A summary of the catholic catechism on human person, Equality, solidarity, 1928-1948

1. SOCIAL
JUSTICE

2. Society ensures
social justice
when it provides
the conditions
that allow
associations or
individuals to
obtain what
is their due,
according to
their nature and
their vocation.
Social justice is
linked to the
common good
and the exercise
of authority. 1928

3. I. RESPECT FOR THE HUMAN PERSON - Social justice can be obtained only in respecting the
transcendent dignity of man. The person represents the ultimate end of society, which is ordered to him: - What
is at stake is the dignity of the human person, whose defense and promotion have been entrusted to us by the
Creator, and to whom the men and women at every moment of history are strictly and responsibly in debt. 1929

4. Respect for the human person entails respect for the rights that flow from his
dignity as a creature. These rights are prior to society and must be recognized
by it. They are the basis of the moral legitimacy of every authority: 1930

5. by flouting these rights, or refusing to recognize them in its positive
legislation, a society undermines its own moral legitimacy.

6. If it does not respect them, authority can rely only on force
or violence to obtain obedience from its subjects.

7. It is the Church's role to remind men of good
will of these rights and to distinguish them
from unwarranted or false claims.

8. Respect for the human person proceeds by way of respect for the principle that "everyone
should look upon his neighbor (without any exception) as 'another self,' above all bearing
in mind his life and the means necessary for living it with dignity." No legislation could by
itself do away with the fears, prejudices, and attitudes of pride and selfishness which
obstruct the establishment of truly fraternal societies. Such behavior will cease only
through the charity that finds in every man a "neighbor," a brother. 1931

9. The duty of making oneself a neighbor to others and actively serving them becomes
even more urgent when it involves the disadvantaged, in whatever area this may be.
"As you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.“ 1932

10. This same duty extends to those who think or act differently from us.
The teaching of Christ goes so far as to require the forgiveness of offenses.
He extends the commandment of love, which is that of the New Law, to all
enemies. Liberation in the spirit of the Gospel is incompatible with hatred of
one's enemy as a person, but not with hatred of the evil that he does as an enemy. 1933

11. II. EQUALITY AND DIFFERENCES AMONG MEN - 1934 Created in the image
of the one God and equally endowed with rational souls, all men have the same
nature and the same origin. Redeemed by the sacrifice of Christ, all are called to
participate in the same divine beatitude: all therefore enjoy an equal dignity.

12. The equality of men rests essentially on their dignity as persons
and the rights that flow from it: - Every form of social or cultural
discrimination in fundamental personal rights on the grounds of
sex, race, color, social conditions, language, or religion must be
curbed and eradicated as incompatible with God's design. 1935

13. On coming into the world, man is
not equipped with everything he
needs for developing his bodily
and spiritual life. He needs others.
Differences appear tied to age,
physical abilities, intellectual or
moral aptitudes, the benefits derived
from social commerce, and the
distribution of wealth. The "talents"
are not distributed equally. 1936

14. These differences belong to God's
plan, who wills that each receive
what he needs from others, and that
those endowed with particular
"talents" share the benefits with
those who need them. These
differences encourage and often
oblige persons to practice
generosity, kindness, and sharing
of goods; they foster the mutual
enrichment of cultures: 1937

15. I distribute the virtues quite diversely; I do not give all of them to each person, but
some to one, some to others. . . . I shall give principally charity to one; justice to
another; humility to this one, a living faith to that one. . . . And so I have given many
gifts and graces, both spiritual and temporal, with such diversity that I have not
given everything to one single person, so that you may be constrained to practice
charity towards one another. . . . I have willed that one should need another and that
all should be my ministers in distributing the graces and gifts they have received from me.

16. There exist also sinful inequalities that affect millions of men and women. These are in
open contradiction of the Gospel: - Their equal dignity as persons demands that we strive
for fairer and more humane conditions. Excessive economic and social disparity between
individuals and peoples of the one human race is a source of scandal and militates
against social justice, equity, human dignity, as well as social and international peace. 1938

17. III. HUMAN SOLIDARITY - The principle of solidarity, also articulated in terms of "friendship"
or "social charity," is a direct demand of human and Christian brotherhood. An error, "today
abundantly widespread, is disregard for the law of human solidarity and charity, dictated and
imposed both by our common origin and by the equality in rational nature of all men,
whatever nation they belong to. This law is sealed by the sacrifice of redemption offered by
Jesus Christ on the altar of the Cross to his heavenly Father, on behalf of sinful humanity."1939

18. Solidarity is manifested in the first place by the distribution of
goods and remuneration for work. It also presupposes the effort
for a more just social order where tensions are better able to be
reduced and conflicts more readily settled by negotiation. 1940

19. Socio-economic problems can be resolved only with the help of all the forms
of solidarity: solidarity of the poor among themselves, between rich and
poor, of workers among themselves, between employers and employees in a
business, solidarity among nations and peoples. International solidarity is a
requirement of the moral order; world peace depends in part upon this. 1941

20. The virtue of solidarity goes beyond material goods. In spreading the spiritual goods of the
faith, the Church has promoted, and often opened new paths for, the development of
temporal goods as well. And so throughout the centuries has the Lord's saying been verified:
"Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well":1942

21. For two thousand years this sentiment has lived and endured
in the soul of the Church, impelling souls then and now to
the heroic charity of monastic farmers, liberators of slaves,
healers of the sick, and messengers of faith, civilization,
and science to all generations and all peoples for the sake
of creating the social conditions capable of offering to
everyone possible a life worthy of man and of a Christian.

22. IN BRIEF
1943 Society ensures social justice by providing the
conditions that allow associations and individuals to
obtain their due.
1944 Respect for the human person considers the
other "another self." It presupposes respect for the
fundamental rights that flow from the dignity
intrinsic of the person.
1945 The equality of men concerns their dignity as
persons and the rights that flow from it.
1946 The differences among persons belong to
God's plan, who wills that we should need one
another. These differences should encourage charity.
1947 The equal dignity of human persons requires
the effort to reduce excessive social and economic
inequalities. It gives urgency to the elimination of
sinful inequalities.
1948 Solidarity is an eminently Christian virtue. It
practices the sharing of spiritual goods even more
than material ones.

23. SOCIAL JUSTICE

24. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 13-3-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Conscience
Christ is Alive
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Freedom
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Human Community
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Passions
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Passions
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint Joseph
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptis
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
Vocation – mconnor@legionaries.org
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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25. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 13-3-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Conciencia
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Comunidad Humana
La Vida en Cristo
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Libertad
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Pasiones
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Antonio de Padua
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
Santa Maria Goretti
San Ignacio de Loyola
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Martin de Tours
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
Santiago Apóstol
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vida en Cristo
Virgen de Guadalupe
Virtud
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Vocación – www.vocación.org
Vocación a evangelizar
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