Summer Reading List & CST

You don’t need to leave home to travel to some remarkable places and encounter remarkable lives.  Reading is one of the best pastimes summer has to offer.  These recent works are worthy of note...

Marian Prayers: Prayers to Mary, Mother of Justice

The prayers and images found on the following pages explore the many ways in which Mary is a model of grace, hope and intercession.  Use the prayers and images for individual or group prayer,...

Arizona Immigration Law and Catholic Teaching

The state of Arizona recently passed immigration reform that allows local police to initiate an investigation when they suspect a person may not be legally residing in the state.  Many,...
Retreat

Mary as a Model of Justice

This retreat format is designed for participants to listen, explore, and discern God's call in their lives.  Various components of the retreat are designed to help explore what it means to be a...

50+ Ways to Go Green

This "idea grid" provides more than fifty ideas and ways to go green or get greener for schools, parishes and organizations. Begin with a spirituality of the sacredness of creation and build from...

Invictus

Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison for fighting apartheid in South Africa.  This year marks the 20th anniversary of his release. This film is the true story of Nelson Mandela’s effort to...

Work: The Key to the Social Question

Job creation is a key agenda item for the current administration in 2010.  This is a moral task as well as an economic necessity.  From a theological perspective, authentic human...

Interactive Lenten Calendar Based on "Caritas in Veritate"

This resource is a downloadable interactive Lenten calendar based on Pope Benedict's social encyclical, "Caritas in Veritate".  Each day includes excerpts from "Caritas in Veritate" for...

Black History Month PowerPoint

Black History Month: From Freedom to Fulfillment This PowerPoint moves through American history with images and words of African Americans' long struggle for justice and equality. The fight for...
Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan on Rosa Parks: A Mighty Witness

Rosa Parks was a remarkable woman whose life and actions revealed what it meant to take a stand for justice - even while sitting down. This 10-page print-ready lesson plan is an activity designed to...