Choose Life!

1. Choose Life! SSpS International JPIC Seminar Steyl, Holland 1-21 October 2012 Toni Harris OP

2. CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING Our Context Development and Content SSpS Commitments A Closer Look

3. CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING Session 1 12 October 2012

4. The Pastoral Cycle

5. ILLUMINATION - REFLECTION The Light of Catholic Social Teaching

6. John 8: 10-11 “Has no one condemned you? . . . Neither do I condemn you.”

7. 193 Member States 7Billion People

8. SSpS – Countries of Service Africa: Angola Benin Botswana, Ethiopia Ghana Mozambique Togo South Africa Zambia Oceania: Australia Papua New Guinea The Americas: Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Cuba Ecuador Jamaica Mexico Paraguay Saint Kitts USA Asia: India Indonesia Japan Korea Philippines Taiwan Timor Leste Russia /Siberia Europe: Austria Czech Republic England Germany Hungary Ireland Italy Moldavia Netherlands Poland Portugal Slovakia Spain Switzerland Romania Ukraine

9. POOREST PLACES: Where are the SSpS Sisters among the peoples of the poorest countries of the world?

10. World's Poorest Countries The rankings below were published in the United Nation's 2010 Human Development Report and reflect the countries with the lowest human development. www.infoplease.com

11. Where are the SSpS Sisters among the peoples of countries with actual or potential conflicts? ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICT

12. Countries in Conflict (1 OCT 2012): Deteriorated Situations China/Japan Mali Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan) Syria Conflict Risk Alert Mali Venezuela Conflict Resolution Opportunity Colombia www.crisisgroup.org Actual or Potential Conflict

13. CONFLICT - Unchanged Situations Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India (non-Kashmir), Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel Occupied Palestinian Territories , Jordan, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus (Russia), North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zimbabwe

14. Religious communities either . . . announce the Good News in the midst of the world . . . or else they succumb by decline quickly or slowly, simply because they have conformed to the world. (Vita Consecrata, 1b)

15. The first task which must be once again assumed with enthusiasm is the proclamation of Christ to all. This task falls especially to consecrated men and women . . . (Starting Afresh from Christ, 2002)‏

16. As we look around our world and when we reflect seriously on the Gospel, we cannot help but be challenged to work to bring our reality into closer conformity with Gospel demands. That challenge means working toward the elimination of everything in our reality that does not respect and sustain the basic dignity, fundamental rights, and decent quality of life for all persons.

17. EDGAR JAVIER SVD “Megatrends and Mission: Re-Imagining the Missionary in the New World” Realities that have a bearing on our mission: Multiculturality Migration Religious Plurality Poverty Earth

18. Reflect: • RECALL EFFORTS THAT YOUR MEMBERS HAVE MADE AND ARE MAKING TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD. • IDENTIFY JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF YOUR CONGREGATION’S EFFORTS.

19. What do we mean by “justice?”

20. establishing equality in our relationships with others to do the good due one’s neighbor, community , creation and God avoid doing evil by inflicting no injury on one’s neighbor , community or creation

21. dimensions of basic justice • commutative justice: fundamental fairness in all agreements and exchanges • distributive justice: the benefits and the burdens of society are shared fairly • restorative justice: the need to repair the harm done to victims • social justice: all persons have an unmet debt to the common good

22. “right relationship”: contemporary re-articulation of the commitment to do the good due God, neighbor, one’s self, and all of creation.

23. Responding to immediate human needs (hunger, shelter, clothing, etc.) is not the same as working to change the systems that create injustices in society. This distinction may be understood as the difference between charity and justice, the difference between works of mercy and works that change oppressive social systems. CHARITY AND JUSTICE

24. “Charity will never be true charity unless it takes justice into account …. Let no one attempt with small gifts of charity to exempt themselves from the great duties imposed by justice.” Pius XI, DiviniRedemptoris(1937)

25. Although there is an essential relationship between charity and justice, they are not the same. Working for justice involves changing systems, structures, institutions and public policies that are the root causes of social injustices. The Gospel demands that followers of Jesus walk with both these “feet:” the two feet of charity and justice.

26. TWO FEET CHARITY JUSTICE

27. . . . a society that does not respect and sustain the basic dignity, fundamental rights, and decent quality of life for all persons. OF WHAT PARTICULAR INJUSTICES ARE YOU AWARE IN THE PLACES WHERE YOU LIVE AND SERVE?