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• Stewardship

  Responsible care for something that has been entrusted to us
• Stewardship


  Responsibility to care for and protect God's creation (environment, natural resources, and all living beings)
• Gifts that we have

  • Time
  • Talent
  • Treasure
• Time, Talent, Treasure


  Precious and cannot be stored up like grain in a barn
• Laudato Si

  Obligation to care for all that has been given out of love and respect for the creator
• Laudato Si


  • Interconnectedness of all creation
  • Care for the environment
  • Integral ecology
• Integral ecology


  God-centered (Environmental), Consistent respect (Economic), Ethics of solidarity (Social), Option for the poor (Cultural)
• Root causes of the problem

  • Throw away culture
  • Techno-economic paradigm
• Family


  • Central to God's plan
  • Primary place where faith is cultivated and lived out
• Four Notions of Family

  • Person is sacred and social
  • The family is the first place where we learn to become human, it is the 'cradle of life and love'
  • Family is the temple where the flame of life is transmitted
  • Family is born from the communion of persons
• Challenges to Family

  • Cultural changes: individualism
  • Religious context: a significant drop in religion
  • Anthropological changes
  • Conflicts and social tensions
  • Technology: Unnatural Procedures of life and health
• Work


  Value and dignity of work
• 1891 - Pope Leo XIII Rerum Novarum - emphasized the dignity of work
• Work

  • More than just a way to earn but it is a way to participate in God's creation
  • An expression of the creativity we possess as images of God
• Aspects of Work

  • Work is toil
  • Work has the potential value to be very good
• Work has the potential value to be very good

  Provides livelihood, allows us to grow as people, contributes to the common good, shares in God's work
• Social structure


  Way the units of society relate to each other
• Types of social structures

  • Sinful social structure
  • Graced social structure
• Sinful social structure


  Dehumanize individuals or groups
• Graced social structure


  Promote life
• Fratteli Tutti


  Calls for a love that transcends the barriers of geography and distance, and declares blessed all those who love their brother 'as much when he is far away from him as when he is with him
• Solidarity


  Combatting the structural causes of poverty, inequality, the lack of work, land, and housing, the denial of social and labor right
• Stewardship


  The responsible care for something that has been entrusted to us
• Stewardship in Catholic Social Teaching

  • Our responsibility to care for and protect God's creation, including the environment, natural resources, and all living beings
  • A call to be responsible and accountable for the gifts that we have and to use them wisely and justly for the common good
• Good steward


  Someone who uses the gifts and resources entrusted to them responsibly and for the greater good
• Genesis 1:26-28: 'God gave humans dominion over the earth and its creatures, entrusting them with the responsibility to care for and cultivate the land'
• Matthew 25:14-30: 'The Parable of the Talents teaches us that we are called to use the resources and talents that God has given us to serve Him and others<|>We are accountable for how we use our gifts and resources, and we are called to use them wisely and for the greater good'
• Gifts that we have

  • Time
  • Talent
  • Treasure
• Time


  Our time is precious and cannot be stored up like grain in a barn. Once a moment passes, it is gone forever. Your gift of time is unique because you are the only one who can give it
• Talent


  All of us have special talents or gifts. These talents and gifts are not given to us just for our own use but are given to us for the enrichment of the lives of others
• Treasure


  God owns everything. God is not critical of those who do well and make a good living. But we have the obligation and duty to help one another. A faithful steward shuns ostentation and seeks proper use of the gifts of God's creation
• Laudato Si


  Woven throughout Laudato Si is the theme of stewardship—the obligation to care for all that has been given out of love and respect for the Creator who gave it and love and respect for those with whom it is to be shared
• Key themes in Laudato Si

  • The interconnectedness of all creation
  • The call to care for the environment as stewards
  • The need for an integral ecology that recognizes the interdependence of social, economic, and environmental issues
• Interconnectedness of all creation

  • Human life is grounded in three fundamental and closely intertwined relationships: with God, with our neighbor, and with the earth itself
  • Pope Francis says that earth should not be seen as a "profit" but as a "gift"
• Care for the environment

  • Creation provides us with the physical fabric of our lives; the natural environment gives us the stuff we use every day
  • Creation is a gift from God and provides us with these things, the basics for our lives, yet it can so easily and so often be taken for granted
  • We have not been providing protection and care for the very place we call "home"
• 4 integral dimensions of ecological responsibility

  • God-centered
  • Consistent respect
  • Ethics of solidarity
  • Option for the poor
• God-centered


  The God-centered and sacramental view of the universe, which grounds human accountability for the fate of the earth
• Consistent respect


  The consistent respect for human life, which extends to respect for all creation
• Ethics of solidarity


  The worldview affirming the ethical significance of global interdependence and the common good. An ethics of solidarity promoting cooperation and a just structure of sharing in the world community
• Option for the poor

  An understanding of the universal purpose of created things, which requires equitable use of the earth's resources. A conception of authentic development, which offers a direction for progress that respects human dignity and the limits of material growth