The Catholic Social-Reform Movement

A Catholic case for healthcare reform.

• he nation's healthcare crisis can be T U summed up in one sentence: O u r I healthcare system serves too few and • J K costs too much. Because of these two fundamental problems—lack of access and rising costs—healthcare reform has moved to the center of American political life. I am concerned that our politicians have been promising and our people have been expecting painless reform. American...

* Markets in catholic social teaching

Catholic social teaching addresses social, economic, political, and cultural issues. It exhibits both theoretical and practical aspects. Firstly, it formulates moral principles for social and economic life. Secondly, it elaborates on their practical application on ruling economic relationships and within a specified time. It means that Catholic social teaching has a moral character of teaching....

Catholic healthcare ministry's key role in healthcare reform.

WHY HEALTHCARE REFORM IS REAL Heal thcare reform is being driven by four economic and social forces, the most potent of which is the rapidly rising cost of healthcare. At current rates of growth, it is predicted that in six years the annual healthcare costs for a family of four will be $30,000—more than the family will spend on food, housing, transportat ion, and clothing combined. These costs ...

Mentoring in a Catholic High School: The Movement to Receive

This paper explores the dynamics that underlie the process of mentoring high-school students, with Catholic Junior College in Singapore as a site of practice. Using Luke’s journey narrative of Jesus’ walk with the two disciples to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35), a Christological framework is proposed that construes the relational practice of mentoring as involving four movements: receiving, blessing, b...

The New High School Reform Movement