Building peace

AC+ Guide to change and the Church

Laura Kings 4 June 2024 EH

Change relates to the Catholic Church in its ongoing efforts to adapt to modern societal shifts while maintaining its core doctrines and traditions.

Making good decisions and developing resilience – questions and activities

Laura Kings 30 May 2024 EH

These classroom questions and activities explore making good decisions like the Good Samaritan and being resilient like Jesus. They also examine contemporary contexts, such as resilience through faith in sports and making good decisions on significant issues.

Suffering, reconciliation, honouring and healing – questions and activities

Laura Kings 23 May 2024 EH

In these eclectic notes, primary school students will look at the sacraments of healing and funeral rites. Older grades will consider what the Bible tells us about suffering and examine how Catholics can use their understanding of reconciliation to heal wounds and repair relationships by considering National Reconciliation Week.

Nurturing peace on Anzac Day – questions and activities

Laura Kings 20 April 2024 EH

This comprehensive guide offers teachers a structured approach to exploring essential Catholic values of love, justice, forgiveness, and reconciliation within the context of peacebuilding.

All Saints, All Souls and Catholic remembrance – questions and activities

Laura Kings 6 November 2023 EH

Catholic remembrance is about gratitude, learning and connecting with those who are already in God’s presence. The antithesis of this is glorifying war. As Catholics remember, we consider the preciousness of each human and how God loves us all.

Christianity in a climate for change - Questions and activities

Laura Kings 6 November 2023 EH

These questions and activities teach students how to deal with change in their own lives and then explore how change interacts with Church teachings and belief.

Listening, understanding, reconciling, healing and forgiving – questions and activities

Laura Kings 6 November 2023 EH

While these questions and activities were designed for use before and after the Voice campaign, they are general in nature and suitable for use with teaching a Catholic approach to any divisive or polarising social issue.

AC+ Resources on Promoting Peace and the Catholic Church

Laura Kings 26 October 2023 EH

This collection of resources explores Catholic perspectives on Peace. War is the antithesis of how we as Catholics are called by the Holy Spirit to live. Recent Catholic thinkers, including Pope Francis, have questioned whether anything can justify the pursuit of war over the pursuit of peace.