2 FEET OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

Service and action, charity and justice, are complementary components of parish social ministry. Neither alone is enough; both are essential signs of the gospel at work. (U.S. Catholic Bishops, 1993)

2 FEET OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

CHARITYJUSTICE

CHARITY

JUSTICE Individual acts

Responds to immediate need

Provides direct service

Directed at the symptoms of

injustice

Public, collective actions

Responds to long term needs

Directed at the root causes of injustice

CHARITY

JUSTICE Help individuals meet their present needs

Serve in a soup kitchen

Sponsor a refugee family

donate shoes

Corrects long term problems in communities

Community rallies to change legislation:

March for Life

Letter Writing

2 FEET OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

CHARITYJUSTICE

THE GOOD SAMARITAN:

LUKE 10: 25-37

The gospel story does not explain the root causes of

highway robbery. It explains what directly can be done to address it.

THE EXODUS STORY

Exodus 6: 1-13Moses does not ask

for food and medicine for the labourers.He challenges the

institutional system of slavery.