SOCIAL JUSTICE - SITE REVIEWS

One of the largest and best Directory of Catholic websites is, without a doubt, Gerald Darring's Theology Library. With over 5000 links, more than 1000 of which focus on social justice issues, this mega site is definitely worth investigating. One of the 19 pages dedicated to justice on this site is the Catholic Social Justice page. On this page Gerald not only provides links to the major documents of the Church on social justice, he also gives us several precious tools: he supplies exhaustive summaries, a large sample of quotations gleaned from various critical reviews, and extensive bibliographies related to a significant number of church documents.

The Office for Social Justice of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul Meneapolishas an assortment of excellent tools aimed at promoting Catholic social justice teaching. You will especially want to sample their "menu" appropriately called Catholic Social Teaching: Food for Thought. Under five general headings you will find:

• Major themes from Catholic Social Teaching: seven principles that highlight some of the major themes from Catholic social teaching documents of the last century;
• Catholic Social Teaching Documents: the official text of all of the major documents as well as notable quotations taken from each of these. As a bonus, you can also read some of the documents in "every day language" (in a translation by Joseph Donders);
• Notable quotations from Catholic social teachingwill help you find quotes on a number of specific topics related to social justice;
• Resources for Catholic Educators: reading list, newsletter, list of links for teachers;
• A reading list on Catholic social teaching.

Salt of the Earth has excellent online resources on Catholic social justice. Take a look at the following: The Busy Christian's Guide to Catholic Social Teaching. It gives a brief and palatable overview of the main Church documents on social justice and describes the historical context in which they were written. It is a great introduction for both adults and older students.

Resources for Catholic Educators also has a large section on Social Justice issues.

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