, we planned to light the candle and then me and Noah talked about racism and segregation in the past and that racism shouldn’t be a thing. Evie/me read the Bible story The Good Samaritan. Me and Noah acted out a drama about how you should respect people and how you shouldn’t treat people. After that, we gave every person a piece of paper to write down how they can be a good samaritan. Finally, we put them in our hand and picked two of them out each and read them out loud to everyone in the classroom. To have justice you need to be a good samaritan and bring peace to the world and to not be racist to others around us.
Completed by Y5 students
In Year 6, we have talked this week about our brothers and sisters in Christ who may be facing injustice. The children reflected well and thought about those living in poverty, those who face racism, sexism and discrimation due to their religion and also those living in areas where there is conflict. We also talked about the work of charities, such as CAFOD, who help those in need and how we ourselves can give food, clothing and items we no longer need to help. On Friday, moved by the plight of the people in the Holy Land, we joined other Christians in praying for peace.
In our Mission Circles on Monday, we spoke about the meaning of Justice and how people should behave in a way that is fair, equal and balanced for everyone in society. Through our discussion, we realised that justice was not always given fairly to everyone around the world. The children recalled several unjust situations, such as the Russia-Ukraine war, the Israel-Gaza war and the unhumanitarian treatment of people in war-torn countries. Finally, we reflected on how we could ensure that justice was achieved in and out of school.
When we met again in our Mission Circles on Friday, the children shared several examples of how they’d met their mission this week by helping those treated unfairly be treated with more justice. Well done to everyone for flying the ‘Justice’ flag so brilliantly.