Standing Against the Darkness: What Cardijn’s Courage Teaches Us Today There’s a story from our Church’s history that keeps me awake at night—not because it’s frightening, but because it’s convicting. Picture this: It’s July 1924. While many Catholics across Italy, Belgium, and France are quietly (or not so quietly) cheering on Mussolini’s consolidation of power,... Continue Reading →
Scribes, Labor, and Technology
Today is Labor Day in the US. On this day, we reflect on the great strides men and women have taken throughout history to protect workers and bring about social reform and justice in the marketplace. In the Eastern Rites, it is the liturgical New Year. Glory to Jesus Christ! In Matthew 22:35-46, Jesus responds... Continue Reading →
Mediums, use them wisely
From 1948 until he died in 1969, Fr. Louis J. Twomey published a newsletter out of Loyola University New Orleans, "Christ's Blueprint for the South," to educate his fellow Jesuits on Catholic social teaching and challenge them to put it into practice. Think See-Judge-Act as the theme of the newsletters. As Marshall McLuhan famously stated, 'The medium is the message.' The... Continue Reading →
A model for change YOUR world for the Greater Good
Cardinal Joseph Cardijn is credited with developing the See-Judge-Act (SJA) method/model, a core principle in Catholic Social Teaching. Here's how they are connected: Cardijn's Innovation: Cardinal Cardijn, a Belgian priest who lived from 1882 to 1967, was a visionary who devised the See-Judge-Act method/model. His work was born at a time when the Industrial Revolution... Continue Reading →
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