Catholic workers: The family life

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

6 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

03/17/2009

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Social sciences

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Summary :

Introduction.
Members of the Catholic Worker Movement.
Margot Patterson's article Finding Family at the Catholic Worker.
Overcoming the problem of child neglect.
The support of the community.
Raising a family in the Catholic Worker Movement and the safety of children.
Ethical issues caused by the conflict of interest.
Conclusion.
Bibliography.

Abstract

Working parents are often faced with the daunting challenge of balancing their time between work and family. As providers, they have to work to support their family, but as parents they have to spend time with their children. Now imagine the plight of catholic Worker parents. Just how do they split their time between helping the world and helping their children?

Founded in 1933, the catholic Worker Movement is an unusual blend of two ideologies: conservative Catholicism and the liberal socialist thought that dominated early worker movements. The movement was founded with the goals of eradicating poverty and the unequal distribution of wealth, promoting pacifism, and providing a sense of community for its members. The catholic Worker Movement tried to accomplish these goals by operating soup kitchens and hospitable houses for the poor and publishing a paper called The catholic Worker, which promoted the beliefs held by the movement.