Notable quotations from Catholic social teaching on the theme of Family
Our parishes need to encourage, support, and sustain lay people in living their faith in the family, neighborhood, marketplace, and public arena...The most challenging work for justice is not done in church committees, but in the secular world of work, family life, and citizenship
Communities of Salt and Light
To overcome today's individualistic mentality, a concrete commitment to solidarity and charity is needed, beginning in the family.
The Hundredth Year, #49
The first and fundamental structure for a "human ecology" is the family, founded on marriage, in which the mutual gift of self as husband and wife creates an environment in which children can be born and grow up.
The Hundredth Year, #39
Economic and social policies as well as organization of the work world should be continually evaluated in light of their impact on the strength and stability of family life. The long-range future of this nation is intimately linked with the well-being of families, for the family is the most basic form of human community. Efficiency and competition in the marketplace must be moderated by greater concern for the way work schedules and compensation support or threaten the bonds between spouses and between parents and children.
Economic Justice for All, #93
But man finds his true identity only in his social milieu, where the family plays a fundamental role.
On the Development of Peoples, #36
The family, grounded on marriage freely contracted, monogamous and indissoluble, is and must be considered the first and essential cell of human society. From this it follows that most careful provision must be made for the family both in economic and social matters as well as in those which are of a cultural and moral nature, all of which look to the strengthening of the family and helping it carry out its function.
Peace on Earth, #16
All, therefore, who have influence in the community and in social groups should devote themselves effectively to the welfare of marriage and the family. Civil authority should consider it a sacred duty to acknowledge the true nature of marriage and the family, to protect and support them, to safeguard public morality and promote domestic prosperity.
The Church in the Modern World #52
Certain occupations, likewise, are less fitted for women, who are intended by nature for work of the home -- work indeed which especially protects modesty in women and accords by nature with the education of children and the well-being of the family.
On the Condition of Labor, #60
The well-being of the individual person and of both human and Christian society is closely bound up with the healthy state of the community of marriage and the family.
The Church in the Modern World #47
