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God _______________to follow the moral judgments of
God to ensure the ______of _______________ and
___________ within a larger ____________.
Society
 __________of people bound _____________ through
___________ values, __________, history, traditions or
________________.
Social Justice
 The ___________ Good: the ___________ that need to
exist in society that allow ____ people, either as ______
or individuals, to reach their full ________ and
____________ fulfillment.
 “__________ _______” does ______ guarantee that the
common good is __________________.
Social Justice
 Responsibility of ____________ Authority
 The ______ has the responsibility to make decisions for
the _________ ______. NOT the _________ to establish
their ______ moral ________: they must follow the law
of ______ planted in all our __________. These laws
ensure the ________ human __________ of all:

Food, clothing, health, work , education, and culture, right to
establish a family and so on…
Human Rights
 The basic political, __________ and _________ rights
that every human being _________ by virtue of their
human __________ as beings ___________ by God.
 Society cannot ______ these ________ and must not
___________ them.
Where it all _________….
 HUMAN _____________:
 We are to love our _____________ as ourselves.
 We are created in the _______ and _________ of God.
Therefore we all have _________________ WORTH.
 Human ___________ is the basis of all the ___________
in social justice.
Social ____ occurs when:
 Human __________ is ________ not at an individual
level but by ____________ of sin that _________ over
_____ as the collective ________ of individual ______.
 Institutions and societies then develop ways of acting
towards one another that consistently ______ certain
_________ their human ________ and basic human
__________.
 Examples include: _________, sexism,
institutionalized poverty.
From the Dignity of ____ to ALL
 Human ____________: Ability to ______ in the shoes
of others. If ____ person ________, we all ________.
 Begins with the idea that we all deserve a basic _____
share. (Not an _______ _______, but at least _______
needs are met.)
 Solidarity is ________: it is defined as an act of
________.
From solidarity to…
 Preferential ________ for the _______
 The bishops noted that The poor need more _______ to
achieve their _______ goals in life than do the
_________.
 Therefore as Christians we have a _____ to assist the
poor _______ as the _______ will have __________ to
____________ for _____________.
Rights and Responsibilities
 Society must ___________ its actions concerning its
actions towards all.
 All persons deserve basic Human rights.
 The church _________ these rights into two
_________:
 __________: needed simply to exist: food, housing,
water, basic medical care, work/employment.
 _________: needed to grow and succeed : education,
religious freedom, free expression, economic
opportunity.
Stewardship
 In addition to caring for our __________ and brothers,
Social justice charges us with _________ for the
_______, all its inhabitants and its _____________.
 We need to share with others NOW and with future
generations in the future.
___________ Vs. Justice
 Our response to social injustice has _______
components: Service and __________
 ________ of Service: seek to alleviate immediate
needs.
 More immediate, results easier to see
 Works of _________: try to change the __________ of
society that keep people ________ works of service
(poverty, war, etc.)
 Results may be a long time in coming but will affect
more people for a longer term.
Service and Justice
 We need _________.
 Christ calls us to be _____________ in our care of
others even if success is hard to see.
 See diagram of two ______ of __________ and Justice
Pg. 224.
What are the Social Encyclicals?
 Letters written by various Popes to the universal
Church on the topic of Social Justice. (Popes write
encyclicals on other topics as well.)
 Modern Popes have issued these letters to
challenge Catholics to work together to right the
wrongs of society.
 Here are two:
 Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Workers) 1891

First letter from a Pope on this topic
 Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth) 1963