The Principles of Catholic Social Tradition,
Catholic Social Teaching, or CST, is a practical ethic that aims to move the world as it is closer to the kind of world that God means it to be. The Church’s living social tradition is comprised of two integrally related parts: first, the collection of official social teaching documents that articulate moral stances on issues such as poverty and sustainability, and second, two millennia of witnesses striving to enact the Gospel in their daily lives.
The information above was compiled by Meg Distler and Mark Burkholder as a capstone project for the Catholic Social Tradition and Philanthropy course offered by the Center for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame, and the Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities (FADICA) in the Summer of 2023.