Catholic Life
At St Margaret Clitehrow, our pupils take pride in their faith and live out the Church’s teachings through their words and actions. This includes welcoming, including and celebrating pupils who have different beliefs. They have an acute understanding of what’s right and wrong. They achieve happiness through self-respect and respect for others. They embrace and understand their own community and are always curious and interested in the wider community and how they can contribute to a better world for all.
Throughout the year they direct and contribute to our learning environment, acts of worship, charitable activities, fundraising, and celebrations all of which develop the Catholic character of our school and prepare them for their lives beyond the school gates.
Catholic Life and Mission Policy
Below are just a few exmaples of how we have lived out our mission throughout the year:
Oscar Romero Hub
St Margaret Clitherow Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy is part of the Oscar Romero Hub. We work closely with our partner primary schools to ensure that we are a strong Catholic community supporting the faith development of our young people.
Year of Prayer
Pope Francis inaugurated a Year of Prayer ahead of the 2025 Jubilee. He called on the faithful “to pray more fervently to prepare ourselves to live properly this grace-filled event”.
The Holy Father said that The Year of Prayer 2024 is dedicated “to rediscovering the great value and absolute need for prayer, prayer in personal life, in the life of the Church, prayer in the world”. We have a display in the hall dedicated to the year of prayer with a different dedication for each month,
