What are they known for... (Should relate to social justice work)

1st key detail about their life...

2nd key detail about their life....

3rd key detail about their life...

CST Theme(s) person seems most connected to

Meaningful quote from individual

Name or Initials

Founding Sisters of Mercy; helped the poor and vulnerable

1. Died of tuberculosis

2. Declared venerable in 1990

3. Opened House of Mercy in 1827 for education of impoverished women

4. Foundress of schools and hospitals around the globe

Option for the Poor and Vulnerable

"No work of charity can be more productive to the good of society than the careful instruction of women." - Catherine McAuley

Known for selfless service to the poor and marginalized

Key details:

1. Spent decades serving the poorest of the poor

2. Nobel Peace Prize recipient in 1997

3. Canonization as a saint in 2016

CST: Solidarity for serving with love those who are forgotten and alleviating the suffering of those in need.

Quote:

“Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” - Mother Teresa

Made by Cheyenne Morgan

He did a lot of parish work like visiting prisons, organizing catechism classes, and working with others to provide food for the poor.

1. Nominated for the 1979 Nobel Prize for Peace

2. Was assassinated and at his funeral bombs went off

3. He was appointed archbishop of San Salvador in 1977

   
   

Life and Dignity of the human person

“I don’t want to be an anti, against anybody. I simply want to be the builder of a great affirmation: the affirmation of God,who loves us and who wants to save us.” - Oscar Romero

1797-1883

What they are known for:

Sojourner Truth was a formerly enslaved woman who was an activist during the civil war era. She advocated for the abolishing of slavery, women’s rights/suffrage, and temperance. She was an important figure in the civil rights movement during this time alongside Frederick Douglass and William Lord Garrison.

3 Key Details:

1. Published The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, which was an autobiography about her life as an enslaved person

2. Gave a speech entitled “Ain’t I a Woman?” which advocated for women’s suffrage in addition to civil rights

3. Was invited to the White House by Abraham Lincoln

Critical Concern:

Solidarity

Quote:

“I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the sadness around me” - Sojourner Truth

Made by Claire Walsh

He is known for his charity and compassion of the poor.

1. French Saint

2. Founder of the Congregation of the Mission, Daughter of Charity, and Ladies of Charity

3. He was ordained in 1600

Option for the poor and vulnerable

“Since you know the means of getting better, in the name of God, make use of them. Do not take on anything beyond your strength, do not be anxious, do not take things too much to heart, go gently, do not work too long or too hard.” -Saint Vincent de Paul

MA

Cesar Chavez is known as a civil rights latino and farm labor leader who advocated for the rights of farm workers.

1. He is the cofounder of National Farm Workers Association

2. He is a spiritual and social figure

3. He organized a union of farm workers/ leader and community organizer

Cesar Chavez seems most connected to the dignity of work and the rights of workers because he advocates for the appreciation of farm workers and their indispensable contributions to our nation.

“We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community” -Cesar Chavez

Hannah Engler

Born in France

Died in Southeast Asia

He was a monk that want to Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani.

Thomas Merton was a writer that wrote books and poems, concentrated in his passionate work in social justice. The most well known is the Seven Story Mountain,

1)He promoted the commons good with his advocacy reform for race based issues, violence, nuclear war, and the economy.

2) Merton devoted his life to catholic social teaching , and public speaking , such as speaking with Ghandhi.

3)For a pert of his life he lived in solitude to devote himself to Jesus and biblical teaching.

CST theme : solidarity and rights and responsibilities

“peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience “

LH

Known for his efforts of restoring democracy in South Korea and improving relationships with North Korea during his presidency.

1. Founder of the Democratic Party of Korea

2. Captured by communists during the Korean War and was sentenced to death but managed to escape

3. Received a Nobel Prize for peace in the 2000s

Option for the poor and vulnerable

“Democracy is the absolute value that makes for human dignity, as well as the only road to sustained economic development and social justice” - Kim Dae-Jung

Dominican priest who aided the poor

1. Taught at university of Notre Dame and Indiana

2. Known as father of liberation theology

3. Wrote books to promote social Justice about solidarity with the poor.

Solidarity

“If there is no friendship with them [the poor] and no sharing of the life of the poor, then there is no authentic commitment to liberation, because love exists only among equals.”

NB

Main activist during the civil rights movement.

1.) He was an American Baptist minister

2.) He was an activist

3.) He was a political polititon

He was most connected to equal rights and he made such a strong impact that even as he's gone he’s still the main image that they share for that matter.

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

SLD

-Susan B Anthony was never married as she chose to dedicate her life to being an activist.

-Made critical contributions in the fight for women’s right to vote

-Advocated for rights of workers, equal pay, woman’s rights, and was also an abolitionist.

Rights and Responsibilities

“I declare to you that women must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.”

He was the first non-Italian pope in 455 years. He traveled abroad to promote understanding between countries and religions.

1. He’s the youngest bishop in the history of Poland.

2. He embarked on 104 apostolic journeys to 129 different countries.

3. He survived an assassination attempt in 1981.

He’s most connected to “care for God’s creation”. He speaks out for the homeless and said that we should help the poor.

“Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth—in a word, to know himself.” - St. John Paul ll

PK

Born- September 26, 1897

Died- August 6, 197

Lived in Concesio, near Brescia, Italy and in Castel Gandolfo

Being a vocal champion of the Church’s social justice teachings. He fostered improved economical relations with Eastern Orthodox and Protestant churches. They were the pope from 1983-1978. He was the first pope to visit 5 continents. He called for economic justice, and became a hero to many priests and church leaders. He had anti-Spanish views which re-started the was between France and the Habsburg.

Rights and responsibilities

“No one defended; everyone convinced.”

Pope Paul VI

1. Marlo Shuter

He is known for his work on the island of Kalaupapa with those sent to the island for having leprosy.

1. He welcomed these people with leprosy even when he knew it was a contagious disease that had no cure, and he knew he could develop the disease.

2. He died of leprosy in 1889.

3. He brought a church, school, and other establishments to the island to give the lepers of the island hope for their future.

St. Damien would be most connected to the Catholic Social Teaching of Solidarity, because he stood with the lepers of Kalaupapa and worked to show outsiders that leprosy was not as contagious as they had made it seem. He worked to show outsiders that the lepers were people too, even though he did not share the same leprosy until the end of his life.

“Turn all your thoughts and aspirations to heaven. Work hard to secure yourself a place there for ever.”

Abbey Bailey

He’s known for helping free the Indian people from British rule through nonviolent resistance called Satyagraha.

1. Satyagraha, his method of action which promoted nonviolence and civil disobedience as the most appropriate method of obtaining political and social goals, was influenced by Jesus Christ and the Sermon of the Mount.

2. Using the principles of Satyagraha, he led the movement for Indian independence from Britain and was arrested by the British multiple times for his actions.

3. On January 13th, 1948, Gandhi began a fast with the purpose of stopping the bloodshed, and 5 days later the opposing leaders pledged to stop the fighting.

Rights and Responsibilities

“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty” - Gandhi

Aubrey Crish

International symbol of fight for girl’s education, she was shot in 2012 for fighting against the Taliban restrictions on female education in Pakistan

1. She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate

2. She was born in the swat district of Pakistan

3. She gained attention when she stood up to the Taliban publicly

Call to family

“One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world” - Malala Yousafazai

Ava Russell

Born: 8/22/1929 Died: 1/23/1958

In 1950 she first met conventual Franciscan Friar Zeon Zerbrowski and the two worked together to care for destitute people and children in the river side Ants village

1. She was named after pope Francis confirmed her life of her virtue

2. Her childhood was normal and she was known to be a beautiful and joyful girl

3. Venerable satoko kitahara was responsible for making sure villages were rebuilt after the war and is one of the few Japanese Catholics to be recognized for heroic virtue instead of Martyrdom

“ I had thought I was a great Christian because I condescended to dole out some free time.”- satoko kitahara

Mankiller is best known for being a significant leader and advocate for Native Americans’ rights. She was also the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

1. Her surname in the Cherokee language is an homage to a traditional Cherokee military rank, similar to a captain or major.

2. She never felt poor, despite growing up without electricity, indoor plumbing, or telephones in her family’s rural ancestral home for at least 10 years.

3. She was inspired to pursue social activism by a group of Native Americans that took over the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay and claimed it by ‘right of discovery’ to reveal Native Americans’ suffering during 1969.

Family, Community, and Participation

“Remember that I am just a woman who is living a very abundant life. Every step I take forward is on a path paved by strong Indian women before me.” - Wilma Mankiller

M.P.

A Spanish priest who founded the Jesuits and had a major impact in the Counter-Reformation.

1. Lived many of places some including Barcelona, Paris, and Rome. Made a big impact in Alcala and Salamanca as he was hendered.

2. Left family in 1522, hit by cannonball in battle of 1521, lived on the streets of Maresa

3. Connected to solidarity. He traveled to many countries while teaching and studying in hopes to spread God’s word. He put down military fighting to pursue peace for the world no matter race, ethnicity, economics, or any other ideologies

4. “O my God, teach me to be generous

   to serve you as you deserve to be served

   to give without counting the cost

   to fight without fear of being wounded

   to work without seeking rest

   and to spend myself without expecting any reward

   but the knowledge that I am doing your holy will.

   Amen”

McKenna Miller

1. Young Karol Wojtyła(John Paul II) actually rejected the idea of priesthood at first because he was convinced that he should be an active ‘lay Christian,’ involving himself in helping to solve social problems through the Church

2. He travelled to various places to reconcile with a few other religions who were victims of a wrongdoing from the Catholic Community and to promote understanding between countries and religions.

3. He advocated for the poor, refugees, migrants, and indigenous peoples, encouraged dialogue on “the ecological question,” and urged Christians “to show special favor to those who are poorest, most alone and most in need.”

Rights & Responsibilities

“The more ready you are to give yourselves to God and to others, the more you will discover the authentic meaning of life.” - St. John Paul II

S.R.

April 10th, 1930 (currently 93)

What they are known for:

Co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association, Dolores Clara Fernandez Huerta is one of the most influential labor activists of the 20th century and a leader of the Chicano civil rights movement.  

3 Key Details:

1. Discrimination she faced throughout her life motivated her fight for Chicano civil rights. Such as, being accused of cheating by a teacher who was prejudiced against Hispanics and her brother being brutally beat by white men.

2. In 1962, Huerta and César Chávez founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), the predecessor of the United Farm Workers’ Union (UFW), which formed three year later. Huerta served as UFW vice president until 1999.

3. Huerta helped organize the 1965 Delano strike of 5,000 grape workers and was the lead negotiator in the workers’ contract that followed.

Critical Concern:

Dignity of Work and Rights of Workers

Quote:

“Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.” - Dolores Huerta

Made by Claire Walsh

Civil rights activist

1. Became a poster in 1954

2. Lead a march in Washington D.C

3. Win a Nobel peace prize

Life and dignity of human life

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that.”

NB

St.Teresa of Calcutta was nun, missionary, and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity.

-She did missionary work for the poor and taught in India for 17 years

-Was canonized by the Catholic Church and September 5th is her feast day

-received the Nobel Peace prize in 1979

Option for the poor and vulnerable

“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread”

Author, disability rights advocate, political rights activist and lecturer.

Known for being blind and deaf while flying a plane. She advocated for for socialism and gave speeches.

CST: call to family, community, and participation. Even with setbacks, she did amazing things. She didn’t let her disabilities define who she was as a person.

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.”

M.D.

Death: October 24, 2005

1st key detail: Created the bus boycott movement

2nd key detail: Helped speak out against justice

3rd key detail: Created her own book

CST: Call to participation

“You must be fearful about what you are doing when it is right”

Elizabeth Bromley

Known for her social action efforts with the Catholic Worker Movement

Key Details:

1. She rejected organized religion in college because she didn’t see so-called “religious people” helping the poor.

2. In 1933, co-founded a newspaper called the Catholic Worker

3. In the late 1990s steps were taken with the Vatican to begin the canonization process for Day

CST: Rights and Responsibilities for integrating social activism and Catholic religious traditions through her work to aid the poor, educate others about social injustices, and create and reform social structures.

Quote:

“Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them.” - Dorothy Day

Made by Cheyenne Morgan

Physician and activist whose advocacy focused on the medical and environmental hazards of nuclear weapons

1. Founded Physicians for Social Responsibility

2. Had been awarded 21 honorary doctoral degrees

3. Co-founded Beyond Nuclear

Care for God’s Creation

“The future of our children is a trust we have been given. To conserve and grow, not to squander waste fully on needless excesses. The earth is a trust, to protect and to honor. Our home, our livelihood, our future rests in the quality of our stewardship. Let us become better stewards.” - Helen Caldicott

Desmond Tutu was a human rights activist of South Africa. He was beset known for his opposition to apartheid in South Africa.

1. He won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for he efforts in resolving and ending apartheid

2. He was an archbishop

3. He was the first black Anglican Dean of Johnsonburg in 1975

He is most connected with the life and dignity of the human person catholic social teaching because he fights for equality and respect among all people of all races.

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” -Desmond Tutu

Hannah Engler

Known for

Founder of special Olympics

She helps others treat others who have an disability in the world.

Key details

1. She received a lot of awards including a presidential

2. She is married to Sargent Shriver

3. She has 8 siblings

   quote

   “ Let me win, but if I cannot win , let me be brave in the attempt “ . Eunice Kennedy Shriver

   CST

   She is connect to life and dignity of the human person because she has dignity of work to show others that they have help people who have a disability.

   MR

She was a civil rights activist and advocated for racial equality.

1. She’s from Louisville

2. She and her husband bought a house for an African American couple in an all white neighborhood

3. She was a journalist and educator

CST theme: solidarity

“As long as people of color can be written off as expendable, and therefore acceptable victims of the most extreme inequities, none of the basic injustices of our society will be addressed; they will only get worse.” -Anne Braden

MA

St. Katharine Drexel was born in Philadelphia.

1)her mother and step mother died at a young age, after watching others suffer she embodied a love for God and her neighbors, she began advocacy for Black and Native Americans.

2)St.Katherine Drexel was a sister of mercy

3)she opened a school to continue her mission called St.Katherines Indian School in Santa Fe NM.

CST theme : option for the poor and vulnerable

“The patient and humble endurance of the cross- whatever nature it may be- is the highest work we have to do. “

LH

She is best know for being a. climate change activist and autism activist.

1. At age 11, she became so sad about climate change that she temporarily stopped speaking.

2. She has Asperger syndrome.

3. At age 15, she skipped school to protest outside parliament for more action against climate change.

She connects most to “care for God’s creation” because she is trying to protect the earth and the future of life on earth.

“I have leaned that you are never too small to make a difference.” - Greta Thunberg

PK

She is known for her work in the Civil Rights movement, but most known for purchasing a home, with her husband, for a Black couple, the Wades, and helping them move into a fully White neighborhood. There was much resistance against both couples, but the Bradens never stopped supporting the Wades; even throughout the condemnation they received.

1. Anne became a civil rights activist after witnessing a march of Black veterans to the Birmingham courthouse for Black suffrage.

2. She wrote for the Louisville Times when she returned to her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.

3. She was accused of being affiliated with the Communist Party when she and her husband bought the home for the Black couple, the Wades.

The Catholic Social Teaching Anne Braden is most closely associated with is solidarity for her work with the Civil Rights Movement.

“As long as people of color can be written off as expendable, and therefore acceptable victims of the most extreme inequities, none of the basic injustices of our society will be addressed; they will only get worse.”

Abbey Bailey

Blessed Stanley Rother was the first martyr born in the United States and the first U.S. priest to be beatified.

1. He completed his studies at Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and was ordained a priest on May 25, 1963.

2. While he served in Guatemala, a civil war raged between the militarist government forces and the guerrillas. Eventually, Father Rother’s name appeared on a death list so Father Rother returned home to Oklahoma. He didn’t stay long, though, as he was determined to give his life completely to his people, stating that “the shepherd cannot run.”

3. Within a few months, three men entered the rectory around 1 a.m. on July 28, 1981, fought with Father Rother and then executed him.

Rights and Responsibilities

“What can we do but our work, keep our heads down, preach the gospel of love and non-violence, etc.” - Blessed Stanley Rother

Aubrey Crish

Muhammad Ali advocates for humanitarian causes, civil rights and religious freedom.

1. He refused to fight in Vietnam War.

2. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1960.

3. His real name is Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.

   
   

   Solidarity

   
   

   “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life” Muhammad Ali

   
   

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Known for non-violent struggles for democracy and human rights.

1. Recieved the Nobel Prize of Peace in 1991 recognizing her work of peace

2. Her father, a Burmese nationalist leader who secured the independence of Burma from Great Britain, was assassinated in 1947

3. Suu Kyi was under house arrest in Yangon and the military offered to free her if only she agreed to leave Myanmar

Life and Dignity of the Human Person

“The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear” - Aung San Suu Kyi

Known for being a professional boxer and known for his message of black pride and black resistance to white domination and refusing induction into U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.

1. He was named after an Anti-Slavery activist Cassius Marcellus Clay.

2. Ali won 56 of the 61 fights in his career

3. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1960.

Life and Dignity of human life.

“It isn’t the mountain ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe” - Muhammad Ali

Ava Russell

Known For: being the first black president of South Africa, focused on destroying the Apartheid government, and won Nobel peace prize.

Nelson lived the majority of his life in Johannesburg and made the most impact in the majority of South Africa.

1) He was arrested for sabotage, treason, and violent conspiracy

2) was sworn into presidency of a new South African government

3) has a National day in his honor.

He contributed to common good by not only bing a spokesman, but also an advocate for racial equality in South Africa.

Mandela was big on promoting peace, he on multiple occasions peacefully made and acted in movement dedicated towards equality. He even won a Nobel peace prize.

“It is on your hands, to make a better world for all who live in it.”

H.R.W

1. She was an American lay missionary who was beaten, raped, and murdered along with three fellow missionaries—Ita Ford, Maura Clarke and Dorothy Kazel—by members of the military of El Salvador.

2. In La Libertad, El Salvador, 1979, she taught religion, hygiene, and nutrition and worked with a Christian Base Community.

3. She joined Maryknoll nuns in transporting displaced peasants from war zones to Catholic refugee centers because of the escalating Civil War.

Option For The Poor And Vulnerable

“Several times I have decided to leave El Salvador. I almost could, except for the children, the poor, bruised victims of this insanity. Who would care for them? Whose heart could be so staunch as to favor the reasonable thing in a sea of their tears and loneliness?”

A peace activist from Northern Ireland.

A co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize with Betty Williams in 1976 for their work as co-founder of the Women for Peace.

She held peace marches and peace rallies with over 10,000 attendees.

The lie and dignity of the human person

“You know, peace is not a big thing to ask for. We have a human right to peace. And everyone in their hearts—what do people want around the world? They want peace for themselves, for their families, for their communities. They want enough to eat, they want a decent home, they want human security, they want to be able to freely speak how they feel and what they believe in. They want to be able to listen carefully to what others feel and what they believe in.”

-Mairead Maguire

Marlo Shuter

Sister Dorothy worked with the Pastoral Land Commission, an organization of the Catholic Church that fights for the rights of rural workers and peasants, and defends land reforms in Brazil.

1. She entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur community.

2. She was named “Woman of the Year” by the state of Para for her efforts in the Amazon region.

3. Before she was shot, she took her Bible from her bag and began to read the Beatitudes.

“Every life has value and deserves to be treated with dignity and respect." - Sr. Dorothy Stang

M.P.

He was a French Catholic social activist and De La Salle Brother who sought out the Catholic Worker Movement in 1933.

1.) He was the Founder of the Catholic Worker Movement.

2.) Peter taught as a Brother in Paris for 7 years.

3.) Peter was born into a very large peasant family in the south of France.

The dignity of rights for workers. I feel this because it was around that time when people were getting injured due to the work force with no precautions taken into action.

“The future will be different if we make the present different.”

SLD

A catholic priest who struggled with his own homosexuality

1. One of the most influential spiritual writers and professors. Started many movements with Catholic Church.

2. Wrote 40 books, taught at Harvard & Yale, and founder of henri nouwen society

3. Rights & Responsibilities

Born:12/17/1982 ( currently 40 years old)

Co founded WE charity , which provides a holistic development model called WE villages, helping to lift more than one million people out of poverty in Africa, Asia and Latin America

1. Was the youngest ever graduate from the Kellogg Schulich Executive MBA Program

2. Is a Canadian human rights activist and social entrepreneur

3. Is proof that one person San change the world

“ We want to end poverty and protect our environment. But we think the most efficient way of achieving that is to change the way a generation of young people is educated. That’s how you’ll shift the world. There’s no magic bullet to end poverty in the world.” - Craig Keilburger

Helen Keller was an advocate for disability rights, she lectured for political rights, and she wrote many books.

She is known for the massive obstacle she overcame in order to complete those things. She wrote 12 books, and flew a plane.

Her Catholic social teaching value would be community, due to the extreme lengths she went through in order to advocate for multiple causes.

"To keep on trying in spite of disappointment and failure is the only way to keep young and brave. Failures become victories if they make us wise-hearted."

HW