The Catholic Church - 1202 Words

Title of your paper Kelly Palmore, Curtis Perry Sheryl Washington University of Texas at Arlington Seventeen-year-old Juan and Belinda are in love. They grew up in the same neighborhood and they both attend St. Joseph s Catholic Church regularly. Belinda attends school at the church; however Juan attends the local public school. In seventh grade, Juan begins to meet Belinda at her school to walk her home each day. They both live in a community that is mostly comprised of Hispanics from a variety of countries of different origins such as Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua to name a few. The Catholic Church is a strong dominant force that is instrumental in shaping the social, political, economic, and personal values and†¦show more content†¦Both the church and the families have given the two limited information about sexuality but make it clear their strong prohibitions against premarital sex. Out of respect, Juan and Belinda have avoided a lot of physical contact except for kissing and holding each other. Juan and Belinda want to know more and at the minimum are talking about sex. Juan reaches out to the school social worker at his high school for help. Like many communities in the United States, their community decided to limit the amount and type of information to the basics of female and male anatomy and physiology. This decision leaves Juan and Belinda with little information about sexual response and behavior, contraception, pregnancy, childbirth, safe sex practices and other areas which are important in the world today. The school believes it is the families’ responsibility to provide information to their children. This case study has a myriad of ethical conflicts on many levels. The issue of values themselves has several areas that will need to be addressed. For this situation, through collaboration, I have been charged with the duty of assessing the values concerning the following specific areas: Service, Dignity and Self Worth of the Person, Importance of Human Relationships, and concluding with Integrity. In the subsequent paragraphs we get a better understanding of the appropriate methods and trials of addressing the specified issues