1. • Constantine’s Toleration to State religion
• French revolution
• Industrial revolution
• Karl Marx
• Catholic Social Teachings

2. focus Making the
Gospel
responsive to
Dignity of the the challenges
human person
of the time
and his
inalienable
rights

3. SEE There are three stages which should normally be
followed in the reduction of social principles into
practice. . . expressed in the three terms:
JUDGE
see, judge, act.
Mater et Magistra, 263
ACT

4. SEE Seeing, hearing, and
experiencing the lived reality of
individuals and communities

5. What are the causes of the
situation?
SEE What are the consequences?
What are the people’s reactions,
motives and mentalities?

6. Social Analysis
This involves the evaluation
of the facts we have gathered
JUDGE in the light of the Scriptures
and the teachings of the
Church
Theological Reflection

7. Is what is happening
consistent with Christian and
human values?
JUDGE Is it contributing to God's
plan to build His Kingdom of
love, peace and justice?
Are they, human, truly
Christian?

8. Planning and carrying out
ACT actions aimed at
transforming the social
structures that contribute
to suffering and injustice

9. What active response am I to make?
ACT Is my action educative for me, and for
others?
Did I change the situation and the way
people think?

10. OBJECTIVES
SCRIPTURAL TEXT
EXPOSITION
SUMMARY
Human persons are willed by God; they are
TAKE THE CHALLENGE imprinted with God's image. Their dignity does
not come from the work they do, but from the
persons they are.
REFLECTION
Centessimus Annus, 11

11. HAVING vs. Being
• Measured by what I have
• Attitude is to accumulate or
possess
• Everything is based on utility
• Believes in the gospel of
secularism

12. Having vs. BEING
• Characterized by who I
am
• Attitude is to develop one‟s
potentials
• Everything is based on
self-actualization
• Professes the gospel of
the Kingdom

13. The natural worth of a person as a
creature formed in the image and
likeness of God
The dignity of the human person
is inviolable and inalienable…

14. The basic truth about the person
• Created by God out of love
• Created in the image and likeness of God
• Gifted with freedom
• Redeemed by Christ

15. OBJECTIVES
SCRIPTURAL TEXT
EXPOSITION
SUMMARY A well-ordered human society requires that
men recognize and observe their mutual
rights and duties. It also demands that each
TAKE THE CHALLENGE contribute generously to the establishment of
a civic order in which rights and duties are
more sincerely and effectively acknowledged
REFLECTION and fulfilled.
Pacem in Terris, 29

16. Moral claims by a person
to some good of the
physical or spiritual order
which is necessary for
proper human
development and dignity

17. These are moral claims
that we can make on
others based on our
human dignity.

18. • Protect the person’s true
value as a subject, not an
object
• Guarantee that the person
will not be impeded in
seeking his or her goal

19. Where can I find these?
1. Pacem in Terris n. 8-27
2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
3. Bill of Rights (Article III of the Philippine
Constitution)

20. What is the distinction?
I need these to live I want these to live comfortably
A child has the right to study in De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde.

21. OBJECTIVES
SCRIPTURAL TEXT
EXPOSITION
SUMMARY
Work remains a good thing, not only because it is
TAKE THE CHALLENGE useful and enjoyable, but also because it
expresses and increases the worker's dignity.
Through work we not only transform the world,
REFLECTION we are transformed ourselves, becoming "more a
human being."
Laborem Exercens, #9

22. The basic truth is . . .
The person has DIGNITY!
created by God in his own image
to live life to the full

23. This results in. . .
RATIONALITY
CREATIVITY
Purposeful actions Abilities and
capacities

24. Again. . .
The person as
IMAGE OF GOD
RATIONALITY CREATIVITY
capacity for self- make something
determination for something

25. Product goes back to the workers
Person is able
to express his
uniqueness
and freedom
Person uses his Other people share their
creativity abilities and capacities

26. Product goes back to the workers
Person is able to
satisfy his needs
and others’
fulfilled!
needs too
Person is
fulfilled!
Person uses his Other people share their
creativity abilities and capacities

27. a vision of becoming a
certain kind of individual
“work for”
(one’s expression of his
or her self-actualization)
other people for the
attainment of the
common good “work with”
(mutual satisfaction
of their needs)

28. “work for” SELF-FULFILLMENT
PARTICIPATION in the “work with”
COMMON GOOD

29. Person is alienated!
BUSINESS
OWNER

30. Labor has priority over capital..
Subjective
Objective

31. Objective dimension
How does the product
of work express the
person’s uniqueness?
The instruments of work
The fruit of one’s work

32. Subjective dimension
The person as the basis or
subject of work
“does he experience a
certain level of fulfillment in
working?”
What happens to the
person working?

33. Subjective Objective
Da Vinci is affirmed Externalization or
because his objectification of the
creativity has been person’s nature (his
recognized capacities and
abilities)
He is an artist
(functional) Other people admire
this painting
Their need for
aesthetics has been
satisfied

34. “BEING” Subjective
“HAVING” Objective
You cannot “be” unless you first “have.”

35. What is your basis?
The value of work is not measured on
the kind of work, but on the person
who does the work

36. OBJECTIVES
EXPOSITION
SCRIPTURAL TEXT
SUMMARY
In teaching us charity, the Gospel instructs us in
TAKE THE CHALLENGE the preferential respect due to the poor and the
special situation they have in society: the more
fortunate should renounce some of their rights so
REFLECTION as to place their goods more generously at the
service of others.
Octogesima Adveniens, 23

37. POVERTY
Absolute poverty Relative poverty
primary basic needs involves how national
such as food, income is distributed
clothing, home, among the levels of
health, are not met society

38. 3 % are the wealthy and usually have the power
17 % are the middle class who can meet more
than their needs (relatively rich)
40 % have just enough and so they can meet
their basic needs though they are always in
danger of suffering from absolute poverty if a
disaster strikes them
40 % suffer from absolute poverty and cannot
maintain a proper life and have little chance to
be freed from this condition

39. Who are the poor?
Economically,
they are those who have
insufficient resources to live a
decent life

40. Who are the poor?
Politically,
they are those who are victims
of social structures

41. Who are the poor?
Culturally, the
y are those who are
marginalized because of their
status, race, sex, age, or
religion

42. Jesus tells us . . .
“The spirit of the Lord
has been given to me.
He has sent me to
bring the good news
to the poor, to
proclaim liberty to
captives and to the
blind new sight, to set
the downtrodden free,
to proclaim the Lord’s
year of favor.”

43. Jesus commands us . . .
• Feed the Christian
Each hungry
• Give drinkmake thirsty
must to the a
• choicethe naked the
Clothe to lift up
• Shelter the homeless
poor and
• Visit the sick
disadvantaged in
• Visit the imprisoned
• Bury the real and
very dead
concrete ways!

44. Preferential Option for the Poor
to create conditions for
marginalized voices to
be heard, to defend the
defenseless, and to
assess lifestyles,
policies and social
institutions in terms of
their impact on the poor.

45. Preferential Option for the Poor
Why is it never optional?
The poor have a harder time experiencing
humanization, so Christians must imitate
their Master who humanizes.

46. OBJECTIVES
SCRIPTURAL TEXT
EXPOSITION
Solidarity helps us to see the „other‟ – whether
SUMMARY
a person, people of nation-not just some kind
of instrument, with a work capacity and
physical strength to be exploited at low cost
TAKE THE CHALLENGE and then discarded when no longer useful, but
as our „neighbor‟ a „helper‟, to be made a
sharer, on par with ourselves, in the banquet of
REFLECTION life to which all are equally invited by God”
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 39

47. a firm and persevering
determination to commit oneself to
the common good

48. I have dignity, and so too do
others
I need to help them be
humanized

49. Person is a social being who
can only grow in relation with
others
uniting oneself
with other people

50. solidarity with the
oppressed
Incarnation of compassion

52. Promoting justice
and peace.

53. Providing opportunities for the
marginalized.

54. Fighting for the
oppressed.

55. Loving others as Christ
would.

56. OBJECTIVES
EXPOSITION
SCRIPTURAL TEXT
SUMMARY It is imperative that no one ... would indulge in a
merely individualistic morality. The best way to
fulfill one's obligations of justice and love is to
TAKE THE CHALLENGE contribute to the common good according to
one's means and the needs of others, and also
to promote and help public and private
REFLECTION organizations devoted to bettering the conditions
of life.
Gaudium et Spes, 30

57. embraces the sum total of all those
conditions of social life which enable
individuals, families, and organizations
to achieve complete and effective
fulfillment
Mater et Magistra, #74

58. I have so too do
dignity others

59. neglects other neglects the
people individual
balances
INDIVIDUALISM COLLECTIVISM

60. Shared dignity
“I have dignity, and so too do
others.”

61. A means that can lead to one‟s
perfection
An opportunity to be self-actualized

62. Everybody must have an opportunity
to actualize himself or herself

63. OBJECTIVES
SCRIPTURAL TEXT
EXPOSITION
SUMMARY
Individual initiative alone and the mere free play of
competition could never assure successful
TAKE THE CHALLENGE
development. One must avoid the risk of
increasing still more the wealth of the rich and the
dominion of the strong, whilst leaving the poor in
REFLECTION their misery and adding to the servitude of the
oppressed.
On the Development of Peoples, 33

64. Development
Moving towards
something
People have been given the
task of developing themselves
fully

65. Tribal
Agricultural
Industrial
People utilize their environment to satisfy their needs

66. Tribal Agricultural Industrial
But only a few get to have, many have not.

67. Industrial Revolution
But why has the problem of
the gap between the rich and
the poor worsened?

68. ECONOMIC?
Development
Only a few people “HAVE”
But do they actually reach
“BEING”?
Example:
CONSUMERISM

69. ECONOMIC?
Development

70. Development
+
Values
Gives a certain order or purpose
An abundance of opportunities for
everyone

71. “For every person’s success, others too must progress.”
Development
+
Values

72. AUTHENTIC HUMAN
Development
Geared towards the
cultivation and
enhancement of the full
human potentials

73. AUTHENTIC
HUMAN Development
Must include
political, social and
cultural development
and should promote
the good of all persons

74. AUTHENTIC
HUMAN Development
Development
with a human
face

75. Authentic Human Development asks…
• What does the economy do for people?
• What does it do to the people?
• How do people participate in it?

76. OBJECTIVES
EXPOSITION
SCRIPTURAL TEXT
SUMMARY
The right to private property is subordinated to
TAKE THE CHALLENGE the right to common use, to the fact that goods
are meant for everyone.
REFLECTION Laborem Exercens, 14

77. entails obligations on how goods are to
be used by their legitimate owners.
Individual persons may not use their
resources without considering the effects
that this use will have, rather they must
act in a way that benefits no only
themselves and their family but also the
common good.

78. Creation is a gift from God X
entrusted to people. As such,
people should respect this gift
“Being” and utilize it in the most efficient
and effective way possible.
X
“Having”
X

79. The goods of the earth are for “Being”
the use of everyone in order to
satisfy their inalienable rights
“Being” consonant with the dignity of
each person
“Being”
“Having”
“Being”

80. Self-actualization
UNIVERSAL DESTINATION OF GOODS
COMMON GOOD
Right to private property Right to private property

81. Humanity should seek to maximize the benefit of the earth‟s
goods and resources so that the maximum number of
people can benefit from the output.
Right to private property Right to private property

82. If people are denied the goods of the earth. . . . . .
. . . How can they live in the dignity accorded to them by their Maker?
. . . Will this not go to another who has enough?
. . . Where does they get the soil to till?
. . . How can they eat, and feed and clothe and shelter their family?
. . . How can they share the goods of the earth?
. . . How can they contribute in shaping the life of their community?
. . . How can they shape their own destiny?
. . . How can they feel the goodness of life?
. . . How can they know the goodness of man?
. . . How can they dream of eternity?
. . . How can YOU tell them of God when they does not see God in you…

83. OBJECTIVES
EXPOSITION
SCRIPTURAL TEXT
SUMMARY
"A community of a higher order should not
interfere with the life of a community of a lower
TAKE THE CHALLENGE order, taking over its functions." In case of need
it should, rather, support the smaller community
and help to coordinate its activity with activities
REFLECTION in the rest of society for the sake of the common
good.
Centessimus Annus, 48

84. This principle seeks to establish
and maintain a balance between
individual initiative
and governmental
assistance and direction.

85. The state should
intervene only when
lesser bodies cannot
fulfil a given task
required by the
common good

86. Negative form Help is withheld
calls on "a community of a higher order to not
interfere with the life of a community of a lower
order, taking over its functions"
CA, 48

87. Negative form Help is withheld
those on top should avoid imposing actions to
those below to promote autonomy and initiative
to make the latter more creative and
responsible stakeholders for the common good

88. Positive form Help is given
only justified if it is essential to “support the
smaller community and help to coordinate its
activity with activities in the rest of society for
the sake of the common good”
CA, 48

89. Positive form Help is given
only in cases where those below cannot carry
out the abovementioned should those on top
intervene for the sake of the common good

90. the ones at the top must not
interfere in
what can be done at the lowest level

91. enhancement of person’s
capacity for self-determination
choice of the kind of life
he or she wants to live
recognition of the person’s
autonomy

92. OBJECTIVES
SCRIPTURAL TEXT
EXPOSITION
SUMMARY
Material goods and the way we are
developing the use of them should be seen
TAKE THE CHALLENGE as God's gifts to us. They are meant to bring
out in each one of us the image of God. We
must never lose sight of how we have been
REFLECTION created: from the earth and from the breath
of God.
On Social Concern, 29

93. The whole of creation
is for humanity, who
has a duty to care for
it

94. People have the
responsibility to
develop and perfect it
by intelligent effort for
their use

95. Climate
Change extent of
describes the full
the greenhouse effect
results in extreme
weather events like
droughts, flood, cyclo
nes and frosts

96. Climate Change and
people Industrialized countries
releasing greenhouse gases

97. Climate Change and
people
Poor countries mired in debt and poverty lack
resources to adapt to climate change
1. Lack of technologies to slow down or to adapt to
climate change
irrigation during droughts
flood control and rescue operations during heavy
rains

98. Climate Change and
people
Poor countries mired in debt and poverty lack
resources to adapt to climate change
2. Relocation for residents in flood-prone areas

99. Climate Change and
people
Poor countries mired in debt and poverty lack
resources to adapt to climate change
3. Acquisition and construction of clean and
renewable sources of energy
solar-powered panels
wind-generated turbines
hydro-electric plants

100. Climate Change and
people
Poor countries mired in debt and poverty lack
resources to adapt to climate change
4. Lack of funds for research and medicine to
counter the diseases associated with climate
change

101. Respect for
the order in
nature

102. Realization that:
nature cannot be used with impunity
natural resources are limited, some not
renewable

103. Universal
Destination of Stewardship
Goods
generosity responsibility

104. OBJECTIVES
EXPOSITION
SCRIPTURAL TEXT
SUMMARY
Action on behalf of justice and participation in
the transformation of the world fully appear to us
TAKE THE CHALLENGE as a constitutive dimension of the preaching of
the Gospel, or, in other words, of the Church's
mission for the redemption of the human race
REFLECTION and its liberation from every oppressive
situation.
Justice in the World, 6

105. The Jubilee Year
 Celebrated every 50 years
 Demands:
a) Freedom of slaves
b) Return of the land/property
c) Cancellation of debts
d) Rest of land

106. Matt 20:1-16

107. Is Jubilee Year fair Was the owner
to the creditors? unfair to his
laborers?

108. Old Testament
To practice grace and mercy toward those who have
no power to secure it for themselves

109. Old Testament
“You have all seen what I did to the Egyptians, and
how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you
to myself”

110. New Testament
As Christ has loved us, so should we love one
another

111. New Testament
“What you have done to the least of your
brothers, you have done to me.”

112. giving what is due to
others
moral virtue that consists in the constant
and firm will to give their due to God and
neighbor.
CCC, 1807

113. giving what is due to
others
“ius” = “right”
Right to a MEANINGFUL
life

114. Commutative

115. justice between two or more
parties based on an
agreement between
1. individuals
(laborer’s wage)
2. an individual and a group
(teacher to class)
3. two groups
(trade agreement)

116. Calls for fundamental
fairness in all
agreements and
exchanges between
individuals or private
social groups
EJA, 69

117. justice of sharing that sees to the fair and equal distribution of
the goods of creation so that human needs are met
(welfare programs, student loans, putting up a business)

118. Requires that the allocation of income, wealth, and
power in society be evaluated in light of its effects
on persons whose basic material needs are unmet
.
EJA, 70

119. justice which regulates a citizen’s
obligations to the larger society
and government (common good)
(voting, paying taxes)

120. it stresses the duty of all
who are capable to help
create the goods, services
and other nonmaterial or
spiritual values necessary
for the welfare of the whole
community.
JW, 71

121. ve
Co
uti
nt
rib
ri
st
bu
Di
tiv
e
Commutative
justice which applies the gospel to the structures, systems,
and laws of a society so that people’s rights are guaranteed

122. ve
Co
uti
nt
rib
ri
st
bu
Di
tiv
e
Commutative
Implies that persons have an obligation to be active
and productive participants in the life of society and
that society has a duty to enable them to participate
in this way.
EJA,71

123. OBJECTIVES
EXPOSITION
SCRIPTURAL TEXT
SUMMARY
“With greater or lesser violence, with greater or
TAKE THE CHALLENGE lesser harm, every sin has repercussions on the
entire ecclesial body and the whole human
family.”
REFLECTION
Reconciliatio et Paenitentia, 16

124. Begets other
social
problems
structure
situatio
n
attitude

125. Social Sin Defined:
Situations or structures of society
which cause or support evil, or

126. Social Sin Defined:
Situations or structures of society
which cause us to fail to correct
evils and injustices when
it is possible to do so.

127. Social Sin Defined:
Sum total of negative factors which
prevent the attainment of the
common good

128. Structures which
systematically oppress human
dignity and violate human
rights, stifle human freedom
and imposes gross inequality
between the rich and poor

129. Situations which
promote and facilitate
greed and human
selfishness

130. Attitude of persons who
do not take
responsibility for evil
being done or who
silently allow
oppression and injustice

131. “The poverty and destitution of
the great mass of our people are
only too evident, contrasting
sharply with the wealth and
luxury of the relatively few
families - the elite top of our
social pyramid. “
PCP II, 24

132. Social Sin: some examples
• Colonialism • Pornography
• Racism • Migrants
• Sexism • Oil Cartels
• Trapo System • Illegal Drugs
• Child Labor • Arms Race