The article examines a pastoral letter "Economic Justice For All." It stressed three themes which are architectonic to the pastoral's overall viewpoint and which have a special message for the students, faculty and staff of a Catholic university's business school. These themes were covered in the pastoral letter: the U.S. economy cannot and dare not isolate itself from religious and ethical norms; the economy, like the larger society of which it is a part, should show a preferential option for the poor; and somehow, the U.S. economic system must learn how to acknowledge, in theory and practice, the priority of labor over capital. The U.S. bishops, like John Paul II in his encyclical "On Human Work," are not issuing edicts or commands; they are not laying down the law. They have been writing a pastoral letter. Hence, it is conciliatory in tone, not condemnatory. In most part, it is free of ecclesial dogmatism. As part of the teaching and learning Church, the bishops hope, instead, to inspirit and persuade.