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Catholic Social Teaching

Mr. Bouton – 945-9377 (until 10 pm) or mbouton@jcchs.org

“God calls everyone to holiness.

God has very precise plans for each person,

A personal vocation which each must recognize, accept, and develop”

- Pontifical Council for the Family

All the Catholic laity are called to live the Beatitudes,

To become leaven, salt and light for the world,

And sometimes a “sign of contradiction” that challenges

And transforms that world according to the mind of Christ.

No one is called to impose religious beliefs on others,

But to give the strong example of a life of justice and service,

Resplendent with the virtues of faith, hope, and charity.”

- Pope John Paul II

“Since God has first loved us (1 Jn 4:10), love is now no longer a mere command.

Rather, it is the response to the gift of love with which God draws near to us.

- Pope Benedict XVI

“God awaits us every instant in our action, in the work of the moment.

There is a sense in which God is at the tip of my pen, my spade, my brush, my needle –

Of my heart and of my thought.”

- Teilhard De Chardin

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