Spreading the Social Encyclicals

[RCIAGraduate]

Good day to all, and happy Autumn(or whatever season wherever you are) to thee
(Have the leaves turned red and orange wherever you’re from)? :tiphat:

Do you think there are possible, feasible and viable ways to ingrain and integrate the various Social Encyclicals from Rerum Novarum to Laudato Si within Catechism Programs? And in ways that don’t water them, perhaps simplify but still provide a concrete understanding (i.e such as High Schoolers understanding both solidarity and subsidiarity)? Also, not only help them understand but perhaps inspire and invigorate (I know I may be grasping at straws here). While we’re at it, do you think we should try to integrate other Encyclicals into C.C.D such as those that reference to popular piety?

Happy Week and October…

 

[pianistclare]

While a laudable idea, catechists have a duty to ensure that the Gospels and the core of Catholicism are clearly understood into the youth. Real Presence, Sacraments, etc. You might not realize it, but the children we see in classroom todays are OFTEN (not always, of course) but OFTEN really only catechized by non-Mass attending parents who also have not much inkling of what the Church really teaches about anything, and also by popular media and celebrities on various matters of morality and faith. Things like “you don’t need a religion, so long as you’re a good person”.
It’s a tough road, very rewarding when you see their faces change and you know they’ve finally gotten it. But yeah…there’s a lot to teach. Those documents COULD be used as back-up for certain general topics, such as protection of the planet, God’s many gifts, etc.
But I myself didn’t get to really examine those until I was working my Theology degree at a Catholic University.
We can barely get through the basics of the Catechism with High schoolers in Faith Formation (we don’t call it CCD anymore, btw, LOL) .
Good idea. Just not sure many teen programs allot that kind of time. Of course, they are an excellent reference. Knowing your way around the Catechism, Scripture, and Church fathers is pretty daunting for a squirrely 16 yr. old.
God bless.

 

[Latias]

Good day to all, and happy Autumn(or whatever season wherever you are) to thee
(Have the leaves turned red and orange wherever you’re from)? :tiphat:

Do you think there are possible, feasible and viable ways to ingrain and integrate the various Social Encyclicals from Rerum Novarum to Laudato Si within Catechism Programs? And in ways that don’t water them, perhaps simplify but still provide a concrete understanding (i.e such as High Schoolers understanding both solidarity and subsidiarity)? Also, not only help them understand but perhaps inspire and invigorate (I know I may be grasping at straws here). While we’re at it, do you think we should try to integrate other Encyclicals into C.C.D such as those that reference to popular piety?

Happy Week and October…

Based on your location, you are not experiencing autumn. It is not autumn for you, and the GFS agrees with me along with the high humidity and high temperatures. The relative humidity would drop when it is 105 degrees Fahrenheit, but it is still humid at night.

However, one important question is whether the principles elaborated in the social encyclicals can be implemented in a world ruled by economic individualism and geopolitical realism. But there was a time where these principles were implemented: Novo Estado of Portugal, lead by Salazar. This is the concrete example of Catholic Social Teaching. When I learned about Salazar, it destroyed any credibility these principles may have had. If the Church repudiated his regime, instead of commending it, I would have more respect for Catholic Social Teaching.

Too me, there are too broad to have any practical relevance.