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KEY SOCIAL JUSTICE DOCUMENTS
Rerum Novarum
Quadragesimo Anno
Mater et Magistra
Pacem in Terris
Gaudium et Spes
Populorum Progressio
Octogesima Adveniens
Justice in the World
Laborem Exercens Solicitudo Rei Socialis
Centesimus Annus
Evangelium Vitae
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THE METHOD
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see
judge
act
reflection/action
process
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1. Observe
-Seeing, hearing, and experiencingthe lived reality of individuals andcommunities.
- Carefully and intentionallyexamining the primary data of the
situation. What are the people inthis situation doing, feeling, andsaying? What is happening to themand how do they respond?
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Reflection/Action Worksheet
1. Observe:
What do you know about this issue or what did youobserve?
What specic facts can you cite about this issue orexperience?
What did you learn or observe?
How do you feel in the face of this issue or experience?
How does it touch you personally?
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2. Judge (the heart of the process)
a. Social Analysis- Obtaining a more
complete picture of the social situation byexploring its historical and structuralrelationships. In this step, we attempt tomake sense of the reality that was observedin Step 1. Why are things this way? What arethe root causes?
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2. Judge: a. Social Analysis
Why does this situation exist? What are the root causes?
Economic factors-- Who owns? Who controls? Who pays? Who gets?
Who gets left out? Why?
Political factors Who decides? For whom do they decide?
How do decisions get made? Who is left out of the process? Why?
Social Factors Who is left out? Who is included? Why?Historic Factors What past events inuence the situation today?
Cultural Factors What values are evident? What do people believein? Who inuences what people believe?
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2. Judge (the heart of the process)
b. Theological Reection Analyzing the
experience in the light of scripture and theCatholic social tradition? How do biblicalvalues and the principles of Catholic socialteaching help us to see this reality in adifferent way? How do they serve as ameasuring stick for this experience?
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2. Judgeb. Theological Reection
What lessons or values from scripture can help us tointerpret this experience?
E.g. the prophets, the Beatitudes, the example of Jesus himself, and
the parables he told.
What key principles from Catholic Social Teaching apply
to this situation?E.g. human dignity, the common good, human rights, the option forthe poor.
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3. ActPlanning andcarrying outactions aimed attransforming thesocial structuresthat contribute
to suffering andinjustice.
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observe
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reflection/action
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PRINCIPLES OFCATHOLIC SOCIAL JUSTICE
Purpose: to alert Catholics to the fact
that the Churchs teaching on socialjustice is an essential part of theCatholic faith.
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KEY THEMES OF THE CATHOLICSOCIAL JUSTICE DOCUMENTSUNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS
Human dignity
Respect for life
Call to family, community, and participation
Rights and responsibilities
Common good
Preferential Option for the poor
Dignity of work and the rights of workers
Solidarity
Stewardship
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Dignity of the Human Person
Belief in the inherent dignity of the
human person is the foundation of allCatholic social teaching
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Dignity of the Human Person
every human being is created in the
image of God and redeemed by JesusChrist, therefore is invaluable andworthy of respect as a member of thehuman family (p1)
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Respect for human life
Every person, from the moment ofconception to natural death, has
inherent dignity and a right to lifeconsistent with that dignity(pp1-2)
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Call to family, Community andParticipation
in a global culture driven byexcessive individualism, our traditionproclaims that the person is not only
sacred but social The FAMILY is thesocial institution that must besupported and strengthened, not
underminedwe believe people havea right to participate in the society(pp 4-5)
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Rights and Responsibilities
Human dignity can be protected anda healthy community can be achieved
only if human rights are protectedand responsibilities are met.(p 5)
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Common Good
Three essential elements
Respect for the person
Social well-being and development of thegroup
Peace and security
(p 25)
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Preferential Option for the Poor
The moral test of a society is how it
treats its most vulnerable members.
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Dignity of work and the rightsof workers
Society must pursue economicjustice, i.e. the economy must servepeople, not the other way around.
Work help us to make a living and toparticipate in Gods creation.
The dignity of work is safeguardedwhen workers rights are respected.
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Principle of Solidarity
that we are our brothers and sisterskeepers, wherever they live lovingour neighbor has global dimensions in
an interdependent world.(p 5)
The firm and perseveringdetermination to commit oneself tothe common good.
Pope John Paul II
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Principle of Stewardship
we are called to protect the planet,living our faith in relationship with all
of Gods creation.(p6)
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Notable quotations on development
Individual initiative alone and the mere freeplay of competition could never assuresuccessful development. One must avoid
the risk of increasing still more the wealthof the rich and the dominion of the strong,whilst leaving the poor in their misery andadding to the servitude of the oppressed.
On the Development of Peoples, #33
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Notable quotations on development
Economic development must ... notbe left to the sole judgment of a fewindividuals or groups, possessing
excessive economic power, or of thepolitical community alone, or ofcertain powerful nations.
The Church in the Modern World, #65
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Acknowledgment
Office for Social Justice, Archdiocese of St.Paul and Minneapolis328 West Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul,MN 55102 651.291.4477
Catholic Social Teaching: 1891-present by
Charles Curran, 2002 Catholic Social Teachings, by Michael
Pennock, 2000
Forming the Filipino Social Conscience by
Vitaliano Gorsope, 1997 Catechism on the Social Doctrine of the
Catholic Church by Vitaliano Gorospe, 1954