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Man’s responsibility
for creation:
an integral part
of his being made
an image of God
• ecology only has meaning in the context of a healthy “human ecology” • those who have received more have responsibility for the less fortunate
• question of migration, care for immigrants, rights of the weakest, of the unborn
• ”sanctify ourselves through work” – practice of Christian virtues through work: patience,
humility, generosity, understanding, fortitude, justice, charity: turn work into prayer
• ”sanctify others through work” –good example, occasion to build bonds of solidarity and
friendship with others, of human and spiritual accompaniment
TOPIC 8
CARE FOR CREATION