A Papal Encyclical is a circular letter which is written by a Pope to an audience of bishops and is intended to guide them in their ministry. Here you will find the Encyclicals with a focus on Social Teaching.

Becoming a Living Wage employer is a staged process, which can be completed over a period of time. Employers must first ensure that all directly employed members of staff are paid no less than the Living Wage. Secondly, the employer must ensure that any contractors providing services to the school must be paid the Living Wage.

Marriage and family life ministry in the Catholic Church in England and Wales came of age with the launch of FAMILIAS - the Association for Catholic Diocesan Marriage and Family Life Ministry.

Everybody's Welcome is a project launched in 2006 to support parish communities in becoming more friendly, more family-sensitive, and more welcoming of all. It is part of a three phase initiative called Celebrating Family: Blessed, Broken, Living Love, which is a project to support marriage and family life within the Catholic community of England and Wales.

Home is a Holy Place is a resource pack designed to help families become more aware of how God is already present with them at home. It is also about supporting parishes to work with this understanding of family spirituality and to incorporate it into existing programmes of support and catechesis for family life.