2. The Year of Faith Pope Benedict XVI has invited all of us to celebrate ‘The Year of Faith’ Started on the 11 th October 2012 During the Year of Faith, Pope Benedict XVI asks us to ‘deepen our relationship with God, to better appreciate our Catholic Faith and to share our Catholic Faith with others’ Pope Benedict wants us to help each other to become saints.

3. The Year of Faith What does the word Faith mean to you ?

4. What is your FAITH? Forgiveness Have people hurt you in the past and you still haven’t forgiven them? Who do you need to say sorry to? Assertiveness How will you be confident in what you believe in? Idealism In an ideal world how would God want you to behave? How will you make a difference? Tolerance Are you tolerant of your own abilities? Are you tolerant of others –do you show it? Happiness How do you feel when you are doing something that God would want you to? Happiness is not a virtue (positive quality) but it is the result of virtuous behaviour.

5. Year of the FAITH Challenge: Choose a FAITH every day and try to work hard to be like a saint, and achieve the faith.

6. Do you know?... The School Mission Statement?

7. What can we do during the Year of Faith? Try to do a good deed every day Go to mass every week Read a passage from the Bible Show our love for others Respect the people we meet in our everyday lives Accept the differences in people Let ‘the truth and beauty of the faith shine out in our time’ (the hope of Pope Benedict XVI)

8. Year of the Faith Our School Mission Statement: Everyone Together with Jesus To be inspired by Jesus. To enable everyone to do his or her best. To work together with parents, parish and the wider community.