Human Work / School Choice

As per Chapter 6 of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church,

• "Work is 'a foundation for the formation of family life, which is a natural right and something that man is called to'.[633] It ensures a means of subsistence and serves as a guarantee for raising children....it is necessary that businesses, professional organizations, labour unions and the State promote policies that, from an employment point of view, do not penalize but rather support the family nucleus."

As per the Catechism of the Catholic Church,

• "As those first responsible for the education of their children, parents have the right to choose a school for them which corresponds to their own convictions. This right is fundamental. As far as possible parents have the duty of choosing schools that will best help them in their task as Christian educators. Public authorities have the duty of guaranteeing this parental right and of ensuring the concrete conditions for its exercise" (# 2229).

As per the Pennsylvania Catholic conference,

• there will be a rally "in support of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program....in Harrisburg on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at 12 noon....Thanks to the EITC, more than 40,000 students each year are able to choose a school that best fits their needs....School choice supporters are advocating for a voucher program and an increase [to] the long standing and successful EITC program....send a message to your state legislators today in support of school choice!

Into your own email, feel free to copy & paste the email addresses of state legislators for areas of the Philadelphia Archdiocese:

farnese@pasenate.com, tartaglione@pasenate.com, kitchen@pasenate.com, washington@pasenate.com, rtomlinson@pasen.gov, hughes@pasenate.com, williams@pasenate.com, dpileggi@pasen.gov, cmcilhinney@pasen.gov, sgreenleaf@pasen.gov, leach@pasenate.com, andy@pasenate.com, bmensch@pasen.gov, eerickson@pasen.gov, jrafferty@pasen.gov, gdigirol@pahousegop.com, boneill@pahousegop.com, Ssantarsiero@pahouse.net, rgodshal@pahousegop.com, kharper@pahousegop.com, repbradford@pahouse.net, Jgalloway@pahouse.net, tdavis@pahouse.net, ffarry@pahouse.net, mquinn@pahousegop.com, kwatson@pahousegop.com, pclymer@pahousegop.com, tquigley@pahousegop.com, mtoepel@pahousegop.com, repgerber@pahouse.net, Tbriggs@pahouse.net, mvereb@pahousegop.com, Tstephen@pahousegop.com, tmurt@pahousegop.com, joshshapiro@pahouse.net, lcurry@pahouse.net, cschrode@pahousegop.com, dtruitt@pahousegop.com, wkampf@pahousegop.com, cross@pahousegop.com, tkirklan@pahouse.net, parep160@aol.com, jhackett@pahousegop.com, Nmiccarelli@pahousegop.com, nmicozzi@pahousegop.com, mdavidson@pahouse.net, Wadolph@pahousegop.com, gvitali@pahouse.net, dmilne@pahousegop.com, tkillion@pahousegop.com, dobrien@speakerobrien.com, Bboyle@pahouse.net, Kboyle@pahouse.net, mmcgeeha@pahouse.net, jsabatin@pahouse.net, MoBrien@pahouse.net, jtaylor@pahousegop.com, Spetri@pahousegop.com, tpayton@pahouse.net, acruz@pahouse.net, cthomas@pahouse.net, bjosephs@pahouse.net, mdonatucci@pahouse.net, Kjohnson@pahouse.net, Vbrown@pahouse.net, rwaters@pahouse.net, lwbishop@pahouse.net, PDeLissio@pahouse.net, mbrownlee@pahouse.net, jwilliam@pahouse.net, ryoungbl@pahouse.net, cparker@pahouse.net, mcohen@pahouse.net, devans@hacd.net

The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church
Part One
Chapter 1, God's Plan of Love for Humanity
Chapter 2, The Church's Mission & Social Doctrine
Chapter 3, The Human Person and Human Rights
Chapter 4, Principles of the Church's Social Doctrine

Part Two
Chapter 5, The Family, the Vital Cell of Society
Chapter 6, Human Work
Chapter 7, Economic Life
Chapter 8, Political Community
Chapter 9, The International Community
Chapter 10, Safeguarding the Environment
Chapter 11, The Promotion of Peace

Part Three
Chapter 12, Social Doctrine & Ecclesial Action

Conclusion, For a Civilization of Love