Sydney Catholic Schools Theme for 2025 – “May we always seek what is good, true and beautiful.”

Each year, a theme is created for Sydney Catholic Schools that is centred on Pope Francis’ message for youth and a Scripture passage for WYD reflection. This year the World Youth Day Theme is “You Also Are My Witnesses, Because You Have Been With Me,” (John 15:27).  The chosen Scripture for 2025 focuses on how the baptised are called to be witnesses in the modern world, a call that is also applicable to all SCS staff, students and families. Part of being a witness is the call to seek and promote what is good, true and beautiful in creation. This is core to Catholic education and a matter for rejoicing, especially in the Jubilee Year of 2025.

The chosen image for the 2025 theme comes from the Clancy Prize Religious Art Exhibition 2024, capturing the essence of the Jubilee theme, Saints and Pilgrims of Hope. This resonates with the broader theme of World Youth Day, “Pilgrims of Hope,” and was designed to inspire students from Years 7 to 11 to explore and deepen their spiritual knowledge. By drawing inspiration from the lives of saints in the Catholic Church, students translated their understanding into compelling artworks.

In Response to the WYD theme, our Sydney Catholic School action is:

“May we always seek what is good, true and beautiful.”