This is Memindia 2 of 8 in the Social Justice Pack 1!

This breakout hit for the Black Eyed Peas combines rap and singing into a powerful call for love and truth by pointing to the many ways we violate love and respect.

In understanding Catholic Social Justice Teaching, everything starts from the point of human dignity: the value, worth, and divine image that we all carry. Only when that’s respected can all the other needs be addressed.

Faith Topics:

• Social Justice Principle #1
• Respect for Life & Dignity
• Everyone is Neighbor

Prayer:

• Guided Meditation
• Respect Reflection

Activity:

• Letter Writing
• Letter to the Disrespected

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The name of DoSomething.org is fairly self-explanatory: dedicated to young people, especially teens, who want to change the world this website provides everything needed to empower youth to work for good: learning resources, forums, project ideas, clubs to found, and grants to fund it.

In this first introductory Memindia of this Social Justice Pack, I summarize the seven principles of social justice teaching and how this website supports all of them! Each principle will then be explored in subsequent Memindia.

Faith Topics:

• Catholic Social Justice
• Overview of 7 Principles

Prayer:

• Original Recitation
• Prayer for Courage

Activity:

• Personal Growth Challenge
• Do Something!

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Wingclips identify movie clips that connect to faith topics and scripture passages and provide not only sermon ideas but also the actual movie clips! They’ve negotiated a limited license agreement with the distributors of the movies that they offer so that if you subscribe (free for medium resolution or paid for high res in multiple formats – most noticably the one friendly to Powerpoint) you can download the edited clips and play them from a computer.

I’m going to give some thought to what they’re doing and how we might work together. Perhaps I could become an affiliate for them or they could become an idea provider for me? Who knows, but exciting things are possible.

Party in the USA? Try Catholic Mass: party on whole planet!

In this incredibly catchy and sweet tune, Miley Cyrus describes the anxiety of arriving in Los Angeles for the first time being calmed by hearing and dancing to familiar music. The national nature of popular music helps her feel connected, even away from home.

We as Catholics have something even more powerful than music that connects us to each other, not just in the USA but everywhere on the planet: the ritual of the Mass. And contrary to popular perception (and perhaps practice!) it’s supposed to be a party too!

Faith Topics:

• The Mass:
• Comfort in Familiarity
• Global in Reach

Prayer:

• Traditional Recitation
• Eucharistic Prayer I (The Roman Canon)

Activity:

• Game
• Name That Tune

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You say you love God. Can you walk the walk or only talk the talk?

In this hit single, Iyaz sings of a man who changes for the Shawty (really attractive girl) he loves. Since he can’t get her out of his head (like his iPod stuck on replay), he finds himself doing things he’s never done: like cooking in the kitchen for her.

If we say we love God, we should be more like the guy in the song: changing our ways, doing new things to please God. We’re called to ‘be Jesus’ to the world; that means answering the call to conversion and holiness – walking the walking of loving God.

Faith Topics:

• Being Jesus
• Call to Conversion
• Striving for Holiness

Prayer:

• Scriptural Meditation
• Walking the Walk

Activity:

• Game
• Truth or Dare: Church Edition

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Catholic Social Justice Pack Memindia 1 (of 8, eventually!)

The name of DoSomething.org is fairly self-explanatory: dedicated to young people, especially teens, who want to change the world this website provides everything needed to empower youth to work for good: learning resources, forums, project ideas, clubs to found, and grants to fund it.

In this first introductory Memindia of this Social Justice Pack, I summarize the seven principles of social justice teaching and how this website supports all of them! Each principle will then be explored in subsequent Memindia.

Faith Topics:

• Social Justice Principles
• HERE
• HERE

Prayer:

• Original Recitation
• Prayer for Courage

Activity:

• Personal Growth Challenge
• Do Something!

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The Good, The Bad, The YouTube

On YouTube, you can find breathtakingly beautiful storytelling or breathtakingly vile material. Which are you viewing? What are you posting?

Why does God allow such evil in the world? While we might not have a great answer to that question, we do know that we’re called to evangelize the world to convert against that evil.

Faith Topics:

• Problem of Evil
• Evangelize the World
• Call to Conversion

Prayer:

• Traditional Recitation
• Examination of Conscience

Activity:

• Personal Growth Challenge
• Find or Post Something Good on YouTube

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The next Exclusive will be released tomorrow about DoSomething.org. I’m planning a series of Memindia on Catholic Social Justice teaching and this Memindia will be the introductory kick off to that pack.

Thanks for your understanding and patience. New postings tomorrow!

What’s your vision of sex?

The Secret Life of the American Teenager takes a look at the many ways American teens relate to sex; and it’s a mess!

And yet, this honest portrait provides good context for discussion of what the Church teaches and why about sex.

Faith Topics:

• Sex
• Love
• Marriage

Prayer:

• Scriptural Meditation
• Jesus on Sex

Activity:

• Letter Writing
• A Letter to Your Future Spouse

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