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“…every baptised person , precisely by reason of being baptised, has the right to receive from the Church education and instruction enabling him or her to enter on a truly Christian life…” (Catechesi Tradendae 14).

2.4.1 The work of this Committee will include

- educating Catholics on the biblical concept of social justice and Catholic Social Teaching. There is an urgent need to strengthen the integration of social justice into the faith life of the parish community and to mobilise parishioners and parish resources to assist in the task of promoting social justice. Some of the work in this area will involve study and reflection, while others will be more action-oriented;

- devising and implementing strategies that will increase parishioners’ awareness of their mission to promote social justice that will allow Catholics to share their common humanity, and that will encourage them to commit themselves to living the Gospel;

- identifying, sharing and promoting good practice at parish level with regard to service provision, advocacy and empowerment. This would involve priests, religious, Public Associations of Christ’s Faithful, ecclesial communities, and laity. There are many gifts and talents within our faith community and the Committee will work with parishes to identify and draw on the gifts and talents of the faithful, including our young people, and assist in building bridges of solidarity within and between parishes;

- supporting/encouraging catechists and RCIA workers to design and disseminate among their colleagues relevant educational programmes/materials on social justice issues which should be integrated into their work;

- The Education of Catholic students in Primary and Secondary Schools in TT and of Catholic students attending Government Schools. The Committee will work with Catholic schools and with those Catholic Educators appointed to work with Catholic students attending Government Secondary Schools to develop more innovative ways to communicate Catholic social teaching to students, parents and teachers; to provide civic, human rights and values education for students and to encourage students, parents and teachers to participate in the social and political affairs of TT, particularly in relation to social justice issues;

- Political systems and the role of Catholics in the political arena;

- The social consequences of illiteracy

- Citizenship issues; values/morals in education; strategies for promoting a culture of peace and love.

What is catholic social teaching, what is social justice? Take a crash course! Catholic Social Teaching Power Point presentation to come!

- the Catechism on Social Justice ()

- Notable quotations from the encyclical, Populorum Progressio.

- link to one of the best social justice sites on the internet

- Universal Human Rights

- JP II message on Human Rights - Word document - 51K

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