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weakest" and "placing certain limits
on . . . autonomy" (Ibid., 16). Once
again, this begins locally, helping
families face societ y's challenges
before imposing government
programs: "In order to overcome
today's widespread individualistic
mentalit y, what is required is a
concrete commitment to solidarity and
charity, beginning in the family"
(Ibid., 49). If we neglect the principle
of solidarit y, we also jeopardize
subsidiarit y, for the leviathan of
the State will intervene to address
problems that we refuse to face.
Peter Maurin laid out the proper
goal we should seek: "To make that
kind of societ y where it is easier for
men to be good." What else could
we want? Societ y exists so that
we can achieve the good, and the
good is realized in virtue, which
in turn requires friendship and
cooperation. If we do not seek the
good in our communities and build
local institutions guided by truth,
virtue and friendship, we will remain
cogs spinning within an economic
machine.
It's time to reorder economic
prosperit y to higher goods; no longer
an end in itself but a means toward
greater goods, such as charit y,
education, the arts and, ultimately,
the glory of God.
We put
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At The Gardens at St. Elizabeth, we put the
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need to live the way you want.
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