Stewardship - We are inspired to live our faith in relationship with all of God’s creation by being proactive stewards, taking responsibility for the care of our common home and one another.

This term, we have been especially mindful of our school value of Stewardship. 

In Pope Francis' encyclical 'Laudato Si (2015)' he addresses his thoughts to all citizens of the world and comments on the deteriorating relationship between people and nature. So many of his teachings in this encyclical support our growing awareness as Christians of our role as stewards of this great gift of God’s creation to us - Earth and all it contains. Here at St Brigid’s, we have included the notion of Stewardship as one of the school values that underpin all that we do and guide us as we learn each day.

Pope Francis reminds us: A true ecological approach (that is, one where we look to care for and improve the health and sustainability of our planet) always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. 

At St Brigid’s, we hope that as our students listen to the ‘cry of the earth’ they also hear ‘the cry of the poor’. Our Church asks us, through its teachings around social justice, to keep thoughts of those who are in need of our compassion and ability to help at the forefront of our efforts, as we care for the environment and consider the future of the Earth.

Let us pray:

As stewards of the Earth, may we grow to be protectors of creation; protectors of God’s plan, inscribed in nature; protectors of one another and of the environment.

Amen.

 

It was been a wonderful term of faith and learning in action. Thank you for your ongoing support of our school community especially during these extraordinary circumstances. Have a wonderful pupil vacation with family and friends and I look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Monday 12 October 2020 in full summer uniform.