Social Responsibility

UNIT 1, LESSON 8

Learning Goals Connection to the Justice is the moral virtue that consists Catechism of the Catholic Church CCC 1807 Respect for and development of human CCC 1825 CCC 1928-1938 CCC 2302-2308

are all called to act out of justice and CCC 2415-2418 CCC 2447

Vocabulary Justice

Peace Retaliation

Corporal Works of Mercy Spiritual Works of Mercy

BIBLICAL TOUCHSTONES

to you, love your enemies, and pray for those

MATTHEW 5:43-44

UNIT 1, LESSON 8 123 LessonLESSON PLAN Plan

Materials Let Them See You St. Maria Goretti Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati St. Mother Teresa Retaliation

DAY ONE Let Them See You Warm-Up Directions: Listen to the song and follow along with the lyrics in the video. Then answer the questions below in complete sentences. Have students turn to Let Them See You (page 1. To whom do you think the JJ Weeks Band is singing? ______52)

2. What do you think the song is about?

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3. What does it mean to let people see God in you?

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4. What does it mean to give our life as an offering? complete Let Them See You ______

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5. Describe at least two ways that we can let people see God through our lives.

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mini-lecture: The Catechism

and in our country.

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Have students turn to Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati (page 53) Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati

Directions: 3. HowRead did the Pier story Giorgio of Bl. get Pier into Giorgio trouble Frassati, with his then father? answer the questions that follow.

______ier Giorgio Frassati was born to a wealthy I, and helping the poor. He was very active Pfamily in ______Turin, Italy, in 1901. Although on his campus in spreading the truth about When your students have completed the he died at only 24 years of age, his life made these issues, and he was caught several times a great impact4. How on didsociety. Pier PierGiorgio was die? beloved coming home without his coat on because by his friends ______and never quite understood he had literally given the shirt off his back to by his family. To the disappointment of his someone in need. His father would be furious, father, who5. owned What standsthe popular out to political you the most in thebut story he could of Pier not Giorgio change Frassati? who Pier was or newspaper La Stampa, Pier struggled through what Christ was calling him to do. ______his schooling and did not have much interest When Pier Giorgio was only 24, he contracted in his family’s well-to-do affairs. Pier was ______a deadly disease called polio from the poor an outdoorsman at heart and loved to go whom he ministered to. This disease caused on hikes with ______his friends and enjoy God’s great physical suffering and paralysis. He died creation. He was also a young man of deep within three days of being diagnosed. At his faith. He regularly6. How do asked you histhink friends it was to possible join for a young man like Pier to do all these good deeds even funeral, his parents were amazed to see huge him for Eucharisticbefore Adorationhis 25th birthday? or Mass before crowds of people he had ministered to come they went off on their adventures. ______to pay their respects. They learned that their Although Pier Giorgio’s parents never fully son had helped many people in his short life. ______approved of his commitment to the Faith, Pier Giorgio once wrote the words “verso Pier continued to love God above all else. He ______l’alto” meaning “to the heights” on the back of tried his best to make his parents happy by a photo of himself climbing a mountain with Assessment taking school7. Justice very seriously means that and we studying give to to God and neighbor what they are owed because of who they a friend. This phrase was later attached to do his best. Onare, most and days,that it though, should hisbecome time habitual to do so. Giving to the poor is especially important was occupiedfor with this matters reason. of How social is thejustice, Church’s understanding of justice seen in the life of Pier Giorgio how Pier lived every day on earth, always such as caringFrassati? for the (Looksick, orphans, back on andyour notes from today if you need to.) striving to the heights of holiness, reaching disabled veterans returning from World War ______for eternity.

______1. Where did Pier Giorgio Frassati grow up? What was his family like? and read it aloud: ______

______8. How can the example of Pier Giorgio inspire you to live a life of holiness and justice? How can this story help you live “to the heights”? 2. Why did Pier Giorgio’s family not fully approve of his lifestyle? Let no one have contempt for your youth, ______

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Retaliation

Directions:4. What Read message the Scripture do we sendpassage, to someone then answer when the we questions return evil that for follow. evil? ______

You have ______heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When ______someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him5. as What well. message If anyone do we wantssend to tosomeone go to whenlaw with we refuse you toover return your evil tunic,for evil, but instead handreturn him yourkindness cloak for evil?as well. Should anyone press you into service for one ______mile, go with him for two miles. Give to the one who asks

of you, ______and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow.

______—MATTHEW 5:38-42

6. Describe a time when you were able to follow Christ’s law of love instead of following the code of “an eye for an eye.” 1. To retaliate against someone who has hurt you means to hurt the person back in a similar way. Before ______Christ, what were people taught about retaliation? What does “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” mean? DAY TWO ______Warm-Up ______2. What do you think Christ is teaching us about retaliation?

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Have students turn to Retaliation (page 55) ______

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3. Describe a time when you have been tempted to retaliate against someone who hurt you. ______

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After your students have completed Retaliation

Activity

means that he returned gentleness for violence and hatred and refused to stoop to the level of

and love for hate.

society. Have students turn to St. Maria Goretti

St. Maria Goretti (page 57)

5. How do youDirections: think Maria wasRead able the to story, forgive then her answer attacker? the questions that follow in complete sentences.

______aria was born in Italy in 1890 and lived one day in heaven. She died the next morning ______Mto be only twelve years old. She and while looking upon an image of the Blessed ______her family worked very hard and loved the Lord above all else. One day, while sitting was arrested and sentenced to 30 years in 6. What doeson the the story front of St.steps Maria of herGoretti house, teach Maria us about was peaceprison. and forgiveness? He remained unrepentant about what attacked by her eighteen-year-old neighbor, he had done until, one night, Maria came to After your students have completed St. Maria ______Alessandro, while her family was out of the him in a dream. She offered him lilies, which ______house. He tried to rape her, but she tried to are a symbol of purity, but they burned in his warn him, crying out as she struggled, “It is hands. When he was released from prison, ______Goretti a sin. You would go to hell for it!” Alessandro he changed his life and turned back to God. stabbed Maria with a knife, causing wounds He was even in the audience at Maria’s that would soon take her life. canonization. St. Maria Goretti is the patron saint of young women, youth, purity, and Before Maria died, she told her mother that victims of rape. she forgave Alessandro and hoped to see him

1. How old was Maria when she died? ______

2. How did Maria respond to her attacker, Alessandro?

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3. What was Alessandro’s attitude shortly after Maria’s death? What happened that caused in him a change of heart? Assessment ______

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4. What is special about Maria’s story? Why do you think she was canonized by Pope Pius XII?

______stand and read it aloud: ______

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DAY THREE Warm-Up

(the righteous ones) on his right and the goats (the accursed) on his left.

fed me...

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Activity

the imprisoned, and bury the dead.

St. Mother Teresa

Directions: Read the story, then answer the questions that follow in complete sentences. 4. Why did Mother Teresa believe that being materially poor was not the worst circumstance to live in?

______other Teresa of Calcutta is a modern ready to feed the hungry, give drink to the saint who teaches us what it truly thirsty, clothe the naked, and cleanse and ______M means to be Christ’s hands and feet. She was care for the lepers and those on the margins ______born in 1910 and left her home when she was of society. It wasn’t until after her death in 18 to begin her life as a missionary. Teresa 1997 that we learned that Mother Teresa lived ______became a sister and a “Spouse of Christ” in in spiritual darkness, not feeling the love of Have students turn to St. Mother Teresa (page God, but always persisting in love for Him and 5. How can you Teresaapply the received story ofwhat Mother she described Teresa to asyour a life? what He called her to do. “call within a call.” Christ told her through a ______Despite all of her work with the materially 59) series of visions to “Come, be my light,” and poor, Mother Teresa did not believe that ______He asked her to start a religious community this was the worst circumstance to live in. in Calcutta, India, where she would serve the ______She believed that the most impoverished are poorest of the poor. Mother Teresa’s order, those who do not know the love of Christ. ______the Missionaries of Charity, still serve all around the world today. Calcutta” and serve those who are most Like her namesake, Teresa of Ávila, Mother in need within our own homes, families, Teresa taught her sisters and all of us to live communities, and countries. We do not have as if “Christ has no body but yours, no hands, to be a religious sister in India to be the no feet on earth but yours.” She was always hands and feet of Christ.

1. What type of community did Mother Teresa start? ______

2. What did Mother Teresa teach us about the poor? ______When your students have completed St.

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3. What was Mother Teresa’s spiritual life like? Mother Teresa

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Assessment

UNIT 1, LESSON 8 129 Let Them See You

Directions: Listen to the song and follow along with the lyrics in the video. Then answer the questions below in complete sentences.

1. To whom do you think the JJ Weeks Band is singing?

______

2. What do you think the song is about?

______

3. What does it mean to let people see God in you?

______

4. What does it mean to give our life as an offering?

______

5. Describe at least two ways that we can let people see God through our lives.

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Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati

family never fully Directions: Read the story of Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati, then answer the questions that follow. understood him or approved of ier Giorgio Frassati was born to a wealthy I, and helping the poor. He was very active Pfamily in Turin, Italy, in 1901. Although on his campus in spreading the truth about his commitment he died at only 24 years of age, his life made these issues, and he was caught several times a great impact on society. Pier was beloved coming home without his coat on because by his friends and never quite understood he had literally given the shirt off his back to by his family. To the disappointment of his someone in need. His father would be furious, father, who owned the popular political but he could not change who Pier was or popular political newspaper La Stampa, Pier struggled through what Christ was calling him to do. his schooling and did not have much interest When Pier Giorgio was only 24, he contracted in his family’s well-to-do affairs. Pier was a deadly disease called polio from the poor an outdoorsman at heart and loved to go whom he ministered to. This disease caused on hikes with his friends and enjoy God’s great physical suffering and paralysis. He died creation. He was also a young man of deep within three days of being diagnosed. At his faith. He regularly asked his friends to join funeral, his parents were amazed to see huge him for Eucharistic Adoration or Mass before crowds of people he had ministered to come focused on his they went off on their adventures. to pay their respects. They learned that their education and Although Pier Giorgio’s parents never fully son had helped many people in his short life. approved of his commitment to the Faith, Pier Giorgio once wrote the words “verso Pier continued to love God above all else. He l’alto” meaning “to the heights” on the back of tried his best to make his parents happy by in his father’s a photo of himself climbing a mountain with taking school very seriously and studying to a friend. This phrase was later attached to do his best. On most days, though, his time was occupied with matters of social justice, how Pier lived every day on earth, always such as caring for the sick, orphans, and striving to the heights of holiness, reaching disabled veterans returning from World War for eternity.

1. Where did Pier Giorgio Frassati grow up? What was his family like?

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2. Why did Pier Giorgio’s family not fully approve of his lifestyle?

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3. How did Pier Giorgio get into trouble with his father?

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He died of polio at 4. How did Pier Giorgio die? ______

5. What stands out to you the most in the story of Pier Giorgio Frassati?

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6. How do you think it was possible for a young man like Pier to do all these good deeds even before his 25th birthday?

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7. Justice means that we give to God and neighbor what they are owed because of who they are, and that it should become habitual to do so. Giving to the poor is especially important for this reason. How is the Church’s understanding of justice seen in the life of Pier Giorgio Frassati? (Look back on your notes from today if you need to.)

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8. How can the example of Pier Giorgio inspire you to live a life of holiness and justice? How can this story help you live “to the heights”?

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Directions: Read the Scripture passage, then answer the questions that follow.

You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him as well. If anyone wants to go to law with you over your tunic, hand him your cloak as well. Should anyone press you into service for one mile, go with him for two miles. Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow.

—MATTHEW 5:38-42

1. To retaliate against someone who has hurt you means to hurt the person back in a similar way. Before Christ, what were people taught about retaliation? What does “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” mean?

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2. What do you think Christ is teaching us about retaliation?

______

3. Describe a time when you have been tempted to retaliate against someone who hurt you.

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UNIT 1, LESSON 8 133 4. What message do we send to someone when we return evil for evil?

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5. What message do we send to someone when we refuse to return evil for evil, but instead return kindness for evil?

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6. Describe a time when you were able to follow Christ’s law of love instead of following the code of “an eye for an eye.”

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St. Maria Goretti

Directions: Read the story, then answer the questions that follow in complete sentences.

aria was born in Italy in 1890 and lived one day in heaven. She died the next morning Mto be only twelve years old. She and while looking upon an image of the Blessed her family worked very hard and loved the Lord above all else. One day, while sitting was arrested and sentenced to 30 years in on the front steps of her house, Maria was prison. He remained unrepentant about what attacked by her eighteen-year-old neighbor, he had done until, one night, Maria came to Alessandro, while her family was out of the him in a dream. She offered him lilies, which house. He tried to rape her, but she tried to are a symbol of purity, but they burned in his Maria came to warn him, crying out as she struggled, “It is hands. When he was released from prison, a sin. You would go to hell for it!” Alessandro he changed his life and turned back to God. stabbed Maria with a knife, causing wounds He was even in the audience at Maria’s that would soon take her life. canonization. St. Maria Goretti is the patron She offered him saint of young women, youth, purity, and Before Maria died, she told her mother that victims of rape. she forgave Alessandro and hoped to see him

1. How old was Maria when she died? ______

2. How did Maria respond to her attacker, Alessandro?

______

3. What was Alessandro’s attitude shortly after Maria’s death? What happened that caused in him a change of heart?

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4. What is special about Maria’s story? Why do you think she was canonized by Pope Pius XII?

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UNIT 1, LESSON 8 135 5. How do you think Maria was able to forgive her attacker?

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6. What does the story of St. Maria Goretti teach us about peace and forgiveness?

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the poorest of the other Teresa of Calcutta is a modern ready to feed the hungry, give drink to the Msaint who teaches us what it truly thirsty, clothe the naked, and cleanse and means to be Christ’s hands and feet. She was care for the lepers and those on the margins born in 1910 and left her home when she was of society. It wasn’t until after her death in 18 to begin her life as a missionary. Teresa 1997 that we learned that Mother Teresa lived became a sister and a “Spouse of Christ” in in spiritual darkness, not feeling the love of the poor have God, but always persisting in love for Him and Teresa received what she described as a what He called her to do. “call within a call.” Christ told her through a Despite all of her work with the materially series of visions to “Come, be my light,” and poor, Mother Teresa did not believe that He asked her to start a religious community this was the worst circumstance to live in. in Calcutta, India, where she would serve the She believed that the most impoverished are poorest of the poor. Mother Teresa’s order, those who do not know the love of Christ. the Missionaries of Charity, still serve all around the world today. Calcutta” and serve those who are most She lived in Like her namesake, Teresa of Ávila, Mother in need within our own homes, families, Teresa taught her sisters and all of us to live communities, and countries. We do not have as if “Christ has no body but yours, no hands, to be a religious sister in India to be the no feet on earth but yours.” She was always hands and feet of Christ.

1. What type of community did Mother Teresa start? ______

2. What did Mother Teresa teach us about the poor?

______in love for Him ______

3. What was Mother Teresa’s spiritual life like?

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that the most 4. Why did Mother Teresa believe that being materially poor was not the worst circumstance impoverished are to live in? ______

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Accept reasoned 5. How can you apply the story of Mother Teresa to your life?

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