1. 2 FEET OF SOCIAL JUSTICE Service and action, charity and justice, are complementary components of parish social ministry. Neither alone is enough; both are essential signs of the gospel at work. (U.S. Catholic Bishops, 1993)

2. 2 FEET OF SOCIAL JUSTICE CHARITY JUSTICE

3. CHARITY JUSTICE Individual acts Responds to immediate need Provides direct service Directed at the symptoms of injustice Public, collective actions Responds to long term needs Directed at the root causes of injustice

4. CHARITY JUSTICE Help individuals meet their present needs Serve in a soup kitchen Sponsor a refugee family donate shoes Corrects long term problems in communities Community rallies to change legislation: March for Life Letter Writing

5. 2 FEET OF SOCIAL JUSTICE CHARITY JUSTICE THE GOOD SAMARITAN: LUKE 10: 25-37 The gospel story does not explain the root causes of highway robbery. It explains what directly can be done to address it. THE EXODUS STORY Exodus 6: 1-13 Moses does not ask for food and medicine for the labourers. He challenges the institutional system of slavery.