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• Pope Paul VI taught that "if you want peace, work for justice"
• The Gospel calls us to be peacemakers
• We are one human family whatever our national, racial, ethnic, economic and ideological differences
• Loving our neighbor has global dimensions in a shrinking world
• We are our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers, wherever they may be
• Solidarity is the pursuit of justice and peace
• Peace and order

  An occurrence of harmony characterized by the lack of violence, conflict behaviors, and the freedom from fear of violence
• Consumerism is another clear example of ‘social sin’
• Changes caused by consumerism

  • We become enslaved by our possessions and obsessed with getting more
  • We close ourselves off to our own spiritual needs
  • We contribute to the poverty and unjust exploitation of others
• The Seventh Commandment guards property from two kinds of theft
• Consumerism becomes a vice by effecting certain typical changes:
• Consumerism leads to the theme of private property
• Paul VI: '“Private property does not constitute for anyone an absolute and unconditional right. No one is justified in keeping for his exclusive use what he does not need, when others lack necessities.”
• The right to private property is valid and necessary, but it does not dissolve the value of this principle
• The prophets constantly warned against theft from above, the rich robbing the poor
• The Church’s position on private property is that it is valid and necessary, but second to the intrinsically social function of all property
• The Seventh and Tenth Commandments protect property from theft “from above” (rich and powerful robbing the poor) and theft “from below” (the have-nots robbing the well-to-do)
• Ways to be responsible consumers

  • Be grateful and contented with what one has
  • Guard oneself against greediness
  • Live a simple lifestyle
  • Prioritize needs over wants
  • Be responsible consumers of the earth’s resources
  • Be accountable for the goods of the earth and generous with own resources
• Consumerism becomes a vice by effecting certain typical changes:
• Consumerism leads to the theme of private property
• Effects of consumerism

  • We become enslaved by our possessions and obsessed with getting more
  • We close ourselves off to our own spiritual needs
  • We contribute to the poverty and unjust exploitation of others
• The right to private property is valid and necessary
• The Seventh Commandment guards property from two kinds of theft: theft from above (rich robbing the poor)
• Consumerism is another clear example of ‘social sin’
• The Church’s position on private property is that it is valid and necessary, but second to the intrinsically social function of all property
• Private property does not constitute for anyone an absolute and unconditional right. No one is justified in keeping for his exclusive use what he does not need, when others lack necessities
• Believing (Mind)

  The first dimension of faith includes recognizing the truth about Jesus Christ and his teachings to His people. Believing that Jesus Christ is the one chosen by God to save and deliver mankind from its sins
• Doing (Will)

  Faith is not only knowing but also doing our mission which is to follow, love, and serve God and our neighbors. Refers to our actions in what we uphold in our faith and our need for Christ’s spirit in actualizing our faith
• Cf. PCP II 64-65: 'Faith is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and through Him, with the Father, through the Holy Spirit, a decision to commit oneself to Christ, follow him, and strive to know and accept the truths he continues to teach through his Church'
• Doing (Will)

  Faith involves not only knowing but also doing the mission of following, loving, and serving God and neighbors, needing Christ's spirit to actualize faith