POVERTYA Poverty of Resources, Riches, and Personhood

Poverty

SCV.03 identify the role of Scripture in ethical and moral decision-making; PFV.01 describe the role of the Church as an institution empowered by the Holy

Spirit and charged with the responsibility of the moral and ethical formation of her people;

PFV.03 explore ways Church teaching can help people understand contemporary ethical and moral issues as part of the discernment process.

CMV.03 apply a contemporary understanding of conscience to the process of conscience formation and moral decision-making;

CMV.05 apply Church teaching to contemporary ethical and moral issues. PSV.02 define the broad meaning of the term “vocation” as an adoption of a

stance before all forms of work as service to God and for others; FLV.03 apply related Church teaching to values and practices that promote or

undermine relationships and the sacredness of life.

We will describe the interdependence of poverty, participation, rights, work, and solidarity by applying them to contemporary issues.

Poverty

Poverty is often characterized by a lack of financial resources. This definition is subjective and relative to the community in which the person lives (i.e., a person in Toronto requires a higher income than someone in North Bay in order to maintain a similar standard of living).

Poverty is better described as a lack of the basic conditions required to live a full and dignified life. This definition goes beyond personal resources and encompasses a much broader scope of need, considering both material and spiritual conditions.

Poverty

Food Clothing Shelter Health Care Rest Financial security

Education Dignity Self-worth Love Safety Voice and Choice

Material Spiritual

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The conditions which foster poverty are often intertwined so that the material needs prompt spiritual needs and vice-versa. Similarly, improving the conditions of one type, can lead to an improvement in the other type.

In this way, community, rights & responsibilities, the poor & vulnerable, work, and solidarity are all interdependent in the pursuit of human dignity.

Poverty

In order to examine the questions and conditions related to poverty, you will: select one item from each of the two

following groups, review it and respond to the questions

provided. prepare to describe what it says about:

Cause Effect CST

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In Search of the Good: Pages 209-226 Questions 1-5, 8

Living Justice & Peace: 200-221 (ch.7) Questions 1-6, 8-11, 13-18

Living Justice & Peace: Page 226-251 (ch.8) Questions 2-3, 5-9, 11-17,

19-21

Council of Churches Letter What are the key points? How do they challenge society? Do you agree/disagree?

Guardian Article Questions as provided

ACBO Letter Questions as provided

Web Reviews What are the key points? How do they challenge society? Do you agree/disagree?

Background/Context Application/Issues

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As you read, consider how you might describe your learning in the following categories using a graffiti board protocol.

Causes (short and long term); Effects (local and global, personal and

communal); Application to CST

(i.e., participation, rights, poverty, work, solidarity).

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Review the graffiti boards and jot some ideas in your notes (mind map, fishbone, journal, point form): What is new to you? What might you add? What might you ask? With what might you agree? With what might you argue?