{"id":11288,"date":"2024-04-12T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=11288"},"modified":"2025-04-25T17:38:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T00:38:26","slug":"promoting-sustainable-integral-human-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2024\/04\/12\/promoting-sustainable-integral-human-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Promoting Sustainable Integral Human Development"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(ANS \u2013 Rome)<\/strong> \u2013 Today the term \u201cdevelopment\u201d is widely used, but often from a philanthropic or ideological perspective. That is why it is important to talk about integral sustainable development from a Catholic perspective. Doing so, on the monthly anniversary of the Salesian Missionary Expedition, is General Councillor for Missions Fr Alfred Maravilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Development\u2019 is a term that has several implications. NGOs, foundations, and countless organizations are involved in development projects. Development models that are merely economic and technological are insufficient. Indeed, development is neither only the reduction of poverty and inequality nor only the accumulation of wealth and greater availability of goods and services. A technocratic development model<\/em> considers nature as the infinite source of energy and natural resources, falsely claiming that the negative effects of over-exploitation of natural resources, intensive use of fossil fuels, and unprecedented destruction of ecosystems could be easily renewed (Laudato Si,<\/em> 23, 24, 106; Caritas in Veritate<\/em> 23).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, development models that ideologically reject God<\/em> or are animated by an atheism of indifference<\/em> become oblivious to the Creator and risk becoming equally oblivious to human values. They deprive people of spiritual and moral strength that is indispensable for attaining integral human development. \u201cThe human being develops when he grows in the spirit, when his soul comes to know itself and the truths that God has implanted deep within, when he enters into dialogue with himself and his Creator\u201d (CV<\/em> 76). A development model without God ends up working for development exclusively at a human level, which easily falls into the trap of thinking one can bring about one\u2019s own salvation and ends up promoting a dehumanized form of development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Development needs to be \u2018true,\u2019 \u2018integral,\u2019 and \u2018sustainable\u2019 in the sense that it considers the economic, social, political, cultural, and spiritual dimensions of the human person who has to care for creation for the succeeding generations. \u2018Sustainable integral human development\u2019 is a holistic vision of development that is rooted in Catholic social teaching but is also shared by other religious and faith traditions, as well as philosophical and wisdom traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It promotes the good of every person and the whole person in the light of the Gospel, which is the cultural, economic, political, social, spiritual, religious belonging, relational, environmental, and ecological aspects to help every human person to be more rather than simply have more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Openness to God makes one to be open toward others and to an understanding of life as a joyful task to be accomplished in a spirit of solidarity. Thus, at the center of \u2018sustainable integral human development\u2019 lies respect for<\/em> y openness to<\/em> life because these <\/em>strengthen peoples\u2019 moral fiber and make people better understand the needs of the poor (CV 11, 28, 29, 78, 79). This is why the Church \u201cdevotes herself to an evangelization which promotes the whole human being\u201d (Centesimus Annus<\/em> 55).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sustainable integral human development is built on three principles: Human Dignity, Solidarity and Subsidiarity<\/em>. Human Dignity<\/strong> is rooted in the conviction that the human person is created in God\u2019s image and likeness (Gen<\/em> 1:26), thus conferring upon each individual an incomparable dignity. Human dignity<\/strong> is the basis of the unity of the human family and our inviolable human rights. It is the prime principle<\/strong> of Catholic social doctrine (CCC<\/em> 1700).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solidarity<\/em> is rooted in the recognition that we are the heirs of earlier generations, that we reap benefits from the efforts of those before us as well as from the efforts of our contemporaries, and that we are called to care for creation for the succeeding generations. Thus, we cannot disregard the welfare of the generations that will come after us as well as that of the present generation. We are under obligation to all. Solidarity flows from faith; it <\/strong>implies a firm commitment to the common good and <\/strong>fosters personal responsibility as a bedrock of individual liberty (Popolorum Progressio<\/em> 17).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsidiary<\/em>, the key principle of the Church\u2019s social teachings, is the assistance provided by the higher level to the lower order through appropriate means. Inversely, it implies that the higher level does not make decisions meant for the lower competent level, depriving the latter of its functions (CCC<\/em> 1883). Subsidiarity is a prescriptive principle in decision-making that allows authentic freedom, participation, and personal responsibility and which respects the dignity of the human person who is always capable of giving something to others (CV<\/em> 57).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don Bosco, aware of the social implications of his work, sought to form the young to be upright citizens and good Christians. Today as Educative Pastoral Communities we educate and evangelize the young to bring them to full maturity by being open to truth, developing their responsible freedom, fostering their commitment to justice, peace, and care for creation (Const<\/em> 31-33).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Reflection and Sharing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. What is my model of development?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. How can we foster the sustainable integral development of those entrusted to our care?<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(ANS \u2013 Rome) \u2013 Today the term \u201cdevelopment\u201d is widely used, but often from a philanthropic or ideological perspective. That is why it is important to talk about integral sustainable development from a Catholic perspective. Doing so, on the monthly anniversary of the Salesian Missionary Expedition, is General Councillor for Missions Fr Alfred Maravilla. \u2018Development\u2019 is a term that has several implications. NGOs, foundations, and countless … Continuar leyendo Promoting Sustainable Integral Human Development<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":11301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[782003446,516714022],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ans","category-salesian-world-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sustainable-600.jpg?fit=600%2C435&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-2W4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11288"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11292,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11288\/revisions\/11292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}