Common good and community

The human person is both sacred and social.
We realize our dignity and rights in relationship with others, in community.
Human beings grow and achieve fulfilment in community. Human dignity can only be realized and protected
in the context of relationships with the wider society.

Option for the Poor



The moral test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members.
The poor have the most urgent moral claim on the conscience of the nation. We are called to look at public
policy decisions in terms of how they affect the poor..

The option for the poor is an essential part of
society's effort to achieve the common good. A healthy community can be achieved only if its members give
special attention to those with special needs, to those who are poor and on the margins of society


Questions:

1. Give an example of a community that you are part of.
2. How is this community both Sacred and Social?
3. What is the major test of a moral society?
4. In what way does our community look after the poor


Answers:

1. I am a part of the school community

2. It is sacred as going to school and getting an education is important.
It is social as lots of us are friends and work together.

3. When some people are selfish or when people have a fight they have to choose sides
so when people are fightng in others points of view they are not all equal.

4. As we have shelters and there are charities such as vinnies where the money spent
goes to a good cause or many other charities that help out the less fortunate.