2 FEET OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
Service and action, charity and justice, are complementary components of parish social ministry. Neither alone is enough; both are essential signs of the gospel at work. (U.S. Catholic Bishops, 1993)
2 FEET OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
CHARITYJUSTICE
CHARITY
JUSTICE Individual acts
Responds to immediate need
Provides direct service
Directed at the symptoms of
injustice
Public, collective actions
Responds to long term needs
Directed at the root causes of injustice
CHARITY
JUSTICE Help individuals meet their present needs
Serve in a soup kitchen
Sponsor a refugee family
donate shoes
Corrects long term problems in communities
Community rallies to change legislation:
March for Life
Letter Writing
2 FEET OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
CHARITYJUSTICE
THE GOOD SAMARITAN:
LUKE 10: 25-37
The gospel story does not explain the root causes of
highway robbery. It explains what directly can be done to address it.
THE EXODUS STORY
Exodus 6: 1-13Moses does not ask
for food and medicine for the labourers.He challenges the
institutional system of slavery.