Young people
There are 3 main activities for the young people enrolled for the Pope Francis Faith Award. At varioread more
Pope Francis Faith Award
How beautiful it would be if each of you, every evening, could say: “Today at school, at home, at work, guided by God, I showed a sign of love towards one of my friends, my parents, an older person!”
(Pope Francis, addressing young people, April 2013)
Enrolment for Primary 6 pupils is now closed for session 2017.
If you would like to enrol Primary 6 pupils to start the award in August 2018, please return to this page in June.
The Pope Francis FAITH AWARD is an award of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, designed to help children to show “signs of love” in their daily lives and to be active members of their local Church. It invites young people at the Primary 6 and 7 stages to use the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and to see how they can bear fruit in their homes, schools and parishes. It is directly connected to what young people are learning about the Sacrament of Confirmation. The award is open to all Catholic Primary schools and parishes, normally involving children across the years of Primary 6 & Primary 7.
There is a small cost for participating in the Faith Award. Schools will be invoiced for £2.50* per pupil.
This small charge is for the enrolment fee** and includes:
- access to all of the on line materials for the gathering points,
- the award of an embossed, personalised certificate, lapel badge on completion of the award
- the award of a prayer card for those pupils gaining the Award with Parish Commendation.
In addition each school will be issued with free
- journal and wrist band for each pupil as they set out on their two year journey,
- one set of ‘Gifts of the Holy Spirit’ posters
*This is reduced to £2 per pupil if you do not require your resources to be sent by post. Collection can be arranged from SCES
** Schools should register the total number of P6 pupils that they wish to enrol with SCES. Names will be confirmed when pupils are in P7. This small charge per person is to cover the administration and assessment of the award and the certificate and lapel badge given to each pupil on completion of the award. There is no reduction in the enrolment fee if you do not require the journals or wristbands.
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Pope Francis Award Posters
You can now order attractive posters which illustrate the NEW Gifts of the Holy Spirit. These setsread more
PFFA Assessment Materials
Details of the Assessment arrangements to be followed for all pupils expected to complete the Pope read more
PFFA Documentation
Various documents are available to assist teachers with the Pope Francis Faith Award. Additionalread more
PFFA Gathering Points
This is a series of 8 PowerPoint presentations, introducing the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and then tread more
PFFA News
St Dominic’s Primary School, Crieff
As part of the 2018 celebrations to mark the centenary of the 1918 Education Act, Jesus the Icon was welcomed to the Diocese of Dunkeld. Headteacher Mrs Hunter, St Dominic’s Primary School Crieff alongside the children who recently completed the Pread more
Pope Francis Faith Award – Verification Meetings
Pope Francis FAITH AWARD: Assessment Arrangements 2018 Details of the Assessment arrangements are on the way to schools for all P7 pupils expected to complete PFFA this session. The verification meetings will be taking place from late January through to tread more
Primary 6 children at Sacred Heart PS Grangemouth raise funds for Charity
As part of their Pope Francis Faith Award, Primary 6 children from Sacred Heart Primary School Grangemouth carried out a bottle collection in May to raise money for charity. They purchased some Fairtrade items and had a sale, selling chocolate and fruread more
St Patrick’s Primary School Coatbridge Faith Award Pupils
Primary 7 Pupils from St Patrick’s Primary Coatbridge celebrate receiving the Pope Francis Faith Award.
Pope Francis Faith Award – Enrolment for 2017-19
The on line enrolment form for participation in the Pope Francis Faith Award is now open. CLICK HERE or complete the form below. Please complete the form by the 31st August 2017 for participation in the award in sessions 2017-2019. If you would like furread more
PFFA Verification meetings
Further PFFA Verification meetings have been added to the calendar: Tuesday 16th May – St Mary’s Primary School, Edinburgh EH7 4BW, 3.30pm – 5.00pm Tuesday 16th May – SCES, 75 Craigpark Glasgow G31 2HD (Church hall downstairs) Rread more
Bishop Robson speaking with Pupils from Our Lady’s Primary school Perth
Some of the Pupils from Our Lady’s Primary school Perth enrolled in the Pope Francis Faith Award, enjoyed hearing from Bishop Robson on a recent visit to their school.
St Thomas’ Primary school Arbroath Faith Award Pupils
Pupils from St Thomas’ Primary school Arbroath participating in the Pope Francis Faith Award receive their journals.
Pope Francis Award Posters
You can now order attractive posters which illustrate the NEW Gifts of the Holy Spirit. These sets of 8 posters (A2 size) will offer useful learning points for pupils as they prepare for the Sacrament of Confirmation and when they participate in the Popread more
Huge Success for Pope Francis Faith Award
Congratulations to 2,400 pupils who have been successful in gaining the Pope Francis Faith Award this session. Letters, certificates and medals have been sent out to young people in 109 Catholic primary schools and parishes across Scotland to recogniread more