For years, an important part of our school community has been our lunchtime charity clubs. These clubs have not only been an important part of keeping the Catholic ethos alive within our student body, but it has also had a big hand to play in bringing pupils together, teaching them important leadership, organisational and communication skills, inspiring a charitable and compassionate spirit within them and educating them on worldwide issues and the importance and how we are all affected by them spiritually.
Unfortunately, these lunchtime groups were put on hold due to lockdown and then new COVID-19 related restrictions caused numbers to dwindle, and it seemed that some of them would be discontinued. However, thanks to an ingenious idea by Mr Pearce, head of RE, all the clubs would continue, as CREDO.
The name CREDO comes from the first line of the creed, and means ‘I believe’, and the club consists of previously independent clubs within the school. The club is made up of four departments: Aid to the Church in Need, Mary’s Meals, Baby Steps and The Holy Events department. Aid to the Church in Need’s mission statement is to help lift the oppression of Catholics all around the world, and famously holds the Red Wednesday Bakesale every year. Mary’s Meals’ mission statement is to promote education in underprivileged countries by feeding children at least one meal a day at school and has also been successful in twinning our school bathroom with another school bathroom in Liberia. Baby Steps is the only new and original club- it’s a Pro-Life club which aims to support pregnant mothers by doing things such as donating or fundraising for important items like baby clothes.
Finally, The Chaplaincy department helps organises events within the school, like important Masses or the recent S1 retreat. The different departments within CREDO are all run by the S6 Caritas pupils, and all are supervised by Mr Pearce. The club takes place on Tuesday lunchtimes for BGE pupils, while beforehand the S6 pupils prepare activities for the younger pupils during their earlier lunch break. New members are always welcome if you want to support the school ethos and learn more about Catholicism worldwide!
Murron, S6
