Exploring Catholic Social Teaching

Crowd:
Narrator 1:
Narrator 2:
Narrator 3:
Priest:
This is the Parable of The Good
Samaritan.
A man was traveling on the road from
Jerusalem to Jericho.
(The Man should walk from one side
of the classroom to the other as if he is
traveling.)
He was attacked and badly beaten by
robbers, who left him on the side of the
road to die.
(The Robbers should “attack” the Man,
and the Man should fall to the ground.
The Robbers should then walk away.)
Another traveler, a priest, came along.
He saw the man lying in the road.
(The Priest should walk from one side
of the classroom to the other and stop
briefly when he comes to the man.)
Look at this man! I can’t bear to look at
him. I should walk on the other side of
the road so I don’t have to help him.
(The Priest should then walk away.)
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