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Catholic Social Teaching and Development Going Global Lancaster and Salford , November 2011

Catholic Social Teaching and Development Going Global Lancaster and Salford , November 2011. Revisit the context/landscape for our understanding of development. Deepen our understanding of development from the perspective of CST.

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Catholic Social Teaching and Development Going Global Lancaster and Salford , November 2011

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  1. Catholic Social Teaching and Development Going Global Lancaster and Salford, November 2011

  2. Revisit the context/landscape for our understanding of development • Deepen our understanding of development from the perspective of CST • Critically engage with some of the content of recent CST on the theme of development • Develop together our own Catholic Social Thinking

  3. At the heart of development…not the markets! • But humanity in harmony with All Creation…

  4. Growth?

  5. Progress?

  6. To what? • Telos…goal? • Scripture… Human Flourishing John 10:10

  7. Fullness of Life - Human Flourishing? • UK Gov ….GWB?

  8. Top 3 criteria on menu? • What are those things essential for your GWB? • Buzz

  9. Close eyes… • Top 3 criteria on menu? • What are those things essential for your GWB? • Buzz

  10. Jesus Beatitudes John 10:10

  11. What is Catholic Social teaching? • Catholic Social Teaching begins with the Bible, moves though history until the present and will go on being created and changed by us and those around us. • It is dynamic, not static. Perhaps the image of a dance might help – it is ongoing, evolving and alive. • At its best an ongoing conversation: Scripture – Tradition – Documents (Papal & local) – Lived Experience

  12. In the Catechism of the Catholic Church (2423) • it states that CST is there for three main reasons: • to propose principles for reflection; • to provide criteria for judgment; • to give guidelines for action. To bring about ‘fullness of life’ for all God’s creation – the common good across generations

  13. CST – Responsive to context • The Church has always had the duty of scrutinising the signs of the times and of interpreting them in the light of the Gospel. (GS, 4) • “The Church’s social teaching illuminates with an unchanging light the new problems that are constantly emerging” (CV)

  14. Documentary CST • Modern social teaching is often said to have started with the encyclical written in 1891 by Pope Leo XIII called Rerum Novarum • This was written in the context of workers being exploited during the Industrial Revolution.

  15. Some of the documents of magisterial CST: Quadragesimo anno Laborem exercens Pacem in terris Gaudium et spes Populorum progressio Octagesima adveniens Centesimus annus Sollicitudo rei socialis Rerum novarum Caritas in veritate

  16. Strengths of magisterial CST • Offers principles, wisdom and experience of our tradition to apply to contemporary situations of our world Weaknesess of magisterial CST • Often deductive in methodology, inattentive to grassroots experience and wisdom, insufficiently dialogical, pedagogically poor

  17. Some of the Principles enshrined in CST:

  18. Examples of influence of CST in CAFOD’s development work:

  19. Paul VI, PopulorumProgressio, 1967 • ‘Authentic Development’ (cf HF Jn 10:10) • More than economic progress (Lebret OP) • “An ever more effective world solidarity should allow all peoples to become the artisans of their destiny.” • What AD is and How AD is realised

  20. John Paul II, Sollicitudo rei socialis, 1987 John Paul II, Centesimus annus, 1991 Benedict XVI, Deus caritas est, 2005

  21. On integral human development in charity and truth • Context: global financial crisis & Pop Prog 40 • Relationship between justice and caritas Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate, 2009

  22. The Document itself • 48 sides long! • Has an introduction, conclusion and six chapters in between. These are: • 1) The message of Populorum Porgressio • 2) Human Development in our time • 3) Fraternity, economic development and civil society • 4) The development of People, rights and duties, the environment • 5) The Cooperation of the human family • 6) The development of peoples and technology

  23. Significant contribution for development? Critical omissions for development? • Gift & gratuitousness in economy (supererogative) • More nuanced response of agents of justice/caritas • HIV/AIDS • Gender Major challenge for development? • Role/Agents of Justice & Caritas in life of the Church

  24. Five major development themes in CV (CST) • Authentic Human Development • Economics and Development • Environment and Development • God and Development • Caritas & Justice and Development

  25. Some questions which may help discussion • What strikes you about what you are reading? • What do you notice about what is there? What inspires? What challenges? • What do you notice is missing? • What else would you want to say about this? • Supportively • Critically

  26. DEVELOPMENT TODAY • From your experience and wisdom what are the ‘development’ signs-of-the times that are in urgent need of addressing today through catholic social teaching and that you would include in an encyclical. • Create an advertising poster to tell the story of • your development encyclical for today.

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