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Year 4 - Social Justice
The Church In the World

Classes are in somewhat of an order but it is not necessary to teach them in this order.
These files are constantly being updated - revisit often!

T2 Year 4 Google Drive

T2 Calendar
* STANDARD DISCLAIMER AND USE STATEMENT: Like the Kingdom here on Earth, this curriculum and its lesson plans are not fully realized and as such has not been approved or reviewed by any ecclesial authority. It does conform to the desires of the Bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama and to the Catechism of the Catholic Church as to content.
While freely available for use, this program is the intellectual property of its owners; use for any purpose other than Catholic religious education is not approved. No part may be quoted or reproduced without express permission. Please contact us with any questions.


Many of the classes of this year are 'large group' in nature, in that there are more group activities and less individual presentation. Another way to focus this year is by looking at saints, people who devoted their lives to the big questions of suffering and injustice.

There are some great resources for teens and youth at the bishop's website like: http://usccb.org/issues-and-action/faithful-citizenship/videos-for-faithful-citizenship.cfm. Wander about the site for other useful ideas.

In addition, the later topics of this year have been loosely laid out; in our area we have access to other religious groups which gives us personal resources that allow us to exchange ideas and information in a question and answer format. While the background provided for the world religions classes has some merit, we are by no means experts and it is insufficient next to actually hearing it from the 'horse's mouth'. Access to a Temple, Mosque, or other such resource is invaluable to avoiding stereotyping and the understanding others only from our own point of view. There is a class at the end which is designed to keep all of this other information within context and to help the teens understand that while we may agree or not agree with these other groups, we are called by our Baptism as Catholics to "love one another." As with the other years discussions on bullying and the individual value of being one of God's children, we must have tolerance and understanding, something which may help them to understand the Church's attempts to reconcile with other Christian denominations and to dialog and cooperate with other religious faiths as encouraged by Vatican II. I encourage you to seek out these resources and adapt the later program to the availability of these resources in your area. If unavailable, then I encourage you to spend less time trying to explain them and more time trying to explain the Church's position on ecumenism and ecumenical efforts. We desire everyone to be one under God and that is our goal as evangelists.

If you need a reader for the Microsoft DOCX format, download one here, PPTX here.

CLASS
TITLE
DOC
PPT
QUICK TAKE
 
Background and Introduction
doc
-
Alleviating the Temporal Effects of Sin
1
Taking Care of Business
doc
ppt
What is Social Justice?
2
Caring For Creation
doc
-
Thinking globally acting locally
3
The ART of Social Justice
doc
ppt
Act, Reflect, Transform
4
The Eucharist
doc
ppt
The heart and soul of what we do
5
The Beatitudes & Common Good
doc
ppt
What does Jesus tell us about the world
6
Balancing Rights & Respect
doc
ppt
What is the secret to treating others right?
7
Election I
doc
ppt
Presidential election activities to help teens
8
Election II
doc
ppt
learn to vote 'Catholic' (ex: compare)
9
Prejudice
doc
ppt
Who is my neighbor?
10
Hunger, Poverty & Homelessness
doc
ppt
How we treat one another
11
Legal and Illegal Migration
doc
ppt
How do we treat the stranger  (older ppt)
12
Return And Rehash
doc
ppt
Recalling why we are here (post holiday)
13
War, Torture, and Terrorism
doc
ppt
The Effects of Fear and Hate
14
Crime and Punishment
doc
ppt
How do we think on compassion and justice?
15
Abuse
doc
ppt
Understanding the social effects of abuse
16
Religious Freedom
doc
ppt
What is Religious Freedom?
17
Work and Dignity
doc
-
The dignity of work and workers
18
Large Group – Thinking day
doc
ppt
Thinking about the world and our place in it
19
Abrahamics
doc
ppt
Our father in faith - Intro World Religions
20
Christian Denominations
doc
ppt
How well do the teens know Christians?
21
Faith Lived
-
ppt
Rediscovering our commitments
22
Religions survey
doc
ppt
What does plurality mean to us?
23
Fact or Fiction
doc
ppt
Reflections on Faith
24
A Day Without Catholics
doc
-
What would the world be like without us?

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