Ideas for faith-filled education
Books, articles and reflective resources to support Catholic school leaders, governors, teachers and support staff.
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Resources for Catholic education
EducareM has produced and contributed to a wide range of publications for people serving in Catholic schools. Together, they offer practical insight, spiritual nourishment and thoughtful reflection on mission, leadership and school life.
Many of these resources can also form the starting point for tailored INSET. EducareM works with individual schools, trusts and dioceses to shape formation around their particular context, priorities and community.
Browse publications, current Church teaching and selected articles from the EducareM archive.
Catholic mission in practice
Practical resources for school communities
Explore formation, curriculum, relationships and participation, then leadership discernment, review and shared learning. Adapt the questions and activities to your school, phase and community.
Formation for Every Member of Staff
A planned year of short sessions for every role: Church teaching, a school situation, discussion, prayer and a practical commitment.
Explore resource →A Distinctively Catholic Curriculum
Explore how Catholic identity shapes the purpose, content and teaching of subjects, with primary and secondary examples and review activities.
Explore resource →Inclusion, Dignity and Belonging
Apply Catholic teaching to SEND, disadvantage, disability, cultural diversity and families of different faiths or none.
Explore resource →Pupil Leadership, Ministry and Service
A progressive pathway from early years to sixth form through participation, responsibility, leadership and discernment.
Explore resource →School, Home and Parish: Partners in Mission
Strengthen welcome, parent partnership, faith at home, transition, sacramental preparation and parish relationships.
Explore resource →Prayer and Liturgy in Practice
Prepare individual celebrations with Scripture, silence, music, accessibility, pupil preparation and evaluation across phases.
Explore resource →Human Dignity in a Digital World
Explore AI, truth, relationships, attention, creativity and digital exclusion through classroom, leadership and family questions.
Explore resource →Leading Difficult Decisions with Faith and Hope
Discern staffing, budget and organisational choices through dignity, justice, subsidiarity, solidarity and the common good.
Explore resource →Reviewing Catholic Mission and Impact
Listen to pupils, staff and families, review what mission changes and develop focused improvement plans.
Explore resource →Catholic Mission in Action: School Stories
Explore published primary, secondary, sixth-form and trust examples, their evidence and questions for your setting.
Explore resource →Connected resources
Induction, leadership and further reflection
Use these alongside the practical collection to support colleagues new to Catholic education and deepen leadership and mission.
New to working in a Catholic school
Explore resource →So, what is it like working in a Catholic School?
Explore resource →Living Catholic Social Teaching
Explore resource →Prayer into Life · Life into Mission
Explore resource →Middle Leadership with Purpose
Explore resource →New Headteachers: Leading with Faith
Explore resource →Governing with Hope
Explore resource →Useful Websites
Explore resource →Books and audio
Publications for school communities
Practical and reflective resources for the varied roles and vocations within Catholic education.
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Caritas in Action
Education and formation in the social teaching of the Catholic Church, produced with the Diocese of Salford and Redemptorist Publications.
View publicationThe Hope That Is Within You
Sr Judith Russi in conversation with Raymond Friel · Audio CD.
View resource →How to Survive Working in a Catholic School
Sr Judith Russi and Raymond Friel.
View publication →How to Survive as a Governor in a Catholic School
Sr Judith Russi.
View publication →How to Survive in Leadership in a Catholic School
Raymond Friel.
View publication →Choosing a Catholic School
A practical guide by Sr Judith Russi.
View publication →The Circle of Life
Sr Judith Russi.
View publication →Starting Points
Ideas for Reflecting and Praying Together · Sr Judith Russi.
View publication →Church teaching today
Texts for reflection and action
Recent teaching and authoritative guidance to support discernment, leadership and formation in Catholic education.
Drawing New Maps of Hope
Pope Leo XIV’s 2025 apostolic letter on the mission and future of Catholic education.
Read at the Vatican →Dilexi te: On Love for the Poor
Pope Leo XIV’s 2025 apostolic exhortation, with questions for schools about dignity, poverty and service.
Read at the Vatican →Magnifica Humanitas
Pope Leo XIV’s 2026 encyclical on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence.
Read at the Vatican →Catholic Education Service
Current guidance, publications and information for Catholic schools in England and Wales.
Explore CES resources →Find a resource
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Articles, talks and reflections
From the EducareM archive
Writing and presentations exploring the distinctive mission, leadership and life of Catholic schools.
The Tablet is the international Catholic news weekly. Tablet articles are reproduced with the permission of the publisher.
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Turn reflection into formation
EducareM can use these publications and themes as part of carefully tailored INSET for Catholic schools, trusts and dioceses.
Formation can be shaped around the needs of leaders, governors, teachers, support staff or the wider school community.
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