Faithful Citizenship
FORMING CONSCIENCES
for Faithful Citizenship
St.
Mary Parish
APRIL 21, 2008
7:30
p.m., Room 102
Presented by: Tom Allio, Director
Diocesan Social Action Office
Fr.
Ed Kordas, Pastor
“Our
citizenship is how we live our lives…
we need to bring our full selves to the table…
faithful citizenship is bringing our faith into
the issues of the moment.”
These words, spoken by Bishop Richard Lennon during a First
Friday Club Luncheon, offer a challenge to each of us to take full
responsibility for how we vote by having well-formed consciences. Accept the
challenge to deepen your faith and your faithfulness through “Forming
Consciences for Faithful Citizenship.”
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Every four
years since 1976, The U.S. Catholic bishops have issued a
Faithful Citizenship
guide for voting. The 2008 document is finished, following months of work,
involving as many as six working committees. In describing the document,
the Bishops state: "We bishops seek to
help Catholics form their consciences in accordance with the truth, so they
can make sound moral choices . . . We do not tell Catholics how to vote.
The responsibility to make political choices rests with each person and his
or her properly formed conscience." The document is available
from the USCCB
here.
In
addition, the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns has specific information
on international situations that impact foreign policy issues. Maryknoll
operates under the auspices of the worldwide order of Maryknoll priests,
nuns, brothers and lay missioners. For their "U.S. elections: Loving our
neighbor in a shrinking world" information,
go here. The website links to Faithful Citizenship as well. |