A panel discussion held at Niagara University as part of a workshop on Catholic Social Teaching (CST) is now available on video. Panelists from the Vincentian Family share how CST is being applied in their respective ministries. Go to http://vinformation.famvin.org/cst-panel/ to view.
Ten Foundational Principles in the Social Teaching of the Church
by Robert P. Maloney, C.M.
Let me begin this article with an exam, a very easy one in fact. How many readers can name:
- the ten commandments?
- the eight beatitudes?
- the four cardinal virtues?
- the three theological virtues?
- the seven sacraments?
- the seven corporal works of mercy?
- the seven capital sins?
Just about everybody, at least with a little prodding of the memory. How many can [...]
Common Good – “’the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily.’ The common good concerns the life of all. It calls for prudence from each, and even more from those who exercise authority.”
Distributive Justice – Distributive Justice “relates to the obligation of a government toward its citizens, by which the government regulates the burdens and benefits of societal life (e.g., a government is to tax its citizens fairly and to distribute those tax monies according to need).”
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The Consecrated Life… of a Vincentian from M on on Vimeo.
Photo essay based on excerpts from Pope John Paul II’s Vita Consecrata. As inspiration for the work of Vincentians, both religious and lay people, in their ministry to the poor.
