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Participation in the Media
This handout lists several key questions to use when reading or viewing various media from the perspective of different groups of people. Choose one of the following groups of people, and on a separate sheet of paper, write answers to …
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How Does the Culture Value Me?
A list of different roles and conditions of males and females within society.
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The Circle of Faith-in-Action
The steps of awareness, analysis, action, and new awareness are explained in this handout.
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Creating a Relationship Map
A relationship map provides a blueprint for justice—it reveals the conditions and relationships that are necessary to build a just situation. The following are steps to follow when creating a relationship map. To aid in understanding the steps, we will …
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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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Practicing Prophecy
An activity where students are given the opportunity to imitate the prophetic model by observing the world around them and attempting to interpret injustices.
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What is Catholic Social Teaching?
A personal story about living out the principles of Catholic Social Teaching.
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Chapter 45 Activity: The Two Feet of Service and Justice
Caring for others involves both acts of charity and acts of justice. Review the illustration on page 498 in the handbook, and then complete the following chart. For every person or group of people in need described in the left-hand …
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Chapter 6 Activity: Recognizing God’s Goodness
Have you ever noticed how news reports often feature bad news: natural disasters, crime, accidents, and so on? Even in your own life, you may sometimes feel like there’s bad news all around. But the reality is that despite the …
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Celebrating Life: The Human Person and the Rules of God
A personal story about the life affirming ‘yeses’ within the Church.
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Make a Connection with People in Need
A personal story about having a spirit of solidarity with those in need.
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What are you Called to do?
A personal story about actively living out the principles of social justice.
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Obedience to God's Will: Our Greatest Happiness
A personal story about how rules are created out of love and how obedience to those rules ensures lasting happiness.
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Chapter 24 Activities
Activities for Chapter 24 Social Justice including a core activity, core activity extension, and additional activities.
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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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Human Rights
Several articles from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Convention on the Rights of the Child.