Are you a fair person?

Take this self evaluation

and decide for yourself.
Are you a fair Person?
Mark your Answer with Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree or Strongly
Disagree.
___________ I treat people the way I want to be treated.
___________ I treat people with equanimity and impartiality.
___________ I am open-minded and reasonable
___________ I play by the rules
___________ I don’t take advantage of people.
___________ I consider the feelings of all people who will
be affected by my action and decisions.
I think I am/am not a fair person because:
______________________________________________
CORRUPTION
UNEMPLOYMENT
INADEQUATE ACCESS TO
EDUCATION
IRRESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD

Irresponsible parent pictures

 HUNGER/POVERTY
Scavenger picture
CRIME
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
 Social Ministry has two main aspects:

Social Social Social

action ministry service
1. SOCIAL SERVICE = CORPORAL ACTS OF MERCY

Feed the hungry

Welcome the strangers
Alms giving
Clothe the naked
Give drink to the thirsty ARRANGED ACCORDING TO
MATTHEW
Visit the sick and imprisoned
Bury the dead
When you are performing social service
you also become involved in solving the
problem in the first place, and the two
are closely related and often blend
together.
2. Social Action is correcting the structures
that perpetuate the need.
Another name for this is Social Justice.
SOCIAL JUSTICE
The Goals of Social Justice and
Parish Outreach are the same:

To follow the command to “love one

another as I have loved you.”

To enable everyone to enter into a

relationship with Christ in such a way, so
that everyone can come to know Christ in
the same way that the Father knows the
Son.
Four Main Aspects of Social Justice

ACES
Advocacy
Giving a voice to those who have no voice.
Community Organizing
Get involve in the community.
Education
Educate ourselves and others about social
justice.
Solidarity
Living as though other people and living
things matter.
 Social Justice Prayer
Almighty and eternal God, may your
grace enkindle in all of us a love for the
many unfortunate people whom
poverty and misery reduce to a
condition of life unworthy of human
beings.
Arouse in the hearts of those who call
you Father a hunger and thirst for
social justice and for fraternal charity
in deeds and in truth.
Grant, O Lord, peace to souls, peace to
families, peace to our country and
peace among nations. Amen