- The Web of the Cross - "This site is a a meditation using the Way of the Cross. Each
'"station" is linked to a web site that invites you to a
response in faith to the suffering Christ in our global village. Some
sites provide a directed mediation with images and music, others take
you to a page of links that you might like to explore and reflect
on. This series is based on the revised Stations of the Cross released
by the Congregation of Rites in 1975. "
- A Handbook of Catholic Social Teaching
By Gerald Darring, adjunct instructor of Theology at Spring Hill College,
Mobile, Alabama. Originally published in 1987. Notes, quotations,
questions, and paths to reflection on the following Issues: Social Justice - Economic
Justice - Political
Justice - Discrimination - War
and Peace - Criminal
Justice.
- Professor
Incandela's "Catholic Social Thought" Online Resources - A extensive and useful listing of annotated links organized by specific
ethical issues. Professor Incandela teaches at Saint Mary's College,
Notre Dame Indiana.
- Catholic Social
Justice Catholic Social Teaching - An eclectic collection of links,
quotations, prayers, and notes on Catholic Social Justice.
- Introduction
to Catholic Social Teaching and Development of the Catholic
Church's Thinking on Human Rights — These two pdf documents
are from the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council.
- A Handbook of Catholic Social Teaching by Gerald Darring. Originally
published in 1987: Social
Justice — Economic
Justice — Political
Justice — Discrimination — War
and Peace — Criminal
- The
Principles of the Social Doctrine of the Church by Dr. Javier
Hervada, chair in Canon Law and the title of Professor of the Philosophy
of Law and of Natural Law in the University of Navarre, Pamplona,
Spain.
- Prophetic
Justice Principles for America - Questions to test public policy
against the principle of justice (pdf)
- Social
Justice Sunday Statement 2005: "Jesus the Light of the World
- Living the Gospel Today" — This unit of work for schools
combines Garner's Multiple Intelligence and Blooms' Revised Taxonomy
of cognitive process. The unit does not focus on specific year levels,
but has a wide range of strategies suitable for students from Kindergarten
to year 12.
- A
Day in the Life of a Child in the U.S. - Information and discussion
guide on issues that matter to children (pdf)
- The Office for Social Justice
of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul Meneapolishas an assortment
of excellent tools aimed at promoting Catholic social justice
teaching. You will especially want to sample their "menu" appropriately
called Catholic Social Teaching:
Food for Thought. Under five general headings you will find:
- Major themes
from Catholic Social Teaching: seven principles that highlight
some of the major themes from Catholic social teaching documents
of the last century;
- Catholic
Social Teaching Documents: the official text of all of the
major documents as well as notable quotations taken from each
of these. As a bonus, you can also read some of the documents
in "every day language" (in a translation by Joseph Donders);
- Notable quotations
from Catholic social teachingwill help you find quotes on
a number of specific topics related to social justice;
- Resources for
Catholic Educators: reading list, newsletter, list of links
for teachers;A reading
list on Catholic social teaching.
- Salt
of the Earth has excellent online resources on Catholic social
justice. Take a look at the following: The
Busy Christian's Guide to Catholic Social Teaching. It gives
a brief and palatable overview of the main Church documents on
social justice and describes the historical context in which they
were written. It is a great introduction for both adults and older
students.
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