Thursday, April 29, 2010

Rights and Responsibilities of the Human Person

"Every person has a fundamental right to life. This includes the things we need to have a decent life: faith and family, work and education, health care and housing. We also have a responsibility to others and to society. We work to make sure the rights of all people are being protected."

This means that everyone has the right to life, education, and family. We are liable to have our faith, shelter, and the necessities to life. These things are important to have because they help you live a subtle life style. One of the people who live this CST out is Thomas Merton.
Thomas Merton was a monk who grew up in France, England and the United States. He was a student at Cambridge and at Columbia. He was born in 1915 and died in 1968.  When he was little he was not raised Catholic, but had a conversion when he was a young man. He became a member of the Abbey of Gethsemani, when he felt like he needed to be closer to God. While he was a monk he wrote many poems, and focused on the phrase God Alone, which was inscribed on the monastery gate.Thomas Merton died on December 10, 1968 when he he was at a meeting of religious leaders in Thailand.

-Audree

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