Using Scripture to translate our beliefs and spirituality into social action to bring about change at local and national levels.
Turning Tables is a resource designed to help adult Catholics across England and Wales to understand and engage with their faith, Scripture and social justice in practical ways.
It does this by covering five core themes:
Creating momentum and support – how to share resources and ideas, lobby and volunteer.
Understanding the Bible – how it lays the foundations for a just and fair world.
Deepening our faith – how to translate our beliefs and spirituality into social action.
Understanding social action – how to bring about change at local and national levels.
Knowing who to contact – how and where to contact governments, policy makers and charities.
Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31: 8-9
Bishop Richard Moth, Chair of the Department for Social Justice and Bishop of Arundel & Brighton provides the foreword for 'Turning Tables'.
This section explores what social action means, what Scripture says about social action and how we can implement it in our everyday lives.
This section explores how social justice is explored in scripture and what the Bible shows us about our responsibilities towards each other.
The Church believes that actions promoting social justice are necessary at all levels, this section provides a guide for taking such action.
This section offers a step-by-step guide on how to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness and successes of social action efforts.
This section explores how you can put your Catholic faith into action through acts of service like volunteering.
Catholic Social Teaching states that for everyone to be included and no one to be left behind, there needs to be a preferential option for the poor, vulnerable and marginalised.
