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JUSTCRE (Module 1) B

The document outlines the principles of Catholic Social Teachings, emphasizing the inherent dignity of every human being and the importance of community and family. It discusses the rights and responsibilities of individuals, particularly in relation to the poor and marginalized, and the dignity of work as a participation in God's creation. The teachings serve as a guide for Catholics on how to live justly and contribute to a peaceful society.

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JUSTCRE (Module 1) B

The document outlines the principles of Catholic Social Teachings, emphasizing the inherent dignity of every human being and the importance of community and family. It discusses the rights and responsibilities of individuals, particularly in relation to the poor and marginalized, and the dignity of work as a participation in God's creation. The teachings serve as a guide for Catholics on how to live justly and contribute to a peaceful society.

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OVERVIEW OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CATHOLIC

SOCIAL TEACHINGS OF THE CHURCH

Part 2

THMES OF THE CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHINGS


Objectives:

1.Identify and discuss the basic concepts and


principles of the Catholic Social Teachings of
the Church
2.Reflect on the relevance of the values of the
catholic social teachings in one’s life
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THE 7 THEMES OF THE CATHOLIC SOCIAL


TEACHINGS
- A set of principles for a decent, just, and peaceful society
- "The Church’s social teaching is a rich treasure of wisdom
about building a just society and living lives of holiness amidst
the challenges of modern society.
- Answers the questions
• “How should Catholics live their lives?”
• “What makes a good Catholic?”
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HUMAN DIGNITY
- “DANGAL” in Tagalog”
- “worth”, “value”
- the inherent value of the Human Person
- A concept rooted in the belief that a person’s worth is not something
that he earned because of their class, race, abilities, religion, or
another advantage. It is something all humans are born with. Simply by
being human, all people deserve respect because they are created in
God’s image and likeness
How much is man’s worth?
EvangElii Gaudium
“We have created a ‘throw away’
culture. It is no longer simply
about exploitation and oppression,
but those excluded are no longer
society’s… exploited but the
outcast, the leftovers”
-Pope
Francis
Laudato si
“When we fail to acknowledge as
part of reality the worth of a poor
person, a human embryo, a
person with disabilities – to offer
just a few examples – it becomes
difficult to hear the cry of
nature itself;
everything is connected”
- Pope
Centesimus Annus
“Human persons are willed by
God; they are imprinted with
God’s image. Their dignity does
not come from the work they do,
but from the persons they are” –
St. John Paul II
Call to Family, Community and
Participation
“The person is not only sacred but also social. How
we organize our society in economics and politics, in law and policy,

directly affects human dignity and the

capacity of individuals to grow in community. Marriage and


the family are the central social institutions that must be supported
and strengthened, not undermined. We believe people have a right
and a duty to participate in
society, seeking together the common good and well-being
of all, especially the poor and vulnerable.
"Thank you", "I am sorry", and "I
love you" are three important things
to say to one another, as you
continue to build up your family. Do
not ever give up on your family. (Fr.
Jerry Orbos)
Man is a social being
Genesis 2:18

“It is not good for man to be alone”


solitary being, for from the beginning
“male and female, He created them”.
Their companionship produces the
primary form of interpersonal
communion. For by his innermost
nature man is a social being, and
unless he relates himself to others he
can neither live nor develop his
potential.
-Pope
Paul VI

Gaudium et Spes
Marriage and the
Family are the central
social institutions that
must be supported
and strengthened
a “human ecology” is the family…
founded on marriage, in which the
mutual gift of self as husband and wife
creates an environment in which
children can be born and develop
their potentialities, become aware
of their dignity and prepare to face
their unique and individual
destiny.
–St. John
Paul II

Centesimus Annus
Therefore, every person has a
fundamental right to life and a right to
those things required for human
decency. Corresponding to these rights
are duties and responsibilities–to one
another, to our families, and to the
larger society - USSCB
Rights of man

We must speak of man’s rights. Man has the right to live.


He has a right to bodily integrity and to the means
necessary for the proper development of life, particularly
food, clothing, and shelter, medical care, rest, and finally
the necessary social services. In consequence, he has a
right to be looked after in the event of ill health, disability
stemming from his work,old age, widowhood, enforced
unemployment, or whatever through no fault of his own he
is deprived of the means of livelihood. (Pacem in Terris
#11)
Let us remember:

Rights and Responsibilities are


correlated to one another
Rights and Responsibilities are
correlated to one and the same
person
Hence, to claim one’s rights and ignore
one’s duties, or only half fulfill them, is like
building a house with one hand and
tearing it down with the other.

-
St. John XXIII

Pacem in Terris
“This love of preference for the poor, and the
decisions which it inspires in us, cannot but
embrace the immense multitudes of the
hungry, the needy, the homeless, those
without health care and, above all, those
without hope of a better future” (Compendium of the
Social Doctrine of the Church).
Why the poor?
It is in the poor we can see
Jesus Christ.

It is among the poor where


Jesus Christ was born and lived.
Everyone has the right to possess a
SUFFICIENT amount of the earth’s good for
themselves and their family.
Persons in extreme necessity are entitled to
take what they need from the riches of
others.

Gaudium et Spes
-Blessed Paul VI
Faced with a world today where so many
people are suffering from want, the council
asks individuals and governments to
remember the saying of the Fathers: “Feed
the people dying of hunger, because if you
do not feed them you are killing them”…

Gaudium et Spes
-Blessed Paul VI
As St. Ambrose put it:
“You are NOT making a GIFT of what is YOURS to
the poor man, but you are GIVING him BACK what
is his. You have been appropriating things that are
meant to be for the common use of everyone. The
earth belongs to everyone, not only the rich”
Populorum Progessio
-St. Paul VI
Work is more than a
way to make a living; it
is a form of continuing
participation in God’s
creation - USSCB

The rights of workers, like all other rights, are based on the
nature of the human person and on his transcendent dignity
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church #301)
Dignity of Work
Work itself has dignity
Deuteronomy 24:14-15

“Do not withhold wages from your


workers, for their livelihood depends on
them.”
work…
And when done by
man, it is then we
put dignity into
work
Solidarity highlights in a particular way
the intrinsic social nature of the human
person, the equality of all in
dignity and rights and the common
path of individuals and peoples towards an
ever more committed unity
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church #192
For man, “created in God's image,
received a mandate to subject to
himself the earth and all that it
contains, and to govern the world
with justice and holiness..
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church #456

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