CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING

EXPLANATION

• Catholic social teachings are steps and actions that we take to be good Catholicts
• Some people get confused on these and think it has to do with politics
• There are 7 catholic social teachings

FIRST SOCIAL TEACHING

• 1 LIFE AND DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
• Every human person is created in the image and likeness of God.

SECOND SOCIAL TEACHING

• CALL TO FAMILY, COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATION
• The human person is not only sacred, but social.
• How we organize our society socially, economically, legally and politically dircommunity'ects human dignity and the ability of every human person to grow in community

THIRD SOCIAL TEACHING

• SOLIDARITY
• We are one human family
• We are our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers, wherever they may be

FORTH SOCIAL TEACHING

• DIGNITY OF WORK
• The economy must serve people, not the other way around
• Work is more then a form of living
• it is a form of continuing participation in God’s creation

FIFTH SOCIAL TEACHING

• RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Every person has a fundamental right to life
• We have to have the responsibility to do multiple things

SIXTH SOCIAL TEACHING

• OPTION FOR THE POOR AND VULNERABLE
• Scripture teaches that God has a special concern for the poor and vulnerable
• The church calls on all of us to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first

SEVENTH SOCIAL TEACHING

• CARE FOR GOD’S CREATION
• The world that God created has been entrusted to all of us
• We need to respect the earth and respect our selves