Write a paragraph summary of “Catholic Social Teachings”

The creation of the Center for Social Concerns was inspired by the people, documents and principles of the Catholic social tradition. Growing out of the Center for Experiential Learning and the Volunteer Services Office of the 1970’s, the Center staff hopes to challenge ourselves and others in the words of John Paul II, to “the ‘new evangelization,’ … which must include among its essential elements a proclamation of the church’s social doctrine.”

Our current effort is to more proactively promote the integration of Catholic social thought (CST) with our programs and courses. Over the years we have observed that many students who come into our programs are not aware of Catholic social thought but once they read and study CST, they find that their service and social awareness experiences are enhanced by the integration of these principles with their experiential learning. Thus, we have prepared this document to assist students in integrating Catholic social thought with their service experience and actions for justice.

the industrial development of cities in the ruhr area in the nineteenth century is described. the research was based on english and german language sources. several factors that shaped growth and paths of the cities were categorized and analyzed. they are locations, resources, traditions, entrepreneurs, and technological developments. locations and resources were the most important among them; other factors may be regarded as consequences from locations and resources. among the cities, bochum, essen, gelsenkirchen, and dortmund had the richest resources and most favorable locations in the transportation network and grew to be the largest cities in the ruhr area near the end of the nineteenth century. riverside location was also a favorable factor for the development, as shown in the development of duisburg on the confluence of rhine and ruhr. resource distribution can explain the rise of textile industry, metallurgical industry, and coal and iron industries, and the northward progression of the mining industry. tradition was an important factor for cities such as krefeld, barmen, elberfeld, solingen, and remscheid, which experienced development based on their traditions through the nineteenth century. various entrepreneurs exerted influences within and beyond the local level over the ruhr area. technological development stimulated the northward progression of the mining industry and the deep connection between the coal and the iron industries.