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Catholic Social Teaching |
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The links on this page are intended to help religious educators with activities, lesson plans, reflections and prayers around a particular topic. The primary emphasis is on teaching and formation tools, not on content. If you would like to know more about this particular topic, please visit the OJP issues web page or use any good search engine. |
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There are two categories of resources in the table below. Download means either that there is a downloadable document or that the text on that web page can be copied and pasted into your own document. Online means that the activity is interactive and must be done on the computer. |
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Archdiocese of Seattle For each of these topics, there are lesson plans for that social justice theme divided by grade levels: Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5), Middle School (6-8) and Secondary (9-12) |
Download | Complete units |
Primary Intermediate Middle school High school |
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Benzinger There are lesson plans for grades 1-8 on the major themes of Catholic Social Teaching. For grades 7 and 8 there are also additional plans for earth day. |
Download | Lesson plans | Grades 1-8 |
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This organization recognizes the efforts of those who stick out their necks for others. This story is a good way to talk about the concept of the common good. |
Online | Activity |
Pre-school Primary |
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Social Development and World
Peace The USCCB Department of Social Development and World Peace has a page for educators with lesson plans and prayer services for various age groups around several of the themes of Catholic Social Teaching. |
Download | Activities and prayer | Elementary through adult |
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Archdiocese of Seattle For each of these topics, there are lesson plans for that social justice theme divided by grade levels: Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5), Middle School (6-8) and Secondary (9-12) |
Download | Complete units |
Primary Intermediate Middle school High school |
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Benzinger There are lesson plans for grades 1-8 on the major themes of Catholic Social Teaching. For grades 7 and 8 there are also additional plans for earth day. |
Download | Lesson plans | Grades 1-8 |
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Social Development and World
Peace The USCCB Department of Social Development and World Peace has a page for educators with lesson plans and prayer services for various age groups around several of the themes of Catholic Social Teaching. |
Download | Activities and prayer | Elementary through adult |
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That’s Not Fair! Previously, this was available as a download, but it is now available for purchase from St. Mary's Press. The program includes activities and materials to help students gain a realistic understanding of the poor. The final outcome of "That's Not Fair!" is to involve students in advocacy on behalf of people who cannot speak on their own behalf. Also on the website is their newsletter entitled SOME - So Others Might Eat which has some good reflections. |
Available for purchase | Complete unit | Middle School |
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E-Catholic 2000 There are 8 questions with extensive explanations to the answers to both test and educate They also have some basic information on CST |
Online (although the information can be copied) | Activity and background information | Middle school through adult |
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Archdiocese of Seattle For each of these topics, there are lesson plans for that social justice theme divided by grade levels: Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5), Middle School (6-8) and Secondary (9-12) |
Download | Complete units |
Primary Intermediate Middle school High school |
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Catholic Campaign for Human Development- Two Feet of Justice This page has several versions of the famous “two feet” graphic for teaching the difference between charity and justice. A good accompanying piece might be this page from U.S. Catholic |
Download
Download |
Illustration
Background information |
Middle school through adult |
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Benzinger There are lesson plans for grades 1-8 on the major themes of Catholic Social Teaching. For grades 7 and 8 there are also additional plans for earth day. |
Download | Lesson plans | Grades 1-8 |
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Fair Trade and Catholic Social Teaching These modules from the Catholic Relief Service website uses fair trade as a case study in the principles of Catholic Social Teaching: |
Download | Lesson plans | Middle and high school |
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Social Development and World
Peace The USCCB Department of Social Development and World Peace has a page for educators with lesson plans and prayer services for various age groups around several of the themes of Catholic Social Teaching. |
Download | Activities and prayer | Elementary through adult |
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Charity and Justice This document contains an explanation of the distinctions between charity and justice as well as some notes, a story to illustrate the distinctions and a link to a downloadable illustration. |
Download | Background | High school and adult |
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The Busy Christian’s Guide to Catholic Social Teaching This web page goes through the major writings which comprise the body of work in Catholic Social Teaching beginning with Rerum Novarum promulgated in 1893. Next to the summary of the document, there is a timeline of what is happening in the world. |
Download | Background |
High school Adult |
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Located on the CCHD website, this offers activities around the major themes of Catholic Social Teaching. It is dated in the sense that it offers only six themes and doesn’t include “Care of God’s Creation” which came in relatively recently as one of the major themes. |
Download | Unit | Ages 14-22 |
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Office of Peace and Justice, Minneapolis-St. Paul Among the resources on this page is a power point presentation on Catholic Social Teaching. It also includes documents of Catholic Social teaching as well as quotations around the major themes of Catholic Social Teaching. |
Download | Background |
High school Adult |
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Cyberfaith- Sadlier Lesson in the seven major themes of Catholic Social Teaching Some reflections on CST: This is a series of articles with information and reflection questions about some major themes of CST |
Download |
Teaching tool/illustration
Background |
High school Adult
Catechist formation Adult formation |
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Fair Trade and Catholic Social Teaching These modules from the Catholic Relief Service website uses fair trade as a case study in the principles of Catholic Social Teaching: |
Download | Lesson plans | Middle and high school |
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Handbook on Catholic Social Teaching This “handbook” provides information on Catholic Social Teaching and some discussion questions. |
Download | Background | Adult |
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If you are looking for the original documents which comprise Catholic Social Teaching, they can be found at this website. You can look here for the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the social doctrine of the church. |
Download | Background |
High school Adult |
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Theology Library- Justice and Peace This site is useful for finding church documents and statements linked to specific topics. This page deals with CST. |
Download | Background |
High school Adult |
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E-Catholic 2000 There are 8 questions with extensive explanations to the answers to both test and educate They also have some basic information on CST |
Online (although the information can be copied) | Activity and background information | Middle school through adult |
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Archdiocese of Seattle For each of these topics, there are lesson plans for that social justice theme divided by grade levels: Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5), Middle School (6-8) and Secondary (9-12) |
Download | Complete units |
Primary Intermediate Middle school High school |
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Catholic Campaign for Human Development- Two Feet of Justice This page has several versions of the famous “two feet” graphic for teaching the difference between charity and justice. A good accompanying piece might be this page from U.S. Catholic |
Download
Download |
Illustration
Background information |
Middle school through adult |
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Principles of Catholic Social Teaching This site from the University of Notre Dame has 6 principles which includes quotes from church documents, an explanation of the principle, an illustration or reflection from a ND student and discussion questions. |
Download | Reflection | High school through adult |
| This is the youth and early college age version of JustFaith | Contact national office | Year long formation program | Post-Confirmation high school students and early college age |
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Biblical Basics on
Justice This two-sided pamphlet from Bread for the World has a good introduction to the Biblical foundations for social justice. |
Download | Background information | High school and adult |
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Scripture and Teaching: Resources for Contemplation This article from the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities looks at the Biblical foundations of justice using quotes from both Hebrew and Christian scriptures and also shows this as a part of Catholic teaching with quotes from Church documents and the Popes. |
Download | Background information | High school and adult |
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The Biblical
Foundations of Justice This resource from Education for Justice explores the Biblical foundations of justice with background reading and activities. Education for Justice is a subscription service, but the many resources that they have available make it well worth the cost. You can sign up for a thirty day free trial. |
Download | Unit | High school and adult |
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Social Development and World
Peace The USCCB Department of Social Development and World Peace has a page for educators with lesson plans and prayer services for various age groups around several of the themes of Catholic Social Teaching. |
Download | Activities and prayer | Elementary through adult |
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Charity and Justice This document contains an explanation of the distinctions between charity and justice as well as some notes, a story to illustrate the distinctions and a link to a downloadable illustration. |
Download | Background | High school and adult |
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The Busy Christian’s Guide to Catholic Social Teaching This web page goes through the major writings which comprise the body of work in Catholic Social Teaching beginning with Rerum Novarum promulgated in 1893. Next to the summary of the document, there is a timeline of what is happening in the world. |
Download | Background |
High school Adult |
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Located on the CCHD website, this offers activities around the major themes of Catholic Social Teaching. It is dated in the sense that it offers only six themes and doesn’t include “Care of God’s Creation” which came in relatively recently as one of the major themes. |
Download | Unit | Ages 14-22 |
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Office of Peace and Justice, Minneapolis-St. Paul Among the resources on this page is a power point presentation on Catholic Social Teaching. It also includes documents of Catholic Social teaching as well as quotations around the major themes of Catholic Social Teaching. |
Download | Background |
High school Adult |
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Cyberfaith- Sadlier Lesson in the seven major themes of Catholic Social Teaching Some reflections on CST: This is a series of articles with information and reflection questions about some major themes of CST |
Download |
Teaching tool/illustration
Background |
High school Adult
Catechist formation Adult formation |
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Handbook on Catholic Social Teaching This “handbook” provides information on Catholic Social Teaching and some discussion questions. |
Download | Background | Adult |
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If you are looking for the original documents which comprise Catholic Social Teaching, they can be found at this website. You can look here for the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the social doctrine of the church. |
Download | Background |
High school Adult |
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Theology Library- Justice and Peace This site is useful for finding church documents and statements linked to specific topics. This page deals with CST. |
Download | Background |
High school Adult |
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E-Catholic 2000 There are 8 questions with extensive explanations to the answers to both test and educate They also have some basic information on CST |
Online (although the information can be copied) | Activity and background information | Middle school through adult |
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Catholic Campaign for Human Development- Two Feet of Justice This page has several versions of the famous “two feet” graphic for teaching the difference between charity and justice. A good accompanying piece might be this page from U.S. Catholic |
Download
Download |
Illustration
Background information |
Middle school through adult |
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This document of the Bishops’ Conference and the accompanying questions are good for examining the social mission of a parish. The discussion questions are at the end of the document. |
Download | Reflection | Adult |
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Principles of Catholic Social Teaching This site from the University of Notre Dame has 6 principles which includes quotes from church documents, an explanation of the principle, an illustration or reflection from a ND student and discussion questions. |
Download | Reflection | High school through adult |
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This is a year-long program modeled on the RCIA to empower people of faith to develop a passion and thirst for justice. There is also a JustFaith II program which is aimed at skill development at justice work and advocacy. |
Contact national office | Year-long formation program | Adult |
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Biblical Basics on
Justice This two-sided pamphlet from Bread for the World has a good introduction to the Biblical foundations for social justice. |
Download | Background information | High school and adult |
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Scripture and Teaching: Resources for Contemplation This article from the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities looks at the Biblical foundations of justice using quotes from both Hebrew and Christian scriptures and also shows this as a part of Catholic teaching with quotes from Church documents and the Popes. |
Download | Background information | High school and adult |
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The Biblical
Foundations of Justice This resource from Education for Justice explores the Biblical foundations of justice with background reading and activities. Education for Justice is a subscription service, but the many resources that they have available make it well worth the cost. You can sign up for a thirty day free trial. |
Download | Unit | High school and adult |
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Ave Maria Press Ave Maria Press has a series of powerpoint presentations on various aspects of Catholic Social Teaching to accompany their books. The presentations, however, can be understood independent of the books. The topics include Catholic Social Teaching: An Overview Justice and Virtues Justice and Society Justice and the Right to Life Justice and Prejudice Justice and Racism Justice and Poverty Justice and Peace Justice and Work Justice and the Environment |
Download | Background information; presentations | Adult |
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Social Development and World
Peace The USCCB Department of Social Development and World Peace has a page for educators with lesson plans and prayer services for various age groups around several of the themes of Catholic Social Teaching. |
Download | Activities and prayer | Elementary through adult |