Call to Family, Community, and Participation

Having the right to life must mean that everyone else has a responsibility towards me. By his law, God goes not intend to dominate or control our will, but for us to walk with him. As the Lord, God said: "It is not good for man to be alone." Therefore, God wants us to be connected with one another as a family, community, and participate with one another though peace and love through all matters. All as one tribe, one planet, one race as brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers. It does not matter what color, nationality, or country from which we originate. That's how God wants us to live. We can make this happen by attacking the problem not the person with kindness, charity, and hope for one another. That's one way we can change the world to make it a better place. As long as we try to fix problems without any conflict at all and we are understanding towards another, the problems we are going through in the world today such as poverty, slavery, world hunger, the economy, loss of jobs and many others. As long as we do it the right way, we will finally find the love because that's what it's all about.
- Brittany

Solidarity

Solidarity means that we are all one with each other. It also means that we have forgiveness for one another. Solidarity is a Christian virtue. And saying that we know that we have a responsibility to help one another and also care for on another and to just not hate each other even if you don't like someone, as in a classmate, co-worker, etc. Acting out Solidarity makes you a good Samaritan, and you can achieve this by helping someone out if they're being beat-up or need help studying for a really important test. Solidarity is also to help your neighbor, help out at a charity, donate to a hospital, or anything that can bring the world together. Seclusion isn't an example of solidarity because it means you are just all by yourself and shove people away instead of actually letting people into your life and having friends. Solidarity can make you really think about how you should live, like in the Cube of Love and how it says to love your enemy, love everyone, etc. The Cube of love is a great way to live out solidarity. Take some time out of your day just to talk to someone you usually ignore. By pulling people together in small ways, we contribute to uniting the world.

-Aaron

Care for God’s Creation

This is Earth Song, and it is about making our planet a better place, and caring for our environment before it is too late.

As many of you know, we only have one planet. You may also know that that one planet we have is in grave danger. We, as a people, have contributed to the dire state that Earth is in. We have to fix this. We can't just go to Mars when we're done ruining this planet. Disrespect towards what God has given us, a place to live and raise future generations, is disrespect shown towards God. We have, more than any generation before us, made a very negative impact on this world. Care for God's Creation simply means to care for all that he has created. He has made it just for us and we need to show how grateful we are. That includes, but is not limited to: the Earth, the Universe, you, and me. He has given all of theses things to us as a sign of love, and we have the responsibility to take care of it. We can do this in multiple ways. I am sure we've all seen the public announcements advertising recycling, using less energy, and planting trees. What most people don't realize is that you can do more than that. We can educate, enlighten, and share our beliefs. For ideas you can go to these addresses:
http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/gather/help.htm
http://www.practicalenvironmentalist.com/21-practical-ways-to-help-the-environment
http://www.panda.org/how_you_can_help/greenliving/
http://planetsave.com/blog/2010/02/23/how-to-help-the-environment/
-Waverly

Life and Dignity of the Human Person

This is pretty much about god and life, the two most precious things in the universe.

Since this is the very first post, I think it's appropriate to start off with the most basic social teaching: Life and Dignity of the Human Person. This basically means that the human life is sacred, and that the destruction of it, no matter the circumstances, is wrong. The human life is an extremely precious thing. Though, as unfortunate as it may be, recently, people seem to have forgotten that. Such things as euthanasia, the death penalty, cloning, and more, threaten the dignity of life. These things, while not handled lightly, still occur. We must remember that just because something is legal, like abortion for example, does not make it right. Life is what God gave to us, and only he has the right to take it away. Remember, though when there is a will, there is a way. We can do something. We can protect the dignity of life by doing the simplest thing that I know of: speaking. Many are under the misconception that one voice makes no difference. Don't be one of them. Simply by talking to the people around you, sharing your knowledge, speaking up for what is right, you could save someone’s life, and maybe even the world.
-Waverly