Test #2 Flashcards
helped to found the St. Vincent de Paul Society
Bl. Frederic Ozanam
although born into privilege, he lived a life of simplicity and gave away many of his possessions; thousands of poor people who he helped in secret came to his funeral
Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
a body of doctrine, articulated as the Church interprets events in the course of history, with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, in the light of the whole of what has been revealed by Jesus Christ; sources are Divine Revelation and Natural Law
Catholic social teaching
Three parts of CST
Principles for reflection(good or bad)
Criteria for judgement (what’s wring w it)
Guidelines for action (change)
Sources of CST
Divine revelation and natural law
binds God to His people, but also His people to each other
Covenant
began the Catholic Worker movement in the United States, which served the poor and published a newspaper; worked to transform society through peaceful means
Dorothy Day
holds that although people have different talents, all have the same fundamental dignity as God’s children
Equal dignity
The official teaching authority of the Church
Magisterium
Provides the foundation of the churches social teaching
Moral law
God’s plan written into the way he made things; you understand what must be done and what must be avoided
Natural law
encyclical written by Pope Leo XIII in 1891 to address economic and other injustices plaguing the late nineteenth-century world
Rerum Novarum
a doctor who gave up her own life to save her unborn baby
St. Gianna
lived during the persecution of Christians by Emperor Valerian; a deacon in the Church; called the poor and neglected the Church’s “treasure”
St. Lawrence
founded the Missionaries of Charity; served the poorest of the poor with utmost dignity, respect and compassion
St. Teresa