Social Justice
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What Can a Person Do?
This article gives several suggestions of how an individual can bring about distributive justice.
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The Eucharist in Mathari Valley
In 1986, Fr. Jim Notebaart flew to Nairobi, Kenya, to live and work as a missioner. Years later, he told an audience in the United States about an experience of Eucharist as transformation. Read this story and, on a separate …
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Lazarus and the Rich Man: A Sequel
Characters: Reader, Narrator, Servant, Levi, Hannah, Isaiah, Simeon.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1948, sets the international standard for human rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has thirty articles. The following list paraphrases and summarizes the articles from …
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Correlation to Curriculum Framework
Correlation to Curriculum Framework Course IV: Jesus Christ’s Mission Continues in the Church from The Church: Christ in the World Today.
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What Do I Know about the Catholic Faith
In the time allotted for this exercise, answer each question to the best of your knowledge. Each set of questions corresponds to the units you will study in this course and represents content you will cover in more detail in …
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"You Have Heard…But I Say"
An article about Jesus’ command to love everyone, even those who society has deemed unlovable.
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Living God's Call
A reading, with reflection questions, on living out God’s Call of unconditional love, agape, for all.
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War and Peace in Catholic Social Teaching
An article on war and peace in Catholic social teaching.
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The Challenge of Peace
An article on the foundations for a justified war and the just war doctrine.
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Vocabulary for Unit 5 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
A list of several vocabulary terms and definition for Unit 5 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
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Principles of Catholic Social Teaching for Business Ethics
An article on the principles of Catholic social teaching for business ethics.
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Vocabulary for Unit 6 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
A list of vocabulary terms for Unit 6 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
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Vocabulary for Unit 4 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
A list of vocabulary terms for Unit 4 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
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Vocabulary for Unit 7 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
A list of vocabulary terms for Unit 7 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
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Vocabulary for Unit 8 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
A list of vocabulary terms for Unit 8 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
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Vocabulary for Unit 3 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
A sheet of vocabulary terms for Unit 3 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
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Principles of Catholic Social Teaching
A reading on the principles of Catholic social teaching.
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Vocabulary terms for Unit 2 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
A vocabulary list for Unit 2 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
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Vocabulary for Unit 1
A vocabulary list for Unit 1 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
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The Church, Social Ethics, and Politics
This article is part of the Living in Christ Series. It is a great introduction to the Church, social ethics and politics in the United States.
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Service and Justice: A Conversion of Heart
This article is part of the Living in Christ Series. It discusses 5 stages in introducing service learning to a classrooom setting.
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Called to Holiness: Holiness in Modern Church Teaching
This article from the Living in Christ Series discusses holiness: what it is, who is called, and how to live it out. Both the Church and the people in it are holy.
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Vocabulary for Unit 8
This vocabulary list is part of the Living in Christ Series. Students may use it as a reference for key theological terms to know.