The Church:

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Chapter 2

• The Church
• Called to Work for Justice

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The Church

• Church
• The assembly of the faithful joined through
  baptism who are ______________________________
• Begun at Pentecost (Acts 21-4)
• Powered by the _______________________and given
  to us at Confirmation
• Both a sign and instrument of the _______________
  ___________________________
• _________________
• Body of Christ / People of God / Bride of Christ

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A People Called by God

• A Visible and Spiritual Reality
• Visible
• __________________________________________________
  _
• Spiritual
• __________________________________________________
  _
• A Eucharistic Community
• The Body of Christ in the World
• Connection between the moral life and the praise
  of God
• Unity demonstrated through _______________________
  ______
• All Are Welcome
• A Community Modeled on the Trinity
• Communion of three Persons (Father, Son, and
  Spirit)
• United in love
• ________________________________

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Rome and the Early Church

• Roman Culture
• Viewed justice as upholding laws maintaining the
  proper order of society
• ________________________
• Laws as the protection of power, rights, and
  property
• Early Church
• _________________________
• Acts 242-47 / Gal 326-28
• St. Pauls image of the Body of Christ
• Key to the establishment of _____________________
  _____
• Church as the People of God united in love and
  service to one another
• ________________________________________

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New Worlds / New Challenges

• _________________
• The political and economic system by which one
  country controls and exploits another, holding it
  in a subservient role
• Middle Class
• ___________________________
• Colonialism and the growth of the middle class
• _________________________________
• Turbulent period of time in the Western world

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Responses to Challenges

• Francis of Assisi
• Vincent de Paul
• Louise de Marillac
• John Baptist de la Salle
• Elizabeth Ann Seton
• Katherine Drexel
• Peter Claver
• Dorothy Day

• ____________________ ____________________
  ____________________ ____________________
• Legacy seen in todays Catholic hospitals,
  schools, convalescent homes, hospitality centers
  for the hungry and the homeless

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Modern Era

• Capitalism
• Dramatic impact as a result of the Industrial
  Revolution on society
• Serious negative effects felt by the working
  class
• _______________________
• Karl Marx
• Proposed a radical restructuring of society
• ____________________
• sharing of resources
• Stated that workers were pawns in the hands of
  owners
• ________________________!
• Goal of the world becoming a workers paradise
• _______________
• Government ownership and administration of the
  production and distribution of goods

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Churchs Response

• In 1891, Pope Leo XIII drafted the first
  encyclical concerning social justice
• Rerum Novarum _________________________
• Beginning of modern Catholic social teaching
• Catholic Social Teaching
• The __________________________written by the
  Magisterium in response to various social,
  political, and economic issues
• The Church ______________________ in the face of
  injustice and oppression

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Rerum Novarum

• Opposed Socialisms abolition of private property
  
• __________________________
• Violation of the dignity of the individual
• Opposed Capitalisms harsh treatment of the poor
  as mere pawns
• Unregulated system of attaining profit using any
  means necessary
• ________________________________________
• Proposed a system based on Natural Law
• The way in which society should operate
• ___________________________
• Impact
• Flourishing of Catholic labor unions
• ____________________
• Establishment a precedent for the Church to speak
  out on social matters
• __________________________

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Key Ideas

• ______________________
• Not inevitable class warfare
• _____________
• Primary purpose to provide a decent life for
  families not to be harsh or oppressive
• _________
• An amount sufficient to provide a decent life

• _______________
• Balance between liberalist and socialist
  philosophies
• ________________ ___________
• All have a right to own property fair
  distribution
• ____________________
• Goal should be lifting up, not casting down the
  poor

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Dorothy Day / Catholic Worker

• Incorporated the spirit of the Gospels and Rerum
  Novarum into the _________________________________
  _____
• One of the most significant American Catholics of
  20th century
• _____________________
• Practiced and preached the Works of Mercy
• Influenced generations of American Catholics
• The Catholic Worker
• _______________________________________
• Call for the Church to speak out for the needs
  and concerns of all people, especially the
  poorest of the poor
• ____________________________
• Outreach and compassion to the working poor
• _______________________________________

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Chapter 3

• A Just World
• A Catholic Vision

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Catholic Social Teaching

• Action on behalf of justice and participation in
  the transformation of the world fully appear to
  us as a constitutive dimension of the preaching
  of the Gospel, or, in other words, of the
  Churchs mission for the redemption of the human
  race and its liberation from every oppressive
  situation.
• Synod of Bishops, Justice in the World, 1971
• ___________________________________and
  encouragement to take action that makes the world
  a more just place
• Communicated through a variety of documents
• Conciliar documents, encyclicals, statements by
  national and regional bishops
• ______________________
• interpretation by the Church of the religious,
  political, cultural, and economic factors that
  shape the overall situation of society

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Social Teaching Today

• Continued moral voice
• ________________________________
• Representative of demographic shifts
• Movement away from a European dominated Church
• Largest numbers of Catholics ? _______________
• Africa and Asia outnumbering number of Catholics
  in North America
• ________________________________
• Global dimension of the Church
• Necessitates consideration of issues impacting
  the entire world

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Themes of Social Teaching

• Seven Themes identified by __________________
• Essential for carrying out the Churchs mission
• _________________________________
• _________________________________
• _________________________________
• _________________________________
• _________________________________
• _________________________________
• _________________________________

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Human Dignity

• Foundation for all other principles/themes
• Promoting the _________________________ is the
  most fundamental principle of Social Teaching
• The person is sacred, made in the image of God
• ________________, and cannot be taken away
• Intrinsic quality
• All people are loved by God and created equal in
  dignity
• ___________________
• From conception to natural death

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Call to Family, Community, and Participation

• Participation
• The ___________________of all people to
  participate in all aspects of _______________
• Common Good
• The condition that allows all people in a
  community to reach potential and fulfill dignity
• ____________________________________________
• The common good requires
• ___________________________
• The social well-being development of the group.
• Peace, which includes security

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Rights and Responsibilities

• Rights
• __________________________________________________
  ______ ___________________________________________
  _____________
• Right to life
• Having ones basic needs fulfilled
• ________________________
• Ability to exercise political, religious, and
  cultural ideals
• Responsibilities come with the rights that we
  have been given by God
• We have the ______________________________________
  __ of others
• Responsibility to act with _______________in
  terms of wealth and generosity to the poor

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Option for the Poor and Vulnerable

• Preferential Option for the Poor
• The choice to put the needs of societys most
  poor and vulnerable first among social concerns
• Not just economic poor those deprived of basic
  rights
• Two parts
• _______________________________________
• Commitment to take action in the face of
  injustice
• ________________________________________
• This call to justice is direct from God and
  challenges us to help the poor to
  _______________________________.
• Just as you did it to one of the least of those
  who are members of my family, you did it to me
  (Mt.2540)

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Dignity of Work / Rights of Workers

• Work exists for the benefit of people
• Economic activity (work) is meant to provide for
  the needs of the entire community, not to
  increase the profit, power and position of a few
• __________________________________________________
  __________
• _________________
• The value that work has because it supports human
  life and contributes to human dignity
• _________________
• Include the right to employment, to decent and
  fair pay, to a safe workplace, and anything
  necessary for life and health

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Solidarity

• It is a firm and persevering determination to
  commit oneself to the common good that is to
  say, to the good of all ...because we are all
  really responsible for all.
• Pope John Paul II, On Social Concern, 1987
• ______________
• A constant commitment to the common good based
  on the idea that we are all responsible / part of
  the same human family
• ________________________________________
• Quality of justice that breaks down barriers
  between people
• Just World
• Based on a spirit of friendship between
  individuals, groups, and nations
• ________________________

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Care for Gods Creation

• God created everything for us to use and not to
  abuse
• Our care of Gods Creation should be an offering
  of thanks to him
• We are to be stewards and caretakers of all of
  Gods creations
• ____________________________________________
• Preservation of the worlds resources for future
  generations
• leave it better than you found it
• ____________________________

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Applying the Principles

• Service of the poor
• Reaching out in ways that help individuals and
  groups to live good lives
• Working with others
• _______________________________
• Examining Social Institutions
• The various ways in which societies meet the
  needs of their people
• _____________________________________________
  _______________

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Culture

• Culture
• Shared values and beliefs of a community which
  impact the lives of its members
• Various aspects of culture
• _______________
• Emphasizes personal independence and the rights
  of individuals over interdependence and concern
  for the common good
• _______________
• Reliance on others for survival and well-being
• _______________
• Distorted desire to possess things out of
  proportion to our needs or normal wants
• ________________
• Buying and using only what is needed out of
  respect for people and resources

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Evaluating Culture

• Responsibility as followers of Christ
• We must constantly ____________________to
  determine if they are ____________________for the
  dignity of human life
• Church as _______________
• Idea that the Church speaks out at times against
  the ____________________ in defense of human
  dignity
• Examples
• ____________________
• ____________________
• ____________________

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Fatalism Versus Hope

• Fatalism
• The belief that the world is out of the control
  of humans and in the hands of blind fate
• _____________________________
• Hope
• ___________________
• Enables us to trust that God is always working
  for our good
• Rooted in the Resurrection
• Implication
• __________________________________________________
  _____