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My hope is that this book imitates stained glass windows, using the saints as conduits of light through which the radiance of Catholic social teaching can shine with new vividness and splendor.
How did Catholic social teaching develop such a bad and confused reputation?
Inside this book you’ll find colorful and inspiring stories from saints who have put these teachings into action. They didn’t just believe it, they lived it. As theologian Fr. Charles Fell observed: “The lives of the saints are nothing less than the law of God reduced to practice.”
It’s time to reclaim Catholic social teaching!
My goal with this book is to re-introduce this body of wisdom to a world that has forgotten, misunderstood, or ignored it by unveiling these teachings through the lives of the saints. e book is framed using the seven major themes of Catholic social teaching, as de ned by the U.S. bishops, and for each theme I highlight two saints who especially embodied it.
Catholic social teaching has explosive power for changing not just individuals, but whole societies. And it’s the saints who light the fuse.
“A triumph! One of the best presentations of the Church’s social teaching. Brandon Vogt adeptly and correctly positions social justice in relation to the lives of the saints, and in doing so he rescues it from the ideological constraints that have for far too long made this essential teaching of the Church inaccessible to most of the faithful.”
— Bishop Robert Barron, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California and founder of Word on Fire
“Incredibly accessible: Brandon Vogt brings Catholic social teaching to life through the actions and examples of the saints. As we cannot commit to what we do not understand, this book opens minds and hearts to connect faith with personal action. An indispensable teaching resource!”
— Dr. Carolyn Woo, former President and CEO of Catholic Relief Services
“This is an accessible book, and a brave one, too. It trusts that we want to leave a better and more peaceable world to our children than the stale-mated, divided one we currently inhabit.”
— Elizabeth Scalia, author of Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life
“This presentation will easily lead the reader to reflection and then to action. I highly recommend Saints and Social Justice as a rich resource for your spiritual reading.”
— Rev. Larry Snyder, former President of Catholic Charities USA