Responsibility/Resiliency/
Stress
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Responsibility
We are called to be responsible citizens, not because we are meant to suffer or be forced to do things we don’t want to, but because being a responsible citizen brings us a better life and a better society. Being a responsible citizen is about promoting justice, and fairness, respecting life, building up the common good, being an active member of society, reflecting on the need for forgiveness, protecting the earth’s environment, and being accountable for our own actions.
As young people in the year 2017, the ability to act as responsible citizens, has never been greater. The advent of technology and social media, means we are able to connect and be in solidarity with others in ways never before possible, information for making sound decisions is at our fingertips, new and innovative ways of bringing happiness and justice to others are being developed literally everyday. Even as students, doing routine tasks, such as doing a group assignment or getting missed notes, requires only access to Google folder or a group text. Most of our phones contain apps that can truly make our lives easier, more efficient, and help us contribute to the world in a positive way.
As responsible citizens, we are called to reflect on the choices before us, understand what is expected of us, to treat others with respect, and ultimately understand that all of our choices determine some of aspect of our destiny and that we alone are accountable for our decisions and actions.
Let me remind all of us of the attributes of what a “Responsible Citizen” looks like in our society: (a) Act morally and legally as a person formed in Catholic traditions.
(b) Accept accountability for one’s own actions.
(c) Seek and grant forgiveness.
(d) Promote the sacredness of life.
(e) Be a witness of Catholic social teaching by promoting equality, democracy, and solidarity for a just, peaceful and compassionate society.
(f) Respect and affirm the diversity and interdependence of the world’s peoples and cultures.
(g) Respect and understand the history, cultural heritage and pluralism of today’s contemporary society.
(h) Exercise the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizenship.
(i) Respect the environment and use resources wisely.
(j) Contribute to the common good.