Interfaith St Catherine's

Story: Zara, Lewis,Vincent, Ruby, Martyna, Uzayr, Denya,Abas, Chloe – St Catherine’s School Council

During Inter Faith Week School Council members from St Catherine’s Primary School and St Thomas Moore organised a Faith Walk around the local area visiting places of worship.

We visited St Cuthbert’s Church, the Masjid Noor Mosque on Barnsley Road, the Hindu Temple and St Catherine’s Church and were shown around inside each place and given a talk from a person of that faith about their religion.

We were also given the chance to ask any questions we liked. We thought it was a great opportunity to learn about different faiths other than our own. We found out that although lots of religions are different they still have lots in common like prayer, reflection time, making the right choices and being respectful.

It was interesting to hear about the way different religions use stories to explain their faith and to see the different ways that they display representations of their faith, for example some religions have statues they pray to and others have pictures.

Denya from St Catherine’s School said

“The walk helped us to understand other people’s beliefs and to hear from the people who practice that religion.”

We felt it was good to learn about other faiths so it can help us to learn about our community and to respect other religions. It can help stop misunderstandings and conflict that can arise when you don’t have an understanding about other faiths.

Vincent from St Catherine’s told us that

“It was good to get more of an understanding about who and what people pray to.”

and Lewis said

“I now understand the differences between other faiths and the similarities and what people believe in.”

We would like to thank all the places of worship we visited on our Faith walk. We learnt so much and it was a really enjoyable experience.