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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

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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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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
http://www.osjspm.org/majordoc_gaudium_et_spes_part_one.aspxhttp://www.osjspm.org/majordoc_gaudium_et_spes_part_one.aspx


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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

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