This page provides materials on Catholic Social Teaching. ​Videos and documents are provided here along with study materials.  Catholic Social Teaching is a constitutive dimension of the Gospel of Jesus and the teachings of the Church.

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Respect Life (pamphlets):

Death Penalty
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The Culture of Life
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Assisted Suicide
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Understanding Conscience
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Catholic Social Teaching

The following three videos were developed and posted by Edward Sirois on YouTube. This is a good review and overview of Catholic Social Teaching by a religion teacher of Catholic Morality at one of our Catholic high schools. Posted July, 2016

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

US Catholic Conference of Bishops - CST 101   (CST - Catholic Social Teaching)
Three videos (playlist) from USCCB on the Church's social teaching.  Posted Feb 2016

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Pope's encyclical:  Laudato Si

Fr. James Martin (from America Magazine) discusses Top Ten Things to know about the Pope's encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si.
Get your copy of the encyclical here (free - download)

Reflection from Vatican on Pope's encyclical, Laudato Si  (encyclical on the environment)
Check out these resources on Environmental Justice from the US Catholic Conference of Bishops.

Catholic Climate Covenant:
Online site that includes the Catholic Climate Declaration
and has many of resources related to climate change.
https://catholicclimatecovenant.org/