End Game
The Netflix documentary End Game offers a compassionate exploration of how residents in palliative care facilities are helped to face death with dignity. Discussion questions, faith in action, and a prayer are included.
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Archive for category: Elders’ Rights
Prayer for Grandparents Day
National Grandparents Day is celebrated in the United States on September 10th. This prayer calls on Saints Anne and Joachim to guide all who have been called to the vocation of grandparenting.
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
The abuse of the elderly is a social injustice that is not often taken seriously or seen as a real problem. This two page reflection summarizes the issue of elder abuse and offers a prayer to respect and recognize the dignity of older adults.
Alive Inside
In celebration of the International Day of Older Persons, this film discussion guide explores the power of music in overcoming memory loss. Alive Inside is a touching, powerful film that brings forth many important connections between Catholic social thought and the wisdom figures in our lives.
Bless Me, Ultima
BLESS ME, ULTIMA is based on the novel by acclaimed author Rodolfo Anaya. It is the coming-of-age story of Antonio, a seven-year-old Catholic boy living in a small town in New Mexico. The film highlights the richness of cultural diversity and numerous CST themes such as good vs. evil, the dignity of the human person, and the common good.
Posted on August 4, 2014
Grandparents Day Resources
These resources for Grandparents Day discuss some recent statements in which Pope Francis lifts up the blessings that grandparents provide to society. The “Am I My Grandchild’s Keeper?” fact sheet outlines statistics about grandparents actively raising their grandchildren.
Social Insurance Programs: Promoting the Common Good
This five page backgrounder reviews key social insurance programs that protect human dignity and the common good and foster economic justice. Social Security, Medicare, and Pension plans are explained as well is the difference these programs have made in the lives of elderly and disabled persons. Includes the top ten Social Security Facts from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
The Dignity of Older Adults
This two-page resource reflects on aging in a consumer society and on caring for elders as related to the dignity of the human person.
Rights of Older Persons
This unit on the rights of older persons features a quiz about older persons in the U.S. and worldwide and includes prayers and Catholic Social Teaching to reflect on the dignity of older persons, as well as discussion questions. A Catholic Social Teaching-based guide to doing service activities with older persons, and a fact sheet about the rights of older persons, based on United Nations documents, are provided.
This unit was revised in August 2006, using statistics from the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data.
