Catholic Social Teaching and the Saints
Each month Catholic Charities – Social Concerns highlights a saint that exemplifies a principle of Catholic Social Teaching. This monthly resource is two pages and features practical ways to live our faith in action through the Pray, Learn, and Act model.
This Catholic Social Teaching and the Saints resource can be used by individuals, families, in school classrooms, RCIA and religious education classes, or as inserts in parish bulletins or featured on parish webpages.
“Many popular devotional practices involve the veneration of the saints. The saints have a special place in the Body of Christ, which includes both the living and the dead. Through their prayers of intercession, the saints in heaven play an integral role in the life of the Church on earth. Besides what the saints can do for us by their prayers, the very practice of venerating the saints does great good for those who are devoted to the saints.” – USCCB
Join Catholic Charities – Social Concerns as we follow in the footsteps of saints who through their examples of love of God and neighbor teach us how we too can strive for holiness in living out the principles of Catholic Social Teaching.
Venerable Francois Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan
St. Moses the Strong (Patron Saint of Africa, Nonviolence | CST principles: Life and Dignity of the Human Person; Call to Family, Community and Participation; Solidarity)
Sts. Joachim and Anne (Patron Saints of Grandparents | CST principles: Life and Dignity of the Human Person, Call to Family, Community and Participation)
St. Alban (Patron Saint of Refugees | CST Principles: Life and Dignity of the Human Person; Rights and Responsibilities; Option for the Poor and Vulnerable; Solidarity)
St. Dymphna (Patron Saint of Patron Saint of those with epilepsy, incest victims, those who have lost their parents, mental health caregivers and professionals, those suffering from emotional, nervous, or mental illness, rape and sexual abuse victims and runaways | CST Principles: Life and Dignity of the Human Person; Option for the Poor and Vulnerable)
St. Margaret of Castello (Patron Saint of the Pro-Life Movement, People with Disabilities, People who are Blind | CST Principle: Life and Dignity of the Human Person)
St. Oscar Romero (Patron Saint of El Salvador, Caritas International, Persecuted Christians | CST Principles: Solidarity, Preferential Option for the Poor, Life and Dignity of the Human Person)
St. Josephine Bakhita (Patron Saint of Sudan, South Sudan and Human Trafficking Survivors | CST Principles: Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers, Preferential Option for the Poor)