Catholic Social Teaching

Catholic Social Teaching is the underlying insight is that everyone has the right and responsibility to live in our world constructively, not destructively, and to ensure that we leave it in a better state than when we entered it.

At the core of Catholic Social Teaching are a number of key concepts and principles.

Chief among these are:

• justice
• human dignity
• the common good
• the principles of participation
• solidarity and subsidiarity
• the universal destination of the world’s goods
• the option for the poor and vulnerable

At St. Edmund's, Catholic Social Teaching is integrated into our curriculum and reflected in our school values.