People of God on the Move: Catholic Immigration in the U.S.

Since the 1840s, immigration to the U.S. was increasingly from Catholic countries, beginning with the Irish Famine, continuing with displaced persons from Eastern Europe after World War II and with...

The U.S. Church's Commitment to Workers

This two-page background piece on the Church's Commitment to Workers makes an ideal parish bulletin. It includes a brief summary of the Knights of Labor, Cardinal Gibbons intervention on the...
Prayer Service

Prayer for Labor Day

A one-page prayer in preparation for and celebration of Labor Day.  

Ending Global Poverty: UN MDG Update

This two-page resource provides recent statistics on poverty, hunger, unemployment, and other ongoing challenges as reported in the 2011 UN Millennium Development Goals Update.

CST in the News

In anticipation of Speaker of the House John Boehner's commencement address to the Catholic University of America's graduates in the spring of 2011, Catholic leaders wrote an open letter to the...

U.S. Taxes Are Low By Comparison

This 3-page article, written by the Executive Director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University, New Orleans, looks at the tax burden of Americans in contrast with other nations.

2011 Vatican Report on Climate Change

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences, in its May 2011 Report, states, "...if we want justice and peace, we must protectthe habitat that sustains us." This two-page fact sheet provides highlights of the...
Prayer Service

Commissioning Prayer Service at the Conclusion of the Academic Year

This two-page prayer service is designed as a commissioning service and a sending forth at the conclusion of the academic semester or school year.  It can be used for students or faculty. It...

Going Green with a Summer Job

This fact sheet includes suggestions for finding summer jobs that support the green economy.
Prayer Service

Prayer Service in Times of Natural Disaster

This two-page prayer service includes a suitable print-ready prayer service to be used in times of natural disaster. The prayer service focuses on praying in solidarity with our brothers and sisters...

Climate Change and Catholic Social Teaching

Test Your Knowledge Activity What are the Church and Catholic organizations saying and doing about Climate Change? This activity, with a prayer and reflection questions, gives important information...

A Prayer for the Easter Season

Easter and the Easter season is a time for prayerful celebration, as this prayer demonstrates.