This document discusses the moral climate for adolescents in the Philippines. It outlines several "sinful social structures" that can negatively impact youth, such as secularism, the proliferation of mass media, consumerism, and an imbalance in the world. However, it also notes that Filipino culture and identity are deeply tied to Christianity. Five predominant Filipino traits - being family-oriented, meal-oriented, kundiman-oriented, bayani-oriented, and spirit-oriented - directly correspond with essential traits of Jesus Christ. Overall, the document argues that Filipinos have a natural connection to Christianity through their cultural characteristics and worldview.

1. The Adolescent
and the Moral
Climate in the
Philippines

2. - Every person has a dignity and
should be respected for each one is
made in the image and likeness of
God.
- “When we protect the rights and
safeguard the general well- being of
children and youth, we pave the
way towards a better nation.”
- Filipino youth is hungry for Christ
and His Word. Therefore, they need
to be evangelized. On the other
hand, they must also become
evangelizers themselves.

3. - SOCIAL STRUCTURES-
• When patterns of human interaction become
habitual, social structure is formed.
• When the patterns of social interaction are
affected by sin, it becomes SINFUL social
structures.
• Social Sins are sinful acts which affect others
and stem from self- centeredness.

4. • Sins give rise to social situations and
institutions that are contrary to the
divine goodness.
• Stuctures of sin are the expression
and effect of personal sins. They lead
their victims to do evil in their turn.
In an analogous sense, they
constitute a social sin.

5. Institutions seem to have a life of
their own:
(1) They can multiply good with
their beneficial effects
comparatively independent of
personal generosity or the lack
thereof;

6. (2) They can multiply evil,
with tendencies adversely
affecting the lives of
many people with malice
far surpassing the malice
of individuals involved.

7. Sinful Social Structures
1. Secularism- a view of life that
excludes God from human
thinking and living
2. Proliferation of Mass Media
3. Weakening of the Christian
“sense of sin”
4. Consumerism
5. Imbalance in the World
Today

8. Social structures are sinful when they
violate and oppress human dignity,
promote individual selfishness, limit
or prevent human development
and growth, and treat people not as
persons, but as mere objects, not as
individuals, but as members of a
group.

9. Five Predominant Filipino Characteristics with Five
Essential Traits of Jesus Christ/ ‘Filipino Way’ to Jesus
Filipino Jesus
Characteristic
A. Self- Identity Family- oriented As both the Son of
God and the Son of
Man
B. Meaning in Life Meal- oriented As Eucharist
C. Sufferings in Life Kundiman- As the Suffering
oriented Servant
D. Life- Bayani- oriented As Christ the King
Commitment
E. World View Spirit- oriented

10. The Filipino Catholic
We are a people who have
experienced in one way or
another that our Filipino
identity, meaning, suffering,
commitment and world- view
are all tied to Jesus Christ.

11. Family- oriented
Family- centeredness
supplies a basic sense of
belonging, stability and
security= sense of self-
identity.

12. Meal- oriented
Filipinos are gracious hosts and
grateful guests.
Communion constitutes the core
witness of the early Church as
a Eucharistic community.

13. Kundiman- oriented
• Kundiman- a sad Filipino song
about wounded love
• Filipinos are naturally attracted
to heroes sacrificing everything
for love. We are patient and
forgiving to a fault. This
acceptance of suffering
manifests a deep, positive
spiritual value of Filipinos’
kalooban.

14. Bayani- oriented
• We are natural hero followers.

15. Spirit- Oriented
• Filipinos are naturally psychic.
We have a deep- seated belief
in the supernatural and in all
kinds of spirits dwelling in
individual persons, places, and
things.