St John Fisher RC Comprehensive School
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St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive (also referred to as SJF) is a Roman Catholic school of the Diocese of Southwark in Chatham
. St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive is one of two genuine comprehensive schools in Medway, an authority that retains selections. Students also travel in from Sittingbourne
, and Sheppey
in Kent.
The years 7 and 8 are on a separate campus known as the Lower School, at 79 Maidstone Road, Chatham.
, the Catholic bishop, Cardinal
and martyr
.
on the subject of taxing when Jesus was asked should the Jews pay taxes to the Romans or not.
Chatham, Medway
Chatham is one of the Medway towns located within the Medway unitary authority, in North Kent, in South East England.Although the dockyard has long been closed and is now being redeveloped into a business and residential community as well as a museum featuring the famous submarine, HMS Ocelot,...
. St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive is one of two genuine comprehensive schools in Medway, an authority that retains selections. Students also travel in from Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne is an industrial town about eight miles east of Gillingham in England, beside the Roman Watling Street off a creek in the Swale, a channel separating the Isle of Sheppey from mainland Kent...
, and Sheppey
Isle of Sheppey
The Isle of Sheppey is an island off the northern coast of Kent, England in the Thames Estuary, some to the east of London. It has an area of . The island forms part of the local government district of Swale...
in Kent.
The years 7 and 8 are on a separate campus known as the Lower School, at 79 Maidstone Road, Chatham.
History
St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School was founded in 1964, by the merger of two schools. The school is named after John FisherJohn Fisher
Saint John Fisher was an English Roman Catholic scholastic, bishop, cardinal and martyr. He shares his feast day with Saint Thomas More on 22 June in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints and 6 July on the Church of England calendar of saints...
, the Catholic bishop, Cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
and martyr
Martyr
A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
.
Motto
The schools motto Deo Redditte Dei means give back to God what belongs to God. It comes from when Jesus was challenged by the PhariseesPharisees
The Pharisees were at various times a political party, a social movement, and a school of thought among Jews during the Second Temple period beginning under the Hasmonean dynasty in the wake of...
on the subject of taxing when Jesus was asked should the Jews pay taxes to the Romans or not.