A New Pentecost A New Pentecost for Catholic Social Workers:for Catholic Social Workers:

How the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church Illustrates

the New Moral Life in the New Evangelization

Mark E. Ginter, Ph.D.Catholic Social Workers National Association

Inaugural Convention

““...[L]et us implore from God the grace of a new ...[L]et us implore from God the grace of a new Pentecost for the Church in America. May tongues Pentecost for the Church in America. May tongues

of fire, combining burning love of God and of fire, combining burning love of God and neighbor with zeal for the spread of Christ’s neighbor with zeal for the spread of Christ’s

Kingdom, descend on all present!”Kingdom, descend on all present!”

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Alleluia!

Praise the Lord!

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42They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers. 43Awe came upon everyone, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. 44All who believed were together and had all things in common; 45they would sell their property and possessions and divide them among all according to each one's need. 46Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes. They ate their meals with exultation and sincerity of heart, 47praising God and enjoying favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved (Acts 2:42-47 NAB).

Apostles’ TeachingI. Creed

Catechesis(Parts of the Catechism)

Breaking of the BreadII. Cult

Communal LifeIII. Code

The PrayersIV. Cry

The Church

42They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers. 43Awe came upon everyone, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. 44All who believed were together and had all things in common; 45they would sell their property and possessions and divide them among all according to each one's need. 46Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes. They ate their meals with exultation and sincerity of heart, 47praising God and enjoying favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved (Acts 2:42-47 NAB).

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Holy Spirit

III. LIVE

IV. PRAY II. CELEBRATE

I. BELIEVE

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CHEV

ANGEL

IZEIII. LIVE

IV. PRAY II. CELEBRATE

I. BELIEVE

Acts 2:42 DynamicActs 2:42 Dynamic

Second Vatican Ecumenical Council

“…a new Pentecost”

“…a fresh forward impulse, capable of creating within a Church still more firmly rooted in the undying power and strength of Pentecost a new period of evangelization.”

A New Evangelization1. New in ardor

2. New in methods3. New in expression

4. Same in the basic Gospel message of Jesus Christ

Two meanings1. Spiritual meaning – contrast between

“old” and “new”2. Social/historical meaning – comparison

between “first” and “new”

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New Evangelization New Moral LifeApostles’ Teaching Communal LifeWord Proclaimed Word Lived

Faith MoralsCreed Code

Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life)

COMPENDIUM OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE

OF THE CHURCH

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Introduction: An Integral and Solidary Humanism

The Church moves further into the Third Millennium of the Christian era as a pilgrim people…[and] continues to speak to all people and all nations, for it is only in the name of Christ that salvation is given to men and women…Jesus came to bring integral salvation, one which embraces the whole person and all mankind, and opens up the wondrous prospect of divine filiation (CSD, 1, emphasis original).

Do not be afraid!(CSD, 4-7)

4. Discovering that they are loved by God, people come to understand their own transcendent dignity, they learn not to be satisfied with only themselves but to encounter their neighbor in a network of relationships that are ever more authentically human. Men and women who are made “new” by the love of God are able to change the rules and the quality of relationships, transforming even social structures. They are people capable of bringing peace where there is conflict, of building and nurturing fraternal relationships where there is hatred, of seeking justice where there prevails the exploitation of man by man. Only love is capable of radically transforming the relationships that men maintain among themselves. This is the perspective that allows every person of good will to perceive the broad horizons of justice and human development in truth and goodness.

5. Love faces a vast field of work and the Church is eager to make her contribution with her social doctrine, which concerns the whole person and is addressed to all people. So many needy brothers and sisters are waiting for help, so many who are oppressed are waiting for justice, so many who are unemployed are waiting for a job, so many people are waiting for respect. “How can it be that even today there are still people dying of hunger? Condemned to illiteracy? Lacking the most basic medical care? Without a roof over their head? The scenario of poverty can extend indefinitely, if in addition to its traditional forms we think of its newer patterns. These latter often affect financially affluent sectors and groups which are nevertheless threatened by despair at the lack of meaning in their lives, by drug addiction, by fear of abandonment in old age or sickness, by marginalization or social discrimination…And how can we remain indifferent to the prospect of an ecological crisis which is making vast areas of our planet uninhabitable and hostile to humanity? Or by the problems of peace, so often threatened by the spectre of catastrophic wars? Or by contempt for the fundamental human rights of so many people, especially children?”

6. Christian love leads to denunciation, proposals and a commitment to cultural and social projects; it prompts positive activity that inspires all who sincerely have the good of man at heart to make their contribution. Humanity is coming to understand ever more clearly that it is linked by one sole destiny that requires joint acceptance of responsibility, a responsibility inspired by an integral and shared humanism…

7. The Christian knows that in the social doctrine of the Church can be found the principles for reflection, the criteria for judgment and the directives for action which are the starting point for the promotion of an integral and solidary humanism…

Summary: CSD

Part I: Principles for ReflectionCh. 1. God’s Plan of Love for Humanity

• The new evangelization in its spiritual & social meanings.

Ch. 2. The Church’s Mission & Social Doctrine• The mandate for evangelizing the new moral life in

social doctrine.

Ch. 3. The Human Person & Human Rights• The telos of the new moral life in social doctrine

Ch. 4. Principles of the Church’s Social Doctrine• The content of the new moral life in social doctrine

Kerygma of

Catholic Social Doctrine

Part I: Principles for ReflectionCh. 1. God’s Plan of Love for Humanity

• The new evangelization in its spiritual & social meanings.

Ch. 2. The Church’s Mission & Social Doctrine• The mandate for evangelizing the new moral life in

social doctrine.

Ch. 3. The Human Person & Human Rights• The telos of the new moral life in social doctrine

Ch. 4. Principles of the Church’s Social Doctrine• The content of the new moral life in social doctrine

III. Subsidiarity

I. HumanDignity

IV. Solidarity

II. CommonGood

PermanentPrinciples

Fundamental ValuesTRUTH

JUSTICE

LOVE

FREEDOM

The Promotion of PeaceSafeguarding the EnvironmentThe International CommunityThe Political CommunityEconomic LifeHuman WorkThe Family

Part II: Criteria for Judgment

Part III: Directives for ActionCh. 12. Social Doctrine and Ecclesial Action

• Pastoral Action in the Social Field• Social Doctrine and the Commitment of the Lay

Faithful

Conclusion. For a Civilization of Love

• See• Judge• Act

1. The Right to Life and the Dignity of the Human Person

2. Call to Family, Community, and Participation

3. Rights and Responsibilities4. Option for the Poor and Vulnerable5. The Dignity of Work and the Rights

of Workers6. Solidarity7. Care for God’s Creation

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o'clock hour of prayer. And a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple called “the Beautiful Gate” every day to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple. When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms. But Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” He paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them. Peter said, “I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, (rise and) walk.” Then Peter took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong. He leaped up, stood, and walked around, and went into the temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God. When all the people saw him walking and praising God, they recognized him as the one who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with amazement and astonishment at what had happened to him (Acts 3:1-10 NAB).

Alleluia! Praise the Lord!