Restorative justice and the diaconate
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OBJECTIVES
• To review concepts of restorative and social justice
• To connect the role of a deacon with social and restorative justice
• To invite deacon candidates to participate in restorative and social
justice ministries
ESCALATION Harm is
Done
The
Person
Harmed is
Avenged
Vengeance
Leads to
Vendetta
Vendetta
Leads to
Feud
Feud
Leads to
Warfare
HISTORICAL RESPONSES TO CRIME
• Retributive: Punishment
• Vengeance
• Retaliation
• Restitution
• Preventive
• Incapacitation
• Deterrence
• Rehabilitative
• A medical model treating the offender as a patient to be “cured”
CATHOLIC RESTORATIVE JUSTICE MINISTRIES
• Catholic
• We act as representatives of the Catholic Community
• We act as representatives of the Catholic Church
RELATIONSHIP
• Relationship is first and foremost an association between
persons – it is an interpersonal association
• The endurance of relationships ranges from fleeting to
enduring
• Relationships also involve interdependence
• “Interdependence is and ought to be as much an ideal
of man as self-sufficiency” (Gandhi)
WHAT IS JUSTICE?
• Justice is “the habit whereby a person renders to each his due”
• With a lasting and constant will
• To be “just”, then, means to owe something and to pay the
debt
• Justice is fidelity to the demands of a relationship
• Infidelity to our relationships = injustice
Justice is relevant to every relationship and to every situation and circumstance of life
There is no setting in which we do not have to take into account our responsibilities to others
What justice will require will differ depending on the nature of the relationships
But it will always be pertinent and can never be dismissed
RESTORATIVE:
• Having power to restore.
• To give back something taken away.
• To bring back to a former condition as by repairing or rebuilding.
RETRIBUTIVE SYSTEM QUESTIONS
▪ Who did it?
▪ What laws were broken?
▪ How will we punish the offender?
Restorative Justice views crime through a
different lens.
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE QUESTIONS
▪ What is the harm?
▪ What needs to be done to repair the harm?
▪ Who is responsible for the repair?
WHAT IS THE HARM?
• It is an injury to the victim, community, even the
offender
• Broken Relationships• We must recognize crime as an interpersonal conflict
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO REPAIR THE
HARM?
▪ Identify and clarify the harm that’s been done
▪ Include the victim
▪ Include the Community
▪ Assess the offender’s capacity to make
reparation
▪ Facilitate opportunities for the reparation to
take place
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR?
• The offender, not the state, has primary and personal responsibility for making things right with the victim and the community.
• The responsibility is shared by the agency,
the offender, their family, the community and
the victim.
ACCOUNTABILITY
• Taking direct responsibility
• Taking action to make things right
• Communities and victims actively determine response
• Offender feels obligation to victims and community
• Victims and community set community standards for behavior and consequences
• Not punishment
• Not being only responsible to State
COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT
• Is building a skill that is valued by others
• Is more than an absence of bad behavior
• Is functioning in a meaningful, positive way
• Leaves the person stronger in character, more connected to community, remorseful, and empathetic
• Is recognizing one’s potential and building on that
• Comes from opportunities to lead, belong, mentor, contribute, form relationships, make choices, develop transferable skills
PUBLIC SAFETY INCREASES WHEN…
• Offenders develop internal controls
• Community members resolve conflict
• Community Justice is solution-focused
• Community Justice partnerships are developed
THE MINISTRY OF A CATHOLIC DEACON
• Tria Munera of Christ – Prophet, Priest King
• The Three Works of Deacons (SEE CCC 877)
• Service of the Gospel (Word)
• Service of the Liturgy (Altar)
• Service of Charity
THE SERVICE OF CHARITY IS MINISTRY TO
OTHERS
• Ministry to others takes many specific forms,
which can generally be described as Social
Justice or “Two Feet of Love in Action”
MATTHEW 25 – OUR MANDATE
The Parable of the Ten VirginsWe must be vigilant
The Parable of the TalentsWe must use wisely that which has been given to us by the Master
The Judgment of the NationsWe shall be judged according to how well we see the face of the King in our poorest brothers and sisters
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN MANY FORMS
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Direct
Assistance
In-Direct
Assistance
Advocacy
Victims Pastoral Care
VOEG
Referral Legislative Action
Education
Offenders Pastoral Care
VOEG & GOTB
+ + +
Referral Legislative Action
Education
Families Pastoral Care
GOTB
Referral Legislative Action
Education
Others Pastoral Care Referral Advocacy in all
forms