CST for Cause: Call to Family, Community, and Participation
Call to family, community, and participation is the right and responsibility to participate in all aspects of human society and connects to the social condition that allows all the people in a community to reach their full human potential. This CST can be tied to subsidiarity which is how governments and large organizations exist only to serve the good of human beings, families, and communities. In the cause of this social issue, call to family, community, and participation can not be seen. Large institutions, the universities, are not serving the good of others when they are not prioritizing the health of their students. In most of their actions such as their leave of absence policy it can be seen that they are actually trying to prioritize their own reputation. This makes it so that the social condition that allows all people in a community to reach their full human potential is nonexistent. Colleagues and friends feeding into the stigma around mental health also contradicts this CST specifically because they are failing to participate in all aspects of human society. Being a good student is one thing, but it is another to also be a good person.
CST for Effect: Rights and Responsibilities
Rights and responsibility ties into the things a human needs in order to be fully what God created him or her to be. For example, everyone has the right to a decent life, and in order to have a decent life one must have good mental health. One’s mental health affects the way they think, their motivation, and other major aspects of their life. The saddening effects such as increased mental issues and students not being able to prioritize their mental health goes against the right to live out a decent life. Responsibility ties into
CST for Solution: Care for God’s Creation
Care for God’s Creation ties into the call to care for all God’s children as well as the land we live in. The mental health of others and of ourselves is something that is created by God, therefore we must do all that we can to care for it and to make sure that it is healthy and strong.