Intro to Community

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Intro to Community Chapter 9

• Living in Harmony for Justice
• Created in Gods Image
• Women and Men

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Community

• Human dignity can be realized and protected only
  in community (Economic Justice for All, USCCB
  1986).
• ____________________________________
  ____________________________________
• Community
• Group of people who relate to one another on the
  basis of ______________________________________

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Two Approaches

• We as humans cannot escape the fact that we are
  social, thus we have a ____________________
  ___________
• Exclusion vs. Inclusion
• Exclusion
• Attempts to determine who ____________________
  by focusing on differences
• Inclusion
• Recognizes that differences ___________________
  __________________ imago Dei

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Scriptures and Community

• The theme of community is strong in both the
  ___________________
• Jonah and the Ninevites
• The Ninevites were enemies of the Jews during
  Jonahs life Yahweh sends Jonah to preach
  conversion to them, but Jonah refuses to go.
• God does not care about Jonahs objections

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New Testament

• The first Christian communities recounted in the
  Acts of the Apostles 2 42-47
• Communal Life
• ________________________________
• 3 Aspects of Communal Life
• devoted themselves
• to the _____________________
• to the _____________________
• to the _____________________

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St. Paul and Community

• In his letters, St. Paul continuously stresses
  building communities.
• 1 Cor 12 4-7
• ______________________
• Three key themes in Pauls teaching
• We are different, but _______________
• We need one another
• ________________

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Scriptural Insights

• From the stories of Jonah and the early
  Christians we are left with the following
• God does not ________________________
• Gods vision of people is _______________
• God is not a God only of one group but of all
• All people are ________________
• We are called to live and ________________

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What Makes a Community?

• Participation in community is both a _____
  _______________
• Social justice implies that persons have an
  obligation to be active and productive
  participants in the life of society and that
  society has a duty to enable them to participate
  in this way (Economic Justice for All, 71)

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Living Together in Community

• Three major requirements for a well-formed
  community
• _________________________________
  _________________________________
• Refers to Theme 3 of CST (Rights
  Responsibilities)
• Individual right to be able to contribute
  meaningfully to society
• Individual responsibility to contribute to the
  good of the community

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Living Together in Community

• 2. ________________________________
  _______________________________
• If individuals are not able to receive benefits
  such as education, the entire community suffers
• Communities have a duty to organize structures
  that allow each _______________ _______________

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Living Together in Community

• 3. ____________
• include the rights to fulfillment of material
  needs, a guarantee of fundamental freedoms, and
  the protection of relationships that are
  essential to participation in the life of
  society
• Bare minimums that must be met
• ___________________________________
  ___________________________________

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Community Destruction

• Human _____________
• Human freedom allows us to make choices
• Exclusion
• Attempts to determine __________________
  ____________________________________
• Excuses not reasons
• Leads to
• ____________________________

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Stereotypes

• Our worldviews come from two sources
• ___________________________________
• Stereotype
• When our view of a person or group is based on
  ____________________________________________
• Can seem positive or negative
• Attack on human dignity
• Stereotypes begin with an _________________
  ______________________________

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Prejudice

• Prejudice
• The __________________________________or
  selfishness that results in an attitude of
  hostility directed at whole groups of people.
• _________________________
• Rejects individuality human dignity
• Leads to ____________________

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Discrimination

• Discrimination
• The denial of individuals or groups ___________
  _____________________________________
• Motivated by prejudice ________________
• Based on ethnicity, gender, creed, socio-economic
  status
• Opposite of human dignity
• All created _____________________________

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Discrimination on a Social Level

• __________________________________________________
  ______________
• Recent examples
• Apartheid in South Africa
• Segregation
• Denial of voting rights for women before 1920
• Discrimination continues in our society today ---
  __________ _______________________________________
  _
• Indirect result of many __________________________
  __________
• Patterns of unjust activity that
  _________________________ ________________________
  ______

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Gender Differences

• ______________________________________
• Loaded difficult question
• Various aspects/characteristics
• Physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual
• The answer lies in our understanding of Human
  Sexuality
• Affects all the __________________________________
  ______________________________
• Unity of body and soul
• Importance of Human Dignity
• All human beings created imago dei and
  _____________________ ____________________________
  _
• Image and likeness referring to more than
  __________________ ________________
• Men and women are equal in dignity
• True ______________________________________
  contributing their gifts and talents to the
  common good

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Sexual Difference and Justice

• Justice for women and men requires an
  understanding that women and men are different
• Two cautions
• We need to be ________________________________
  _________________________________________________
• We need to ___________________________________
  _________________________________________________

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Human Sexuality

• Human Sexuality comes from us being created imago
  dei
• _______________________________________
• Human Sexuality is good because it is of God
• __________________________________________________
  _ ___________________
• Everything we do as human beings is a reflection
  of our Human Sexuality
• _________________________________________________
  ___________________

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Sexism and Oppression

• Sexism
• __________________________________________________
  _
• When one gender is valued less than an other
• Various examples
• __________________________________
• Impact both women and men
• Negatively impacts the stability of a society
• ___________________________

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Patriarchy

• Patriarchy
• A society in which most of the power is in the
  __________________________________________
• Men viewed as more important and ________
  _____________________________________
• Historical implications
• Appeals to tradition

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Sexism and Power

• Feminization of Poverty
• The trend that results in more women and
  dependent children living in poverty than men
• A rising number of families are headed by single
  women who receive no support from husbands or the
  fathers of their children.
• ____________________
• Increased opportunities for men compared to women
  in a society
• ____________________________
• Physical or psychological abuse that occurs in
  the context of a relationship such as dating or
  marriage
• ____________________________
• Physical or psychological abuse within a family
  setting
• The opposite of sexism is a society where men and
  women are equal

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Christianitys Response to Sexism

• Jesus and Women
• Jesus treated everyone he metboth men and
  women____________________________
• Jesus had both women and men as friends, contrary
  to common practice.
• Jesus __________________________________where one
  person is treated as inferior to others.
• In a culture where women generally had no rights,
  Paul taught that in Christ there should be no
  distinction between men and women
• ______________________________________________

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Responding to Sexism

• Importance of Critical Thinking
• Examining with an ________________________________
  ____ ___________________________
• _________________________________________
• Changing roles for Men and Women
• Shattering traditional, biased, stereotypes
• ___________________
• Recognition of the need for the other
• Building strong unified communities of love

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Importance of Solidarity

• All members of a society responsible to each
  other
• __________________________________________
• __________________________________________
• Critical Question
• What must be done to protect the dignity of all
  of Gods creation?
• Change not for the sake of change
• Leads to arbitrariness and chaos
• Change not to make up for past wrongs
• Leads to adversarial relationships and retribution

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Church Teaching

• Discussion on the role of women
• This can be seen, for example, in the statements
  of the Church's Magisterium present in various
  documents of the Second Vatican Council, which
  declares in its Closing Message "The hour is
  coming, in fact has come, when the vocation of
  women is being acknowledged in its fullness, the
  hour in which women acquire in the world an
  influence, an effect and a power never hitherto
  achieved. That is why, at his moment when the
  human race is undergoing so deep a
  transformation, women imbued with a spirit of the
  Gospel can do so much to aid humanity in not
  falling".

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Mulieris Dignitatem

• Apostolic Letter written by John Paul II
• August 15, 1988
• _____________________________________________
• Important theme reflected in Church teaching
• Attempt to promote the active role of women in
  the Church
• __________________________________________________
  __
• Model of the Church and of the Faith
• Various gifts and abilities to be used at the
  service of the entire Church
• __________________________________________________
  _____

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Ordinatio Sacerdotalis

• Apostolic Letter written by John Paul II
• May 22, 1994
• Written to address the reservation of priestly
  ordination to men
• ___________________________________
• Role of Mary in salvation
• ___________________________________________
• ___________________________________________
• Presence and role of women
• absolutely necessary and irreplaceable
• Hierarchical structure
• ___________________________

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Strengthening the Bonds of Peace

• A Pastoral Reflection on Women in the Church and
  Society
• Written by USCCB in September 1994
• Committee on Women in Society and in the Church
• Reflection on Ordinatio Sacerdotalis
• Application to the U.S. Church
• _________________________________________________
• 85 of non-ordained ministerial positions
• _________________________________________________
• Consultation
• Cooperation in the exercise of authority
• _________________________
• Connected with humility
• All as created imago Dei

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Letter to Women

• Written by John Paul II
• June 29, 1995
• _________________________________
• Thanking all women for contributions to the
  Church
• ___________________________________________
• Regret regarding the subjection of women and
  denial of opportunities
• Non-ministerial positions of leadership
• Encouragement
• the journey must go on!
• _______________________________
• All Christians are called to serve
• Sharing the call to the common priesthood of
  the baptized

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Womens Ordination

• Position of the Catholic Church
• Priestly ordination is reserved to men
• Three Fundamental Reasons
• __________________________________________________
  ___
• __________________________________________________
  ___
• __________________________________________________
  ____________________ from the priesthood is in
  accordance with Gods plan for his Church
• Ordained Priesthood vs. Priesthood of the
  Baptized
• All baptized are called to carry out priesthood
  as followers of Christ
• __________________________________________________
  _

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Homosexuality

• Moral starting points
• All sexual activity outside of marriage is
  immoral
• Marriage in the Christian context
• __________________________________________________
  __
• Unity procreation
• Homosexuals, like everyone else, should not
  suffer from prejudice against their basic human
  rights. They have a right to respect,
  friendship, and justice. They should have an
  active role in the Christian community.
• U.S. Catholic Bishops, To Live in Christ Jesus,
  19.