Definitions
What is the Magisterium?
The official teaching authority of the Church. Jesus bestowed the right and power to teach in his name on Peter and the Apostles and their successors, that is, the pope and College of Bishops. The authority of the Magisterium extends to specific precepts of the natural law because following these precepts is necessary for Salvation.
Created the St. Vincent de Paul Society
Bl. Frederic Ozanam
A person in every stage of human life-womb to tomb-is precious and worthy of respect and protection.
Life and Dignity of a Human Person
Who was reacting to the abuses of laissez-faire capitalism?
Marx
Unchanging, permanent, universal
Natural Law
What is charity?
the theological virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake
First born American canonized saint
The essential fundamental right is the right to life. Rights have corresponding responsibilities
Rights and Responsibilities
What took hold in the former Soviet Union?
Marxism
What is catholic social teaching?
The Church's social doctrine, which is articulated as she interprets events in the course of history, with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, in the light of the truth of Revelation.
What is solidarity?
The virtue of social charity, friendship, and responsible sharing whereby the interdependence among all people is recognized.
founded the congregation of the Most Precious Blood
St. Gaspar
The family is the central social institution that must be supported and strengthened, not undermined.
Call to Family, Community, and Participation
A social or political system in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian gov. ernment dominated by a single political party.
Communism
What is the greatest commandment?
To love God above all else, and also your neighbor as yourself.
What is stewardship?
The proper use of the gifts God has given us, in particular, the care for creation that will allow the earth and its resources to flourish and last for future generations.
Daughter of king of Hungary
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
The principle of the common good and an authentic response to our Christian vocation requires that the poor must be protected.
Option for the Poor and Vulnerable
What encyclical did Pope Leo Xlll write?
Rerum Novarum
The Church helps people understand the realities of their social nature and the need for justice.
principles for reflection
What is subsidiarity?
The moral principle that large organizations or governments should not interfere with, or take over, responsibilities that can be administered by individuals and local organizations, but rather should support them, always with a focus on the common good
Founded the Catholic Worker movement
Dorothy Day
Work helps people to make a living so that they might participate in the life that God has given them.
The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers
A social-economic system based on the common ownership of the means of production and exchange of wealth.
socialism
The Church gives people the means to look at the world and judge what does not serve the dignity of the human person and embrace that which does.
criteria for judgment