Author archive for Catherine Waters-Clark
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Human Dignity & CST
Susy Brouard, Spirituality Coordinator at CAFOD takes us through the theme of Human Dignity in greater depth.Outlining that the very existence of human beings has an inherent value she explains why it is therefore essential for everyone to consider their neighbour. We must adhere to protecting human rights, as those who cause harm also insult human dignity and poison society, as well as causing damage to themselves.
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Community and Participation & CST
Dr Martin Poulsom, lecturer of theology at Heythrop College explains the importance of community and participation, shown by their link to practical realities. Realities that we are not created by God to live alone and that we are created male and female to live in community with one another and God.A community allows its members to share an identity together building a number of different branches and we must participate as much as we can to allow communities to grow.
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Care for Creation & CST
Ellen Teague, writer for Justice and Peace explains why Catholics are bothered about caring for creation. We can be inspired by looking at how Jesus cared for the natural world, and we must see that nature isn’t just there for our disposal.
The Vatican have addressed many issues concerning our world in a number of documents, reinforcing the idea that the environment is a gift from God so we must protect it.
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Life and Work & CST
Labour MP Rob Flello explains the role of government in today’s society affecting life and work.
Government has a duty to protect the rights of its people and particularly its weaker members, and this is determined by the nature of humanity requiring us to have rules to govern our lives.
As we have seen with the increase of global communications it is now essential that good governments work together for peaceful solutions in conflict.
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Journalist Paul Donovan talks more about justice in the work place and how it has always been in accordance with the Catholic Church’s teachings on the interests of labour taking precedence over those of capital.
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Peace & CST
General Secretary of Pax Christi, Pat Gaffney speaks in depth on why Catholic Social Teaching allows people to be informed and to act in conscience when demands are made on them which challenge the gospel of peace. The challenge of peace extends to both interpersonal relationships as well as to communities and states.Pope Benedict has often spoken out against the arms trade and nuclear war and has challenged Christians to be peace makers. This has been reflected by the Catholic Church calling for support from conscientious objectors to bring non violent solutions in situations of hurt and violence.
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Solidarity & CST
Alison Gelder, Chief Executive of Housing Justice explains that solidarity is the most mystical and deeply human of the founding concepts of the church.
Solidarity is a true human bond which links together all humans and God in the present, past and future generations. This bond allows humans to commit to the common good with solidarity being the virtue and practice underlying the commandment to love ones neighbour as oneself.
By God sending his son Jesus to live on earth we are also bought closer together in our bond to God and therefore to each other – with man being made in the image of God.
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