SOCIAL JUSTICE OUR TASK VISION MISSION A Renewed Church JESUS Early Church Roman Empire Medieval Ages Fortress Image SOCIAL JUSTICE Social Teaching Vatican II VISION A Renewed Church Choose from among the ff. activities: Collage about how it is done today? Group assignment to observe parish programs vis-à-vis present practice. Is this “ideal” within reached? How is it being practiced? What problems are still present? What possible solutions can be recommended? What activities signal its implementation? PCP II MISSION Total Human Liberation OUR TASK HOW IS THIS BEING PRACTICED AND PERFORMED TODAY?

instrument or systematic procedure to denounce injustice/ WHAT IS THE SOCIAL MISSION OF THE CHURCH? instrument or systematic procedure to denounce injustice/ to proclaim JUSTICE. .

Society Social Justice Distributive Contributive Individual Individual Begin by explaining Commutative Justice – between individuals – as in a one-to-one contract. Then introduce the concept of society – Distributive and Contributive Justice. Each involves the more complex and less obvious set of relationships and structures that make up society. Distributive justice – how the benefits and burdens of society are distributed. Examples – tax burdens, social security benefits, FHA loans Contributive justice – our duty to contribute to the common good. Examples – voting, paying taxes, etc. Social Contributive Justice Individual Individual Commutative (Contractual)

St. Thomas’ Division of Justice: Justice is a relational virtue that governs everyone in a given society. Commutative Justice applies to the relationship between individual. Distributive Justice refers to the obligations of the community to the individuals. in order that the distribution to individuals and groups is just, the portions given to each one should represent a fair-share (not necessarily an equal share.) Contributive Justice concerned with the general good of the community and obliges the members of the community to comply with the demands of the common good. Social Justice requires the authority to look into the real situation of different groups of people in the society and give them their due as members of a human community.

The Wheel of Justice:

Key Themes of Catholic Social Teachings: 1. Dignity of the Human Person a. Image and likeness of God b. Being over having 2. Community and the Common Good a. Realization of our dignity and rights in relationship with others b. One Body of Christ c. A call to be good stewards of the earth and of each other 3. Rights and Responsibilities a. Fundamental right to life, food, shelter, health, care, education and employment. b. We have the right to participate in the decisions that affect our lives c. Corresponding to theses rights – duties and responsibilities to respect others’ rights in the wider society and work for the common good. 4. Option for the Poor a. The moral test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members b. The poor have the urgent moral claim on the conscience of the nation.

Key Themes of Catholic Social Teachings: 5. Dignity of Work a. We have the right to a decent and productive work, fair wages, private property and economic initiative. b. The economy exist to serve the people, not the other way around. 6. Solidarity a. We are one human family. b. Our responsibilities to each other cross national, racial, economic and ideological differences- called to work globally for justice. 7. Stewardship of Creation All that the earth contains must be shared fairly by all humankind under the guidance of justice tempered by charity. 8. The principle of Subsidiarity Responsibilities and decisions should be attended to as close as possible to the level of initiative in local communities and institutions.

SOCIAL SIN Sins in the form of sinful structures or institutions of the society or situation that promote sinful attitudes or behavior and the complicity of persons in the evils of society by activity or passively participating in these evils.

TYPOLOGIES OF SOCIAL SIN Sinful Structures Sinful Situations Sinful Attitudes

Sinful Structures “There are sinful social structures when there is habitual pattern of human interactions, infected by sin, selfishness, injustice, pride, greed. They perpetuate disvalues. They are inducements to sin and are formidable obstacle to Christian living.” -PCP II #82-

They lead people to become greedy and selfish. Sinful Situations They lead people to become greedy and selfish.

Sinful Attitudes Attitudes of people who allow or directly participate in the evil that is being done against others. It also involves the sin of omission, i.e., the inaction of some people to prevent evil from taking place.

HOW to read the “signs of the times”? For this course, we’ll use the SEE-JUDGE-ACT framework.

TWO POLES JUDAIC HUMAN CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE DOCTRINE It is a CONTEXTUAL APPROACH CHRISTO-CENTRIC APPROACH: FAITH must be translated into ACTION

reflection/action process judge reflection/action process observe act

1. SEE/OBSERVE: Seeing, hearing, and experiencing the lived reality of individuals and communities. - Carefully and intentionally examining the primary data of the situation. What are the people in this situation doing, feeling, and saying? What is happening to them and how do they respond?

1. SEE/OBSERVE: What do you know about this issue or what did you observe? What specific facts can you cite about this issue or experience? What did you learn or observe? How do you feel in the face of this issue or experience? How does it touch you personally?

2. JUDGE: (The Heart of the Process) a. Social Analysis -- Obtaining a more complete picture of the social situation by exploring its historical and structural relationships. In this step, we attempt to make sense of the reality that was observed in Step 1. Why are things this way? What are the root causes?

2. JUDGE: (The Heart of the Process) Why does this situation exist? What are the root causes? Economic factors -- Who owns? Who controls? Who pays? Who gets? Who gets left out? Why? Political factors – Who decides? For whom do they decide? How do decisions get made? Who is left out of the process? Why? Social Factors – Who is left out? Who is included? Why? Historic Factors – What past events influence the situation today? Cultural Factors – What values are evident? What do people believe in? Who influences what people believe? Under the Social Analysis are the ff. factors:

2. JUDGE: (The Heart of the Process) b. Theological Reflection – Analyzing the experience in the light of Scripture and the Catholic social tradition? How do biblical values and the principles of Catholic social teaching help us to see this reality in a different way? How do they serve as a measuring stick for this experience?

2. JUDGE: (The Heart of the Process) Under the Theological Reflection, we ask the ff. queries: What lessons or values from scripture can help us to interpret this experience? E.g. the prophets, the Beatitudes, the example of Jesus himself, and the parables he told. What key principles from Catholic Social Teaching apply to this situation? E.g. human dignity, the common good, human rights, the option for the poor.

3. ACT: Planning and carrying out actions aimed at transforming the social structures that contribute to suffering and injustice. Do you have enough information and analysis to act? If not, what additional research is needed? If you were to act to change this situation, what root causes would you attack? How would you transform the structures and relationships that produce this situation? How can you act to support the empowerment of those who are poor or disadvantaged?

We’ll utilize the SEE-JUDGE-ACT framework in the backdrop of the Church in the World model SPIRITUAL ECOLOGICAL POLITICAL JESUS Each sphere has to be properly dealt with by using the framework to present a comprehensive reflection to current trends SOCIAL CULTURAL ECONOMIC