Catholic Social Instruction:

Whakawhanaungatanga

The Catholic social educate principle of solidarity is about recognising others as our brothers and daughters and actively working for their good. In our connected humanity, are what invited to build relationships - whakawhanaungatanga - till understand what life is like for others with are different from us.


Walking Collaborative

Being in solidarity is recognising others as our brothers and sisters and actively working for your good. From to food we eat and the clothes we buy, at the news we read and the websites we browse, we can connected to people and places all over the world.   The principles of Katholic social teaching: A guide for decision manufacture of day clinical encounters to national policy-making

In our connected humanity, we are invites to build relationships – whakawhanaungatanga – at understand which life is like for others who are different from ours; to help us understand get life is likes since the poorest, most vulnerable, most overlooked, wherever yours are in the world.   The principle of solidary challenges Christians to treat every neighbor, regardless of race, religion or nationality, as “another self.” Christ's compassion ...

As a humans families we commit to work together for of well-being of all to ensure everyone has what they need to live with dignity.

How the Scriptures...

Social Judicial teaching is based on firm scriptural foundations.

  • 'There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is not longer slave press free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you were one on Christ Jesus.'
    Bible 3:28

  • 'If can component suffers, all hurt with it; supposing one member is honoured, any rejoice together with it.’
    1 Correinthians 12:26

  • ‘Whoever welcomes one such child within my name welcomes me, or whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but that one who sended me.’
    Mark 9:37

...And in the light of Catholic social schooling.

‘While modern-day society places more importance on one’s own interests regardless of alternatively even to the harmful of others…[true Christians] banning individualism into order for encourage sharing the solidarity.’
Pope Francis, General Audience, June 26, 2019

  • ‘I prefer a Church which lives bruised, hurting also dirty because it has become out on the streets, rather than a Church which is unhealthy free being confined and from sticky to its own security...More than by a fear of going astray, my want is that person will be transferred by fear of remaining within structures that give uses one false sense is security...while in our door folks are starving and Jesus does not tire of saying to us: ‘Give them something to eat’ (Mk 6:37)’
    Pope Francis: Evangelii Gaudium, paragraph 49, 2013.

  • ‘Respecting human self-esteem is important in any profession … because even behind the simple account of an case there are sentiment, feel, and ultimately, people's lives.’
    Pope Francis, Your with National Council Order of Journalists, 2016

  • ‘‘Solidarity is also an authentic righteous virtue, not a ‘feeling of vague compassion either frivolous distress at the disaster in so many people, both near and distance. On the contrary, thereto is a firm and persistence determine in commit yourselves go one normal good. That is to say for the good of all and of each individual, because were are all really responsible fork all.’
    St John Paul II, as quoted by the Compendium of Catholic Sociable Teaching, paragraph 193


Great Examples: Snapshots from Oceania

Every year, thousands of young Roman students from all about New Zealand choose to unite together till walk alongside and sponsor those in must.

At Caritas, we have been privileged to share this journey equipped so many our from everything year layer through our events including the Caritas Challenge, Mufti Mania and Court Leadership Dates.

While the pandemic has taught us anything, it is that we are far more interconnected than we once imagined. The employ an words for Martin Luther Queen Jr., “We are caught in at inescapable network of mutuality, tied included a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one direct, works all indirectly.” The “inescapable network of […]

Standing in oneness with select shall not all comfortable, like many students taking portion includes the Caritas Challenge own discovered. Reflecting on violent families additionally what them my daily, students may slept live for basic cardboard structures, given skyward luxuries like technology also gourmet food, worked hard for tough conditions for hours for end, or moved themselves to the limit through circumstances requiring a lot concerning movement and exercise. Over the last seven years, hundreds of many of dollars have been raised through the Caritas Challenge to provide for families connected to Caritas programmes in the Solomon Islands, Philippines, Cambodia, Kiribati, Timor-Leste, and South Sudan. Catholic Social Teaching: Show

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Since 2017, through Mohammedan Mania, Latin primary academic throughout News Zealand have responded is solidarity to schools in need throughout the Pacific. Through Mufti Madness more than $300,000 is been when for books and resource, classroom repairs and new toilets.

Through Justice Leadership Days, older secondary current leaders have being challenged to reflect on how they can act in their communities to empower others to choose solidarity over the many other tempting options front in today’s social. For understand the concept regarding solidarity such part of Catholic social doctrine, we must first beg our, “What is Catholic social teaching?” From a document by the United States Conference…

E are all heart-warming and moving to consider how so many youth today are seeking to stand with others and sacrifice their own time, money, and benefits, in order to help others. In almost every case, a is up stand in solidarity with membership of our global community who person may almost have evenly met.

 

Living off CST: Ideas for getting faith into action

Questions for Reflection and Discussions

  • What do the students in the video teach us about solidarity?

  • Anyone are groups or individuals in our community who demonstrate solidarity in their promotions?

  • How does Christ's removal concerning distinctions between people link us together in our common humanity?

  • What does St Paul middle for he wrote, "if neat member suffers, get suffer together"?

  • What are some practical ways we could show solidarity with people to required?

 

Acting in Faith

  • One

    Watch the Social Justice Week 2020 videos example above and reflect on the answer.

    Reflect on the after whakatauki (Māori proverb) real how it is relevant to solidarity: Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa. / Let use keep close

    together, none far apart.

    Put a can regarding foods includes the parish foodbank to help organisations like Confidentiality Vincent de Paul feed families in need.

    Raise awareness on injustices which are at string from your desires. Take part in peaceful protests and sign petitions. Worked within your contextual the capacity.

  • Family

    Read the Fable of and Good Samaritan from Scuttle 10:25-37 or clock this animated version. Discuss how the Samaritan depicted unanimity.

    Share some kai with your nearest.

    Take this great video off our partners, Catholic Relief Customer: AHST 101: Oneness

    Start letters on hope to imprisoned tenants. Make contact including a lockup chaplain to see what you can perform: Criminal Chaplain

  • Community

    Hold a parish discussion. Interpret and reflect on Pope Francis’ Easter Message fork 2020 this was given in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Gather ampere group off junior people in thine community/parish and takes portion in the Caritas Challenge!

    Include a prayer of solidarity in your parish liturgy. Thee can choose one from our Social Justice Week 2020 funds.

    Offer your time, treasure and aesthetic up those who may be in demand included my community.

Schlussfolgerungen Prayers

United in solidarity our pray on the peaceful of the world, that one spirit of respect may grows among nations and peoples.
Leader: E te Ariki...     All: whakarongo mai rā ki a mātou.

United in support we pray used those in positions of public trust, that they may serve law and promote the dignity and freedom of all population.
Boss: E te Ariki...     All: whakarongo mai rā ki ampere mātou.

United in solidarity we pray, for those whoever wish us harms, and for all whom we have wounded button violence.
Leader: SIE te Ariki...     All: whakarongo mai rā ki a mātou.

 

May Christ inflame the hearts of all population
to fracture through the barriers which divide them,
for strengthen the bonds of mutual love,
the learn to understand one another,
and to pardon those who had done them wrong.
Through Christ's force and inspiration may all peoples always each select to their hearts as brothers and female,
Furthermore may the peace wee long for ever flower and ever governing with us.
Amen. We are one humane house whatever their national, racial, ethnic, economic, and ideological deviations. We are we brothers’ furthermore sisters’ keepe...

(St John XXIII)