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Poverty and Catholic Social Teaching. Dignity and Justice in the City. Congregation of Holy Cross. Founded Notre Dame (1843) Continued influence of charism and spirituality “Notre Dame family”. Center for Social Concerns. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Dignity and Justice in the City
Poverty andCatholic Social Teaching
Congregation of Holy CrossFounded Notre Dame (1843)
Continued influence of charism and spirituality
“Notre Dame family”
Center for Social ConcernsAnnual theme focuses
attention on two key principles of CST
Evangelium Vitae“It is by listening to the
word of the Lord that we are able to live in dignity and justice.” (48)
Social ScripturesWhere it all begins
Social TraditionExperiences from the life of the Church
Social ThoughtKeeping the tradition up to date
Social TeachingTimeless principles of the Church
Church and the World
The Church understands Justice as rooted in Scripture Is 1:15 “Make Justice your aim.”Micah 6:8 “You have been told, O man, what is good and
what the LORD requires of you: Only to do the right, and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God.”
LK 10:34 Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?” He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.”
Scriptures make social demandsProphetsThe Law is for LoveMatthew 25
Social Dimension of the Scriptures
Brings together all people, place, events, and movements following the call of Scripture
The lived experience of this call
Dorothy Day Is the Catholic Church
really the “church of the poor”?
Requires work for justice
Catholic Social Tradition
Patristic and ClassicalAugustineAquinas
Reflection on what it means to live JUST livesWe need to correct our
relationship with: God, each other, creation
Ongoing Theological InquiryLiberation TheologyEco-theology
Catholic Social Thought
Official teachings of the MagisteriumPapal EncyclicalsBishops Conferences
Able to offer an unchanging light to the new problems that we are confronted with
Role of the laity
Catholic Social Teaching
Can you name some principles of the Church’s Social Teaching?
Talk to your neighbors…
Human DignityCommon GoodRights and ResponsibilitiesOption for the PoorDignity of WorkSubsidiarity and SolidarityCare for Creation
Values and Principles
Foundation of CSTHumans are created in the Image of GodAll human life is sacred, from conception to death
Gen 1:26 Then God said: “Let us make man in our image and after our likeness.”
Eph 4:23-24 “And be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new self, created in God’s way in righteousness and holiness of truth.”
Dignity of Human Life
Humans are social beings
Perfect model is God’s Trinitarian (Relational) Nature
We realize our own humanity in relationship with others
Community and the Common Good
Lv 19:9-15 “These things you shall leave for the poor and alien. I, the LORD, am your God.”
Jn 13:34 “I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.”
The existence of rights are necessarily tied to duties“With great power comes
great responsibility”We must fulfill basic
rights for dignity to existDuty to defend our rightsBut others must be able
to exercise theirs as well
Rights and Responsibilities
Mt 23:11 “The greatest among you must be your servant”
Every person, regardless of status, is welcome as ChristCorporal & Spiritual Works of Mercy – poverty of body and soul
Mt 25:31-46 “Amen, I say to you, what you did for the one of these least ones, you did for me”
Ps 41:1-3 “Happy those concerned with the poor and the lowly”
Preferential Option for the Poor
Our human vocation is to participate in the creative work of GodThis means that we are
made to labor; work is a good thing
But it must be dignifyingEvery person has a right
to fair, meaningful, decent work that respects their dignity
Dignity of Work
Complementary principlesSolidarity – global concern
We are all connectedSubsidiarity – local concern
But action should first occur at the lowest level possible
Jn 17:20-21 “I pray that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.“
“We come not just as servants, but as their neighbors, to be with them and of them.” -Constitutions of the Congregation of Holy Cross, 13
Solidarity & Subsidiarity
All creation is a gift from GodWe are not masters but stewards with responsibilityEnvironmental poverty
Mt 6:25 “Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing”
Care for God’s Creation
Our choices reflect what we believe in“Every economic decision has a moral
consequence” -Caritas in VeritateIf we believe in Christ, we must act like it
We are called to serve:The Oppressed
Relief of their sufferingThe Oppressor
Conversion of heartBut we are not taking sides against “sinful
enemies”Constitutions of the Congregation of Holy Cross, 13
What do we do?
“The mission is not simple, for the impoverishments we would relieve are not simple. There are networks of privilege, prejudice and power so commonplace that often neither oppressors nor victims are aware of them. We must be aware and also understanding by reason of fellowship with the impoverishedand patient learning.
For the kingdom to come in this world, disciples must have the competence to see and the courage to act.”- Constitutions of the Congregation of Holy Cross 13
How do we do it?
CST is not just our mind, or heart, or soul isolated from one another, it’s about integration
Ought to be a transformative experience
Experience of CST
“The mind will not be cultivated at the expense of the heart.” - Blessed Basil Moreau, C.S.C.
Holy Cross Education
Education – Social Teaching = Power to Exploit
“We stand with the poor and afflicted because only from there can we appeal as Jesus did for the conversion and deliverance of all.” (Constitutions, 13)
MindIntegrating faith & reason
HeartDiscerning a vocation of service
ZealDesire to use gifts for common good
FamilyEmbracing community as context for lifelong
formationHope
Trusting in the cross and God’s promise of the kingdom
Holy Cross Principles of Education
Break into Small Groups