Election Toolbox

We hope that you will use this collection of resources, both new and revised, to help guide discussion and discernment in the weeks leading up to the election. The following resources are included:

Reflection: Themes from Pope Francis’s Trip to the United States

Bulletin Insert: Migrants and Refugees and the United States Elections

Bulletin Insert: Inequality and the United States Elections

Bulletin Insert: Peace and Security and United States Elections

Bulletin Insert: Poverty and the United States Elections

Bulletin Insert: Environmental Justice and the United States Elections

Bulletin Insert: Racial Justice and United States Elections

Bulletin Insert: Faith, Citizenship, and the 2016 United States Election

Conversations in Conflict

Handout: Conversation Guidelines on Election Issues

Local Elections and Catholic Social Teaching

Petitions for an Election Year

Prayer After the Elections (English and Spanish)

Prayer for Elections

Prayer for the Elections (English and Spanish)

Prayer: Concerned Citizenship

Prayer: Faithful Citizens

Prayer to Focus

A Prayer Before Voting

A Prayer As We Prepare to Vote

Reflection: Catholic Social Teaching and Elections

Reflection: Catholic Social Thought and the Government

Reflection: Catholic Social Thought and Civic Responsibility

Reflection: Power, Democracy, and Catholic Social Thought

Reflection: Catholic Social Thought and Politics

Reflection: Catholic Social Thought and Voting

Reflection: Catholic Social Thought and Civil Discourse

Student Guide: Environmental Justice and United States Elections

Student Guide: Inequality and United States Elections

Student Guide: Peace and Security and United States Elections

Student Guide: Poverty and United States Elections

Student Guide: Racial Justice and United States Elections

Activity: Conversations in Conflict

Activity: Classroom Listening Circles

Reflection: Called to Dismantle Polarization