Caritas

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Social Justice Week 2012
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
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Social Justice Week 2012
Because we are a Eucharistic people we must be
involved in ensuring people have enough to eat.
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Our Mission
CST The Universal Destination of Goods
The earth and all it produces is intended for
every person. Private ownership is acceptable but
there is also a responsibility to ensure all have
enough to live in dignity. If we have more than
we need, there is a social obligation to ensure
that others do not go without.
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Fruit of the earth and work of human hands. He
hua no te oneone, a, na te ringa tangata i mahi
- Liturgy of the Eucharist
Manaakitanga
Meals refresh and nourish. Meals are gathering
points. Meals provide a setting for conversation,
friendships, remembering, and sharing with one
another.
Earth, sky and sea and all of life unite in the
giving and receiving of food, making every meal a
sacred event.
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Jesus took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and
shared it. Sharing of food is the central action
of Eucharist. What does Eucharist mean in a needy
world?
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Hunger today
Every 12 seconds a child dies of hunger.
925 million people are starving in our world.
Hunger is a global tragedy because it is
avoidable.
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Years 1 to 8 ideas

• Spiritual food
• Saying grace-karakia
• Jesus and Zacchaeus (Luke 19)
• The Last Supper
• Jesus feeds to crowd
• Class Mass
• The teachings of Jesus provides the food we
  need
• Recipes for life
• Helping the poor service to justice.

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Years 9 to 13 ideas
Spiritual food

• The teachings of Jesus Sermon on the Mount
• Jesus and Zacchaeus a transforming encounter
• Jesus feeds the crowd significant aspects of a
  miracle story
• The Last Supper Jesus an example of human
  wholeness and holiness
• The Last Supper thanksgiving and service
• The enduring Eucharist (John 211-14).

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Years 1 to 8 ideas
Daily food

• The story of a piece of bread.
• Korero with a special guest for lunch.
• Our leftover food.
• How to compose your own grace.
• Family meal time.
• Story of a common NZ food.
• Reflections on an important meal.
• Design a food forest.
• Find out about a staple food of the world.

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Years 9 to 13 ideas
Daily food

• Food journeys - where does food come from?
• Shared meal - thanksgiving meal
• Consumer responsibility - making just food
  choices
• Shared meal - in images of the Last Supper and
  reflecting on manaakitanga
• Fair trade - standing in solidarity with those
  who lack food
• Shared meal - reflecting on church teachings

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Years 1 to 8 ideas
Food and Justice

• Caritas helps hungry families.
• Fruit of the earth.
• Work of loving hands shared lunch.
• Enough food for everyone.
• Helping out social action.
• Food waste.
• Hunger current crisis in the Sahel.
• SJW poster as a source of motivation justice
  questions.
• If I could rule the world, one thing I would do.

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Years 9 to 13 ideas
Food and Justice

• Food waste researching individual and community
  responses
• Caritas work in the Sahel the 2012 food crisis
• Global distribution of food analysis of this as
  a moral issue
• Caritas work in the Sahel investigating food
  insecurity and malnutrition
• Hunger analysing the Church response
• Caritas in the Sahel analysing the Church
  response

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Worksheets
At least three worksheets per level (junior,
middle, senior). All worksheets to download from
the Schools section of the Caritas website.
Includes map templates, statistics, problem
solving outlines, Caritas partnership in the
Sahel, West Africa.
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Poster and bookmark
Some included in the teachers pack. Free to
order.
Quote from the Eucharistic Liturgy.
From seeds to cultivation, harvest, production,
market, consumption many loving hands.
Key concept of sharing what we have. Using Gospel
values we ask What comes next? Who misses
out?
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Contacts
http//www.caritas.org.nz/schools/social-justice-s
chools
Website links to Schools. Teachers. Students.
Who we are. What we do. And more
catherine_at_caritas.org.nz
elizabeth_at_caritas.org.nz
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Teachers pack for additional support

• Teachers booklet for background reading Our
  Daily Bread.
• SJW posters.
• SJW bookmarks/prayer cards.
• Promotional material for worksheets on the
  website.
• Singout4Justice songwriting competition, poster
  and entry form.
• Order form.
• Visits request form.
• Feedback form.

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Reflection
The meal of the Eucharist is the celebration of
the hospitality of God, shared by guests who
commit themselves to become fellow hosts with
God. - Monika Hellwig The Eucharist and the
hunger of the world.
The basic theology of Eucharist as a proclamation
of social justice looks to transform both persons
and communities. - John Coleman How the
Eucharist proclaims social justice.
To those who have hunger give bread. And to
those who have bread give the hunger for justice.
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