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Welcome to the Personal view on Catholic Social Thought Wikia The purpose of this wiki page is to explore the principles revolving around the Catholic Social Thought and how self and community as concepts have an interrelationship within these principles.

What does it mean by "Catholic Social Thought"? Catholic Social Thought (CST) is comprised of various principles which help individuals develop themselves. The CST refers to "a body of papal and hierarchal teaching" (Curran, 2001) which means it derived from the catholic church. The principles often apply to all individuals and promotes the work of personal, self development to become apart of the live community. The purpose of Catholic Social Thought is to mould a person's 'self' to to be there best self possible and signify the importance of being apart of the community and it's done by considering all of the principles;

Dignity of the Human Person Common Good and Community Subsidiarity Preferential Option for the Poor Participation The Universal Purpose of Goods Stewardship of Creation Promotion of Peace Global Solidarity How 'self' and 'community' are interrelated. The concepts of self and community are highly interrelated in regards to the Catholic Social Thought principles. The personal development of ones self can be viewed to be a communal growth, due to the fact that bettering ones self evidently leads back to the community. I support this because an injection of certain principles on one individual can influence others within the community to follow. The interrelationship is based off the understanding that everyone is their own 'self' and if everyone grouped and contributed towards living life through the CST principles the community will flourish peacefully. I believe the community is made up of many individual 'selfs' and without the idea of being a great 'self' then there is no idea of a great community.

Catholic Social Thought principles 1. Dignity of the Human Person The dignity of the human person as words partially explains itself. This principle applies to every human person on earth and revolves around respect for other people. All people relate this principle to the golden rule, to treat one another like you were to treat yourself. This principle stands for equality and promotes social justice within all environments. I personally know that this principle simultaneously is vital for self and community development because if no one individual can show that they have dignity for the human person then the community isn't able to function in harmony. Therefore, it is of high importance that an individual's self understands the dignity within humans to help achieve a working, coherent community.

2. Common Good and Community The common good and community refers to the general needs (physical, social, mental) being satisfied no matter their status in society. With that being said everyone is obliged to have "a duty to share in promoting the welfare of the community" (Bishops of England and Wales, 1996). This basically means to achieve common good we need to promote equal rights and needs within the community and in doing so we are able to identify and rectify problems that arise from bias treatment. If individuals were to abide by this principle an inclusive world would be the result.

3. Subsidiarity The meaning of subsidiarity in context with the CST is to allow members of the community to appropriately handle personal situations. Situations that a family or local group could take care of better than a higher level of power e.g government. This principle is important to consider due to its valuing of personal matters without external interferences. Furthermore, it supports decision making including only the individuals/groups that are being involved, Thus, promoting democratic activity within a group which is vital when including the equality of ourselves. In my opinion, the idea of creating an equal self in certain matters clearly leads to a collaborative community.

4. Preferential Option for the Poor Preferential option for the poor as a principle considers those that are poor not only in wealth but also in health, spirit and faith. Those that are seen to be vulnerable in the area are to be helped first in regards to the fundamental needs in life. This principle interrelates with empathy due to its involvement in considering those who are in weaker. Ones self must religiously follow this principle because it not only promotes social justice everywhere, but allows an individual to be grateful. Overall, I think this principle which puts first those who are weaker evokes individuals in society to take care of those who are poor which evidently will lead to a stronger, unified society.

5. Participation A society would not be a society if all members in it didn't have a chance to be heard or take action. Personally advocating participation as a CST principle, it is highly important to allow participation. The reason to why is because everyone should be entitled to partake in communal, national and even global matters. To do the opposite is to exclude and discriminate a character. Thats why I personally believe that this principle is vital to apply to life. Involving everyone within the society promotes a fun, social vibe, which may lead to an active, positive society. In particular, those who weak or socially excluded need to be considered in communal activities. Ultimately, this principle is important for everyone's self identity to be able to contribute to society which creates an imbrication of the members in society.

6. The Universal Purpose of Goods The universal purpose of goods can be described as a form of gratitude. All individuals have a right to ownership, but there needs to be a recognition of how much is sufficient to get through life, and when you have more than enough. This principle supports sharing of those who don't have enough. This principle high interrelates itself with preferential of the poor. With that being said this principle applies to the individuals who have more than enough for themselves alone, and that they should help pay towards a 'social mortgage'(New Zealand Catholic Bishops, 2010) which leads to unifying everyone's self into a live, supportive community.

7. Stewardship of Creation Stewardship of creation is the principle that raises awareness for caring for the environment and life that surrounds us. As humans being born into this world it is our duty to prolong and maintain our earth. We should be responsible and sustain the natural life and resources on earth since it is apart of everyones everyday regime. Without this principle being applied, the earth will be drained of its resources and taken advantage of. This principle empowers ones self to work towards maintaining all the earth has to offer, therefore building a community that mutually understands the need to be custodians of earth. I believe this principle when applied rewards individuals internally since they feel they are contributing to a good cause and clearly creates a society of trustees.

8. Promotion of Peace Promotion of peace is almost self explanatory. This principle stands for promoting peace to reach justice within nations and individuals. This principle builds off an individuals self through their actions. The reason to why is because it is a reminder to act respectfully towards other human beings and pushes nations not only to start or become involved in war but to hold respected relationships with other nations. This principle aims to build a bigger community within the world, which unites all individuals to become apart of the movement of a peaceful world.

9. Global solitaire Global solidarity signifies the notion that all human beings should unite together to fight for for justice in the world. Furthermore, it's highly important that this principle involves togetherness due to the strength in numbers. Natural law plays a role in global solidarity when considering that this law helps people to differentiate what's perceived as right or wrong. This principle directly relates to all individual selves uniting together to be a just community, which evidently illustrates that the two concepts are interrelated. Overall, I believe this principle is vital when considering the interrelationship of self and community due to its drive to unite all people and to promote justice.