CST

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CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING IN A NON-THEOLOGY CLASSROOM

What is Catholic Social Teaching (CST)?

 a rich treasure of wisdom about building a just society and living lives of holiness amidst the challenges of modern society (USCCB)

 Catholic Social Teaching is the way we live out God’s greatest commandment:

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

This central and essential element of our Catholic faith calls us to reach out and build personal relationships with those in most need of mercy and justice. It also calls us to inspire and defend the sacred dignity of the human person while also promoting the common good.

Archdiocese of Denver Office of Social Ministry

 Themes of CST

 Life and Dignity of the Human Person

 Call to Family, Community, and Participation

 Rights and Responsibilities

 Option for the Poor and Vulnerable

 Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers

 Solidarity

 Care for God’s Creation

Why study CST?

 Far too many Catholics are not familiar with the basic content of Catholic social teaching. More fundamentally, many Catholics do not adequately understand that the social teaching of the Church is an essential part of Catholic faith. This poses a serious challenge for all Catholics, since it weakens our capacity to be a Church that is true to the demands of the Gospel. We need to do more to share the social mission and message of our Church

 Sharing Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges and Directions, U.S. Catholic Bishops

 Society ensures social justice when it provides the conditions that allow associations or individuals to obtain what is their due, according to their nature and their vocation. Social justice is linked to the common good and the exercise of authority.

 CCC1928

Language Arts

 Literature

 Discuss novels or short stories with CST themes

 Chicken Sunday written and illustrated by Patricia Polacco (ages 4-8)

 Call to Family, Community, and Participation

 http://www.anneneuberger.com/curriculum-ideas/socialjustice/cst-curriculum-ages-4-8

 Creative writing

 Discussion of encyclicals or other papal documents as nonfiction writing

 Laudate

 Vatican.va

Social Studies

 Current Events

 Assessment of historical events

 Labor unions

 Rerum Novarum

 Social Issues

 Slavery

 Women’s rights

 Voting

Social Studies continued

Economic Evaluation

 How does/did US foreign policy impact economic development in other countries?

Poverty and Geography

 Where are the poorest countries in the world?

 What factors influence global poverty?

 Fair trade

 How can your choices impact a coffee farmer in Sumatra?

Science

 Biology and life issues

 Ethics in science

 Stem Cell Research

 Cloning and Genetic manipulation

 Moral ramifications of engineering advancements

 How can science be used to harm/help humanity?

 Developments/Inventions to improve the world

 Improvement vs convenience

Art

 Indigenous art  Depictions in movies and television  Fast and Furious

Music

 Downloading music and ethics

 Lyrics

 Dignity, modesty and dance

Math  Statistics  Personal Finance and budget  Word problems with moral evaluation  http://www.radicalmath.org/main.php?id=SocialJu sticeMath#3

World Languages

 Cultures

 Un- and Under- developed Countries

 Short Stories

Physical Education

 Fair play

 Rules and cheating

 Picking teams

Social Media

Technology

Plagiarism

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