A CST Perspective on Who Makes Decisions on the Food We Eat

A two-page Food for Thought resource asks questions about who regulates the food business in the U.S. and reminds us of the need to focus on the common good.
Prayer Service

Remember the Immigrant Prayer Service

This prayer service is for remembering the immigrants, as Scripture encourages us, and is by the National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice.

Poverty, War, and the Environment in Darfur

This article and reflection is on the continuing violence in Darfur and its root causes, such as poverty and environmental destruction. Use this resource for group discussion or as a bulletin...

Health Care in Prisons

This two-page reflection/case study focuses on the problems with health care in U.S. prisons, from the point of view of Scriptures and Catholic Social Teaching, based on the U.S. Catholic Bishops'...

Child Soldiers in Uganda

Up to 20,000 children in northern Uganda have been kidnapped and forced to fight in a conflict that has been raging for 19 years. Other children flee from rural areas to villages to sleep at night,...

Sign of Hope: Operation Day's Work

This student-run campaign, focused on helping students become aware of socially justice issues and solidarity with others across the world, offers a sign of hope.

Nuclear Disarmament

While enormous amounts of money are spent daily on the build-up of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, which threaten the well-being of all creation. Pope John Paul II spoke repeatedly about the...
Prayer Service

Litany for an End to the Death Penalty

A main tenant of Catholic Social Teaching is the dignity of every human person. Popes and Bishops have consistently called for an end to the death penalty. This Litany is for an End to the Death...

The Catholic Perspective on the Death Penalty (Sept. 2005)

This bulletin insert/fact sheet is based the recent campaign by the U.S. Catholic Bishops to end the death penalty.

Halloween Chocolate is No Treat for Child Cocoa Laborers

While millions of people around the world will stock up on Halloween candy in the new few months before Halloween, we are called to reflect on the child cocoa workers in many countries in the...