tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post2080167963674249230..comments2023-07-01T00:39:39.762-07:00Comments on Father Geoff Farrow: Words & Deeds.Father Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904564207135202567noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-87342012067956214632011-03-15T08:51:34.635-07:002011-03-15T08:51:34.635-07:00I'm glad someone is finally reminding people o...I'm glad someone is finally reminding people of the Church's long history of Social Justice. In the late 1960s I was a student in Catholic high school staffed by Sisters of Mercy and Diocesan priests. The junior year Religion curriculum was the Social Teaching of the Church. We studied Rerum Novarum and Quadrogessimo Anno, both of which have been affirmed by every Pope since Leo XIII. In the mid-80s I read The USCCB Pastoral Letter on the Economy while at student at Yale Divinity School. I've heard very few priests or bishops in the last 15-20 years even mention these documents. Either they don't teach them in the seminaries, or the priests don't want to offend those parishoners who butter their bread, as it were. Thankfully and somewhat to my surprise, at the suggestion of our Archbishop, my parish has started a monthly discussion group on the Social Teaching of the Church and how it applies today. I'm hopeful that we've turned a corner, and the fixation on and the vitriol associated with the campaign against same-sex marriage and abortion will give way to a deeper understanding of social justice in a larger context.BobinCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349641483981235572noreply@blogger.com