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| Rerum Novarum | the first social teaching document; proclaimed 1891 |
| Leo XIII | pope who wrote Rerum Novarum in response to the Industrial Revolution |
| prophet | people who speak for God when they both criticize and energize the community |
| Gaudium et Spes | Vatican II document that deals with the role of the church in the modern world; promulgated in 1965--the last document of the council |
| Medellín | a document from the Latin American bishops which calls for a "preferential option for the poor |
| Gustavo Gutierrez | the "father of liberation theology" -- wrote THEOLOGY OF LIBERATION in 1968 |
| liberation theology | The form of theological inquiry that takes as its first principle the emancipation of oppressed people from unjust economic or social subjection |
| Dorothy Day | founder of the Catholic Worker movement |
| Peter Maurin | French philosopher who inspired Dorothy Day to open the houses of hospitality |
| Forster Batterham | Dorothy Day's common law husband and father of Tama |
| Rutilio Grande, S.J. | Jesuit pastor in Aguilares & Paisnal, El Salvador; his death had a great impact on Oscar Romero |
| Oscar Romero | Central American archbishop who died defending the rights of the poor |
| Universal destination of goods | The universal destination of goods means that all people have a right to use the riches of the earth to provide for themselves and their families. |
| common good | a concern for what might be good for the community -- even when we may have to deny our own desires |
| solidarity | A genuine concern for the well-being of other people – “standing with” others |
| subsidiarity | guards against the state intervening to such an extent that individual freedom and initiative will be lost. |
