What is Catholic Social Justice? What is Catholic Social Teaching? 


The series continues this week on Tuesday evening at 7:00pm at St. Julie Hall and after the 9:00am Mass at Mary Queen of Peace on Wednesday. ALL ARE WELCOME. This week’s topic is “The Life and Dignity of the Human Person.”

Catholic social teaching is a central and essential element of our faith. Its roots are in the Hebrew prophets who announced God's special love for the poor and called God's people to a covenant of love and justice. It is a teaching founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ, who came "to bring glad tidings to the poor . . . liberty to captives . . . recovery of sight to the blind"(Lk 4:18-19), and who identified himself with "the least of these," the hungry and the stranger (cf. Mt 25:45). Catholic social teaching is built on a commitment to the poor. This commitment arises from our experiences of Christ in the eucharist.
(Taken from the USCCB webpage on Catholic Social Teaching)

This Fall, here at Sts. Mary & Joseph Parish, we will be hosting a series called Catholic Social Justice, which will focus on the seven themes in Catholic Social Teaching. There will be 2 opportunities in which you can attend this series, please see below for the start info, more about Paula Flynn our presenter, and a registration form so we know you're joining us! 

Series Schedule: 

Tuesday Evenings at St. Julie Hall (located in the back of St. Joseph's parking lot). 
40 Main St. Salem, NH 
Tuesday Evenings from 7:00PM to 8:00PM
This series will run from 9/19 to TBD

Wednesday Mornings in the Hall at Mary Queen of Peace 
200 Lawrence Rd. Salem, NH 
Wednesday mornings after the 9:00AM Mass
This series will run from 9/20 to TBD

 

Our Presenter: Paula Flynn 

Paula Flynn will be presenting these themes on Tuesday evenings at St. Julie Hall (on St. Joseph's Campus) and Wednesday mornings after the morning Mass at Mary Queen of Peace. Paula has been a parishioner here for about a year and a half, she has recently completed her Masters degree in Spiritual Direction from Merrimack College. Read more about Paual below!

"While there, among other things, I studied the Catholic Church's positions on critical social issues impacting our times- the life and dignity of the human person, the challenge of responding to poverty, racism, injustice, and promoting peace and the common good. In my final course, I did an Independent Study on How to Bring Catholic Social Teaching to the Parish. This collection of instructions-known as Catholic Social Teaching- have been called the Catholic Church's 'best kept secret'- are a way of applying the Gospel to the challenges of our times. As my senior project I wrote a series of short summaries of each of the 10 themes. Written by Popes over the pas 130 years I was amazed and inspired and challeneged by this new way of seeing the gospel. I promise these teachings will inspire and challenge you- I know they did me!" -Paula Flynn