A preferential option for the poor and vulnerable must go way beyond occasionally donating foods. The Church must intentionally bring those on the margins into the full membership of society, work for justice to fix broken systems and advocate for the voiceless and powerless.
“When I’m on the bench, I don’t wear my faith on my sleeve. I’m not preaching to them. But I do try to look at the people in front of me with the eyes of Christ,” says Frank Kundrat.
In the early 1900s, the American Catholic moral theologian, Father John Ryan, developed an agenda for labor justice “that entailed neither violent revolution nor overthrow of the market system.”
The family is the first “school” for attention to the wider community.
St. Cloud mayor talks family, community and participation.
We highlight new features, additions and changes in the magazine, like Catholic social teaching 101 and a focus on a local Good Samaritan.
The measure of every institution is whether it threatens or enhances the life and dignity of the human person.
“We hope you find this educational series valuable and will use it in your home and parish to reflect more deeply on how CST helps us to answer the call to discipleship and promote the common good.”
