This document summarizes the key topics and messages of the 1971 papal encyclical Octogesima Adveniens by Pope Paul VI. The encyclical addressed issues like urbanization, the role of women and youth in society, discrimination, employment, and media. It called for greater social justice, defending human dignity for all people including women and marginalized groups, and for Christians and society to help those in need and protect their basic rights and freedom.

1. A CALL TO ACTION
Lauren O’Reilly, Colleen Almeida, Zahra Amiji
and Luke Arieta
Period A
September 19,2013

2. OCTOGESIMA ADVENIENS
“A CALL TO ACTION”
 Written by: Pope Paul VI
 Written in: 1971
 Occasion: 80th anniversary of the publication of
the encyclical Rerum Novarum

3. TOPICS IN THE ENCYCLICAL
 1. Universal Appeal
 2. Diversity of Situations
 3. Specific Message of the Church
 4. Extent of Present-Day Changes
 5. Urbanization
 6. Christians in the City
 7. Youth
 8. Role of Women
 9. Workers
 10. Victims of Changes

4. TOPICS CONT’D
 11. Discrimination
 12. Right to Emigrate
 13. Creating Employment
 14. Media of Social Communication
 15. Environment
 16. Fundamental Aspirations and Currents of
Ideas
 17. Advantages and Limitations of juridical
recognition
 18. Political Society
 19. Ideologies and human liberty
 20. For greater justice
 21. Changes of attitude and structures

5. RIGHTS OF WOMEN
 In other countries human dignity lacks
 Where human dignity lacks, delinquency,
criminality, abuse of drugs and eroticism is presented
 Women aren’t always treated as equals
 Denied distinction of women’s role at heart of society
 Mary- mother of God -> shows women have extremely high
importance in society

6. THE “POOR”
 Poor of society is not just viewed as just the
people without money but also the “handicapped,
maladjusted, the old, and those on the fringe of
society”
 We should help them and defend their place in sociey
and their human dignity
 Society often leaves these people behind -> only
focused on success

7. SHARING IN RESPONSIBILITY
 We are all called to help others
 Everyone has the responsibility to help others
with their basic rights and live in a free society
without imposing ourselves on others’ freedom.
 For a Christian, losing himself in God is what sets
him free so he can find true freedom renewed in the
death and resurrection of the Lord