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Monday, April 28: Ordo lectionis

Monday, April 28: Ordo lectionis. Prayer Announcements: Reminder: Presentation materials due 48 hours before you present. Questions should be graded by tomorrow. Reminder: Your listening and participation in the presentations of others counts for your grade!

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Monday, April 28: Ordo lectionis

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  1. Monday, April 28: Ordolectionis • Prayer • Announcements: • Reminder: Presentation materials due 48 hours before you present. • Questions should be graded by tomorrow. • Reminder: Your listening and participation in the presentations of others counts for your grade! • Today: General Introduction to Catholic Social Teaching • Last 10 Minutes of Class: Mini-Assessment (open notes) on today’s class.

  2. Controversy in American Politics • The Colbert Report Video Clip: http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/oymi80/glenn-beck-attacks-social-justice---james-martin • The First Amendment: Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause

  3. Separation of Church/State? • CCC 2245: “The Church, because of her commission and competence, is not to be confused in any way with the political community. She is both the sign and the safeguard of the transcendent character of the human person. ‘The Church respects and encourages the political freedom and responsibility of the citizen.’ (GS 76.3)”

  4. Separation of Church/State? • CCC 2246: “It is part of the Church’s mission ‘to pass moral judgments in matters related to politics whenever the fundamental rights of man or the salvation of souls requires it. The means, the only means, she may use are those which are in accord with the Gospel and the welfare of all men according to the diversity of times and circumstances.’” (GS 76.5)

  5. A Cursory History • 1891: RerumNovarum(Pope Leo XIII) • 1931: Quadragesimo Anno (Pope Pius XI) • 1937: MitBrennenderSorge(Pope Pius XI) • 1961: Mater et Magister (St. John XXIII) • 1963: Pacem in Terris (St. John XXIII) • 1967: PopulorumProgressio(Pope Paul VI) • 1981: LaboremExercens(St. John Paul II) • 1987: SollicitudoReiSocialis(St. John Paul II) • 1991: CentesimusAnnus (St. John Paul II) • 2009: Caritas in Veritate(Pope Benedict XVI)

  6. A Few Key Concepts • Justice: Three Kinds (Commutative, Legal, and Distributive)—cf. Plato, Republic. • The Common Good • The Universal Destination of Goods • The Right to Private Property • Solidarity • Subsidiarity

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