Children: key to the good of society

Material progress has also created a sense of being well off. How can we help our children love to work?
Tags: Justice, Poverty, Solidarity, Work, Society, Venezuela

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Fill this land with love

"God will help us to be saints by working at our jobs out of a sense of justice. Not just fulfulling the duties of justice but those of charity too, which means putting our hearts into things."
Tags: Friendship, Charity, Understanding, Justice, Holiness, Solidarity, Love, Society

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Benedict XVI , Angelus, 21.03.2010

In his Angelus prayer, the pope asked Catholics to be understanding of people but not solely of their sins. He urged people to follow Jesus example, who condemned sin but didnt condemn the sinner. After the Angelus prayer, the Pope recalled how next Sunday, Palm [...]
Tags: Contrition, Conversion, Jesus Christ, Justice, Benedict XVI, Penance, Forgiveness

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Dont be satisfied with justice alone

Charity goes beyond justice
Tags: Charity, Justice, Service, Solidarity

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The 'megamoms', in the Philippines

Barrio Luz is one of the biggest urban poor communities in Cebu (Philippines). Residents here are mainly fire victims from various squatter communities. Families live in shacks measuring an average 15 square meters for at least five family members. Most parents are unemployed, except for [...]
Tags: Formation, Justice, Solidarity

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Spanish TV report wins international Harambee Communicating Africa prize

“Women for a Better World”, a TV report directed by Mayte Pascual, produced by Spanish television channel TVE, and broadcast as part of the programme Weekly Update, has won the Audiovisual prize in the third Harambee International “Communicating Africa” contest, 2008. The jury awarded second [...]
Tags: Justice, Service, Solidarity, Communication, Harambee

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Education and civil responsibility

A man or a society that does not react to suffering and injustice and makes no effort to alleviate them is still distant from the love of Christ's heart. While Christians enjoy the fullest freedom in finding and applying various solutions to these problems, they [...]
Tags: Education, Justice, Solidarity

Testimony

The Church’s social teaching will get across when people practice it

Fr. Enrique Colom lectures in moral theology (justice and the social teaching of the Church) at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome. He first met St Josemaria in October 1960, a few months after joining Opus Dei. Over the following ten years he [...]
Tags: Citizenship, Justice, Solidarity, Work, Consistency

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Harambee Africa International

Harambee – All Together for Africa – is a solidarity initiative that originated around the canonization of St Josemaria Escriva. Harambee promotes educational programmes in Africa and about Africa – developmental projects on the sub-Saharan region and awareness-building activities elsewhere designed to encourage a positive [...]
Tags: Gratitude, Canonization, Education, Justice, Solidarity, Harambee

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Metro Achievement Center, US

Metro Achievement Center is a youth education center run by Midtown Educational Foundation. Pupils there are from majority Hispanic and Afro-American backgrounds, coming from the most deprived parts of Chicago. Since 1994, Metro has been housed in a 1,500m ² building with classrooms, two IT [...]
Tags: Friendship, Study, Children, Justice, Youth, Poverty