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SUMMARY:Racial Justice\, Equality and Diversity CPD Programme Sessions 1\, 2 and 3 and Sharing Forum 1\, 2 and 3 | Academic Year 2024/25
DESCRIPTION:RJED CPD Programme Sessions 1\, 2 and 3 and Sharing Forum 2 and 3 | Academic Year 2024/25\nRJED Session 1 – Governors | 12th November – (Available as a recording)\nCourse Aim: To ensure governors are informed about issues concerning RJED and know how to champion and support RJED within their schools. \nCourse Content: \n1. Relevant and useful governor training from an RJED expert. \n2. Practical suggestions about how to monitor\, support and develop RJED. \n3. An opportunity to ask questions to gain a great insight into the role of governors in RJED. \nTarget Audience: Governors  \n  \nRJED Session 2 – Teachers | 13th January 2025 – (Available as a recording)\nCourse Aim: To ensure ECTs and classroom teachers are informed about issues concerning RJED and know how to champion and support RJED within their classrooms. \nCourse Content: \n1. Relevant and useful teachers training from an RJED expert \n2. Practical suggestions about how to monitor\, support and develop RJED \n3. An opportunity to ask questions to gain a great insight into the role of teachers in RJED \nTarget Audience: Teachers \n  \nRJED Updates and Sharing Forum | 1st April 2025 – 3.45pm to 5.00pm\nCourse Aim: To explain to RJED Coordinators diocesan updates and give them an opportunity to ask questions\, share good practice and network. \nCourse Content: \n1. Relevant and useful updates regarding RJED. \n2. An opportunity for advisors to address any question or concerns regarding RJED. \n3. Time to share good practice. \nTarget Audience: RJED Coordinators \n  \nRJED Updates and Sharing Forum | 22nd May 2025 – 3.45pm to 5.00pm\nCourse Aim: To explain to RJED Coordinators diocesan updates and give them an opportunity to ask questions\, share good practice and network. \nCourse Content: \n1. Relevant and useful updates regarding RJED. \n2. An opportunity for advisors to address any question or concerns regarding RJED. \n3. Time to share good practice. \nTarget Audience: RJED Coordinators \n  \nRJED Session 3 – School Leaders | 12th June 2025 – 3.45pm to 5.00pm\nCourse Aim: To ensure senior teachers are informed about issues concerning RJED and know how to champion and support RJED within their schools. \nCourse Content: \n1. Relevant and useful senior leaders training from an RJED expert. \n2. Practical suggestions about how to monitor\, support and develop RJED. \n3. An opportunity to ask questions to gain a great insight into the role of senior leaders in RJED. \nTarget Audience: School Leaders \n 
URL:https://courses.rcdow.org.uk/event/rjed-cpd-programme-sessions-1-2-and-3-and-sharing-forum-1-2-and-3-academic-year-2024-25/
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SUMMARY:Leadership Project for Aspiring Leaders | 2025
DESCRIPTION:Unit 1 : Setting and articulating a Vision | In Person \nTuesday 14th January 2025 – 1.00pm to 4.00pm  \n\nSet and articulate the vision for the school.·\nSetting a vision\, shaping a school culture\, leading a worshipping community\, chaplaincy and Catholic Life.\n\nVenue: Diocese of Westminster\, Vaughan House\, 46 Francis Street\, London\, SW1P 1QN \n  \nUnit 2: Developing people\, Culture\, Teams and Motivation | Online Sessions \n\nDeveloping a professional Development Culture.\nRecruitment and retention of staff.\nDeveloping Teams.\nLeadership and Motivation.\n\nSession 1: Tuesday 4th February 2025 – 5.00pm to 7.00pm \nSession 2: Tuesday 25th February 2025 – 5.00pm to 7.00pm \n  \nUnit 3: Developing a school | Online Sessions \n\nTo ensure our schools are the embodiment of inclusivity and celebrate their uniqueness communities.\nTo help schools act as a lens whereby our students can see faith acted out in daily practice.\nTo develop curriculum design and implementation to include virtues which replicate the skills which will enable pupils to cope with the demand of modern life.\nTo protect\, serve and guide our future Catholic Leaders.\n\nUnit 3 – Session 1: Tuesday 18th March 2025 – 5.00pm to 7.00pm \nUnit 3 – Session 2: Tuesday 1st April 2025 – 5.00pm to 7.00pm \nUnit 3 – Session 3: Tuesday 29th April 2025 – 5.00pm to 7.00pm \n  \nUnit 4: Securing Accountability | Online Session \nTuesday 13th May 2025 – 5.00pm to 7.00pm \n\nTo explore the links between accountability in our personal life and professional life as a Catholic.\nTo develop an understanding of the purpose\, need and importance of accountability to be an effective Catholic leader.\nTo develop an understanding of the difference between responsibility and accountability.\n\n  \nUnit 5: Leading Community | Online Session \nTuesday 17th June 2025 – 5.00pm to 7.00pm \n\nReview relationships within and beyond the school\, working in partnership with parents\, carers\, the Parish\, Trust\, diocese and the local community.\nExamine how schools can work successfully with other Catholic schools and other schools and organisations in a climate of mutual challenge and support.\nTo understand your own school’s context and consider current links in the community.
URL:https://courses.rcdow.org.uk/event/leadership-project-for-aspiring-leaders-2025/
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SUMMARY:Crossphase: Foundation of Faith Online Course
DESCRIPTION:Foundations of Faith\nFoundations of Faith introduces participants to key Catholic beliefs and practices. Each session will start and finish with prayer and will link the content of session to the life of a saint. The session will contain engaging content to aid participants learning. There will be an expectation in regards to participants contributing to discussion and activities. This structure hopes to provide a comprehensive introduction to Catholicism while allowing for discussion and personal engagement. Each session builds upon the previous one\, creating a cohesive learning experience. \nSession 1: Introduction to Catholicism  \nCourse Leads: Claire O’Neill and Jo Browne \nDate: Tuesday 14th January 2025 \nTime: 3.45pm to 5.00pm \nObjectives: \n\nUnderstand the context of Catholicism in England and worldwide.\nGrasp the belief in the Trinity – Father\, Son\, and Holy Spirit.\n\nContent: \n\nCore Beliefs: The Trinity\, with reference to the Nicene Creed.\nOrigins: The establishment of the Church.\n\nActivities: \n\nDiscussion of what participants already know about Catholicism and what they hope to learn.\nReading and discussing the Nicene Creed.\nTimeline of the Church’s establishment.\nQ&A session to address initial questions.\n\nCommon Misconceptions: \n\nThe Trinity is often misunderstood as three separate gods\, rather than one God in three persons.\nSome may think the Catholic Church began only in the Middle Ages\, instead of tracing back to the Apostles.\n\nSupporting Church Documents: \n\nCatechism of the Catholic Church (Sections 232–267 on the Trinity).\nLumen Gentium (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church from Vatican II).\n\n  \nSession 2: Revelation in Jesus Christ\, the Church\, and the Bible \nCourse Leads: Trisha Hedley and Flic Henson \nDate: Wednesday 29th January 2025 \nTime: 3.45pm to 5.00pm \nObjectives: \n\nUnderstand God’s revelation in Jesus Christ\, the Church\, and the Bible.\n\nContent: \n\nJesus as the Incarnation.\nThe Church as the Body of Christ.\nOverview of the Catholic Bible as God’s word\, including a brief introduction to the Old and New Testaments.\n\nActivities: \n\nExploration of passages from the Bible illustrating God’s revelation in Jesus.\nQ&A session to address any questions.\n\nCommon Misconceptions: \n\nSome may misunderstand the divinity and humanity of Jesus\, believing he was only a prophet or a moral teacher rather than both fully God and fully human.\nMisunderstandings regarding the way Catholics use and interpret the Bible\n\nSupporting Church Documents: \n\nDei Verbum (Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation from Vatican II).\nCatechism of the Catholic Church (Sections 101–141 on Sacred Scripture).\n\n  \nSession 3: Catholic Liturgy and Sacraments \nCourse Leads: Jo Marsh and Trisha Hedley \nDate: Thursday 27th February 2025 \nTime: 3.45pm to 5.00pm \nObjectives: \n\nUnderstand the Liturgical Year.\nUnderstand the role of the seven sacraments in Catholic life.\n\nContent: \n\nLiturgical Seasons: Advent\, Christmas\, Lent\, Easter\, Ordinary Time.\nOverview of the Sacraments: Baptism\, Eucharist\, Confirmation\, Reconciliation\, Anointing of the Sick\, Marriage\, and Holy Orders.\n\nActivities: \n\nWalkthrough of the Liturgical Year with explanations of key components.\nReflection on the role of sacraments in a Catholic’s spiritual journey.\n\nCommon Misconceptions: \n\nSome may think sacraments are merely symbolic rather than channels of divine grace.\nMisunderstandings about the Liturgical Year\, such as the misconception that Lent and Advent are simply periods of preparation without spiritual significance.\n\nSupporting Church Documents: \n\nSacrosanctum Concilium (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy from Vatican II).\nCatechism of the Catholic Church (Sections 1066–1209 on Liturgy and Sacraments).\n\n  \nSession 4: Understanding the Mass and Catholic Prayer  \nCourse Leads: Amanda Crowley and Michelle Wilson \nDate: Tuesday 25th March 2025 \nTime: 3.45pm to 5.00pm \nObjectives: \n\nGain a deeper understanding of the Mass.\nExplore the significance of prayer\, including traditional prayers.\n\nContent: \n\nThe Mass: Structure and the significance of the Eucharist.\nPrayer: What it is and an overview of the Lord’s Prayer.\n\nActivities: \n\nWalkthrough of the Mass\, explaining key components such as the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.\nReflection on the role of personal and communal prayer.\n\nCommon Misconceptions: \n\nThe Eucharist is sometimes misunderstood as purely symbolic\, rather than the real presence of Christ.\nPrayer is often viewed as simply asking God for favours\, rather than building a relationship with God.\n\nSupporting Church Documents: \n\nEcclesia de Eucharistia (Pope John Paul II’s encyclical on the Eucharist).\nCatechism of the Catholic Church (Sections 1322–1419 on the Eucharist and 2558–2865 on prayer).\n\n  \nSession 5: Catholic Morality and Social Teaching  \nCourse Leads: Jo Browne and Flic Henson \nDate: Thursday 8th May 2025 \nTime: 3.45pm to 5.00pm \nObjectives:  \n\nLearn about Catholic moral teachings and social justice principles.\n\nContent: \n\nTen Commandments and Beatitudes: Their role in Catholic moral teaching.\nCatholic Social Teaching: Core principles like the dignity of the human person\, the common good\, solidarity\, and subsidiarity.\nEthical Issues: Catholic perspectives on life\, social justice\, and care for creation.\n\nActivities: \n\nCase studies on applying Catholic moral teachings.\nGroup discussion on contemporary social issues and the Catholic response.\n\nCommon Misconceptions: \n\nSome may believe the Church’s moral teachings are outdated or inflexible.\nMisunderstandings about Catholic Social Teaching\, such as thinking it focuses only on charity\, rather than systemic change for justice.\n\nSupporting Church Documents: \n\nGaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World from Vatican II).\nLaudato Si’ (Pope Francis’ encyclical on care for creation).\nCompendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church.\n\n  \nSession 6: Catholicism in the Modern World  \nCourse Leads: Tony Hall and Claire O’Neill \nDate: Thursday 20th May 2025 \nTime: 3.45pm to 5.00pm \nObjectives: \n\nExplore the role and challenges of the Catholic Church in contemporary society.\n\nContent: \n\nVatican II: Overview and its impact on the Church.\nThe Papacy: The role of the Pope and current papal initiatives.\nCatholicism Today: The Church’s response to modern issues such as secularism\, religious freedom\, and care for refugees.\n\nActivities: \n\nDiscussion on the Church’s role in global issues\, including poverty\, migration\, and interfaith dialogue.\nReflection on the course and the Church’s future.\n\nCommon Misconceptions: \n\nVatican II is sometimes misunderstood as a complete break from tradition rather than a renewal of it.\nSome may perceive the Church as resistant to change rather than actively engaging with contemporary social issues.\n\nSupporting Church Documents: \n\nDignitatis Humanae (Declaration on Religious Freedom from Vatican II).\nEvangelii Gaudium (Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on evangelisation).\n\n 
URL:https://courses.rcdow.org.uk/event/crossphase-foundation-of-faith-course-online-course/
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