1. The Industrial Revolution
& The Church

2. The Industrial Revolution
Positives:
machines produces more goods which required more jobs
Negatives:
cities were overcrowded & gross
employers exploited workers
especially children
Karl Marx-communism
dismissed religion

3. The Church’s Response: Social Justice
Dignity of the human person
& the common good
created diocesan welfare societies
religious opened schools & hospitals specifically for the working class
supported strikes & union formation
Pope Leo XIII writes Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Workers)
Supported Workers’ Rights

4. Brain Break!
Take A Step

5. 7 Themes of Catholic Social Teaching
Life and Dignity of the Human Person
Call to Family, Community, and Participation
Rights and Responsibilities
Option for the Poor and Vulnerable
The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers
Solidarity
Care for God's Creation
At Minimum:
Explain/Define
Give 3 Modern Day Examples of How We Can Put It Into Practice today

6. ANY QUESTIONS?

7. The Contemporary Church
Vatican II

8. St. Pope John XXIII

9. What Was Vatican II?
opened by St. Pope John XXIII; Re-Opened/Closed by Pope Paul VI
invited everyone (Catholics/non-Catholics/Media/etC.)
most councils were called in times of crisis …not this one
The Church needed aggiornamento
''updating'' or ''modernizing'‘
new, fresh directions for the church were set
its understanding of itself & liturgy
its attitude towards non-Catholics
its relationship with the modern world

10. A New Pentecost before after whole mass said/read in latin
elaborate prayers & rituals Did not express the original intent of the Eucharist
priest faced the tabernacle/alter
singing was minimal
communion was received only by bread on the tongue
no lay readers/Eucharistic ministers
local language used
prayers & rituals simplified & refocused to the Eucharist
priest faced the congregation
spoken/sung responses
communion is both bread (received by tongue or hand) and wine
scriptural readings were read by the People

11. Reflection: Recapturing the Essential
Knowing what you know about Jesus, what aspects of the church do you believe he would want changed in order to reflect his true teachings?

12. ANY QUESTIONS?