Social Teaching Documents

Major Themes

Notable Quotations

25 Questions

Reading List

Teacher's Toolbox

Web Links

OSJ Homepage

Office for Social Justice 328 West Kellogg Blvd. St. Paul, MN  55102    (651-291-4477)

Resources for Catholic Educators

• Five Models and Resources for Discussing Catholic Social Teaching (PDF)
    
• U. S. Bishops' 1998 statement on
  Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic Education
  
  Notable quotations

The complete text

• Reading List
  
  This is our annotated list of additional resources on Cathoic social teaching -- compendiums, commentaries, outlines, essays, etc.

• Catholic Justice Educators' Network (CJEN) Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis

Check out some previous newsletters for samples of Catholic school teachers integrating the Church's social thought into everyday curricula and school activities.

• PowerPoint presentations 

(Download by selecting "Save target as" from the right mouse button menu.)

Overview of Catholic Social Teaching

30 minute version -- This is an abbreviated version used in the video tape presentation produced by the Office for Social Justice.

• Social Justice Resources and links-- St. Marys Press
• Diocese of Richmond, VA Website:    A great rescorce especially for those involved with religious formation on Catholic Social Teaching.
•  Interesting links on justice and peace These are part of a much larger collection of links for Catholic educators on a wide range of topics -- assembled by religious education coordinator at Immaculata Regional High School, British Columbia.
• Public Achievement  A good model for teaching citizenship and social justice skills.
  A growing number of Catholic schools are using this process, with impressive results.

 

• Salt of the Earth-- an excellent online resource on social justice