Year 6
3 Day or 5 Day Retreat
The ‘Agents of Love’ programme will enable our young people to explore what it means to be in service to God, each other and the world. Through learning and practicing virtues as well as working on the CST principles of solidarity and social justice.
Catholic Social Teaching
The Church’s teaching about the ordering of life in society and about the attainments of individual and social justice. its four central principles are: personhood, the common good, solidarity and subsidiarity. (YOUCAT, 323)
Catholic social teaching (CST) is rooted in Scripture, formed by the wisdom of Church leaders, and influenced by grassroots movements. It is our moral compass, guiding us on how to live out our faith in the world. Our faith calls us to love God and to love our neighbours in every situation, especially our sisters and brothers living in poverty. Following in the footsteps of Christ, we hope to make present in our unjust and broken world, the justice, love and peace of God.”
Solidarity
“The principle of solidarity is a direct demand of human and Christian brotherhood. Solidarity is manifested in the first place by the distribution of goods and remuneration of work. It also presupposes the effort for a more just social order where tensions are better able to be reduced and conflicts more readily settled and negotiated. (CCC, 1939-1940)
“A principle of Catholic Social Teaching that aims at strengthening community and promoting a “Civilisation of Love”. Christians are committed to just societal structures. Part of this is universal access to the material, intellectual and spiritual goods of this world. Christians also make sure the dignity of human work is respected, which includes a just wage. (YOUCAT, 332)
Social Justice
“Society ensure social justice when it provides the conditions that allow associations or individuals to obtain what is their due, according to their nature and their vocation. Social Justice is linked to the common good and the exercise of authority” (CCC, 1928)
“Social Justice can be obtained only in respecting the transcendent dignity of man. The person represents the ultimate end of society.” (CCC, 1929)
“Social Justice comes about where the inalienable dignity of every person is respected and the resulting rights are safeguarded and championed without reservation. (YOUCAT, 329).
Virtues
A Virtue is an interior disposition, a positive habit, a passion that has been placed at the service of the good. (YOUCAT, 299)
A virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best of themself. The virtuous person tends towards the good with all their sensory and spiritual powers; they pursue the good and choose it in concrete actions. The goal of a virtuous life is to become like God. (CCC, 1733-1768)
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