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Models of Social Justice
What is Social Justice?
Catholic TeachingWe must foster the Common GoodWe must care for the well being of all people
in the worldPreferential Option for the Poor
Dorothy Day
Born in 1897Women’s rights activist, anarchist,
“bohemian”, writer, social rights activist, and protester
Converted to Catholicism in 1927 – had her daughter baptized
New York CityCatholic WorkerHouses of HospitalityNon violent protest
Dorothy Day
Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action.
Didn't Jesus say that the poor would be with us always? "Yes," Day replied, "but we are not content that there should be so many of them
Oscar Romero
Elected Archbishop of San Salvador during a civil war in the country
Wanted to avoid conflictsA friend and fellow priest
was killed for his work against the unjust government and he could no longer be silent
Oscar Romero
Archbishop Romero spoke out against violence, terrorism, torture, and injustice
Petitioned to the Pope and President Carter for help
He was assassinated in 1980 while saying Mass
Oscar Romero
“Aspire not to have more but to be more.”
“Let us not tire of preaching love; it is the force that will overcome the world.”
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Born in 1910 Joined the Sisters of
Loreto as a missionaryLeft the Sisters in order
to serve the poor and was granted permission to found the Missionaries of Charity
Began to care for the sick, homeless, lepers, opened AIDS hospices, and homes for the dying in India
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.