Theme #2: Call to Family, Community & Participation

Themes of Catholic Social Teaching

1. Life and Dignity of the Human Person
2. Call to Family, Community, and Participation
3. Rights and Responsibilities
4. Option for the Poor and Vulnerable
5. The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers
6. Solidarity
7. Care for God’s Creation

Loving others comes first from abiding in our relationship with God. As Christians, our care for the other is not just a social good, but it is integral to the relationship with Jesus. If you take out the relationship to Jesus, we are like any organization that seeks to help others. Without Christ we become humanitarians. With Christ we become Christians in the truest sense of the word. And that reality is what transforms the world.