Fostering a Culture of Peace: Embracing the "Us"

This photo reflection is accompanied by the song A Place Called Home, performed by David Haas, Marty Haugen, and Michael Joncas. To view the artistic reflection, click here: http://bit.ly/2wpVz7b.

CST and SDGs: Life On Land

This reflection focuses on Goal 15 of the Sustainable Development Goals: to conserve and restore the use of ecosystems such as forests, wetlands, drylands, and mountains. Reflection questions, steps...
Prayer Service

Paulo Freire: A Capacity to Love Through Social Justice

Paulo Freire reminds us that to live out our vocation to become more fully human, we must engage in creative discernment and ongoing reflection on the importance of dialogue, community, and the...
Litany

Litany for Hispanic Heritage Month

This litany guides us to pray for immigrants in the U.S. from Latin and South America and for the peoples of Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Bolivia.  It...
Prayer

May We Speak Peace

Join us as we pray for peace at a time of words of conflict and war.
Prayer

In Gratitude for Jane Addams

This prayer honors Jane Addams, an early advocate of the poor and of immigrants: she was also a woman dedicated to peace who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.  
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Prayer for Grandparents' Day

National Grandparents' Day is celebrated in the United States on September 10th. This prayer calls on Saints Anne and Joachim to guide all who have been called to the vocation of grandparenting.
Prayer

Moving Through God’s World

As people of faith, we are called to reflect on why and how we travel. This prayer is meant to help us to do so as World Tourism Day is celebrated on September 27.
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Prayer

Prayer for Colombia

Columbia is striving to move to reconciliation after decades of internal conflict. This prayer asks for blessings on the people of Columbia as they work for a just and peaceful rebuilding of a united...
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Film Discussion Guide

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power is Al Gore’s second film about the urgency of addressing climate change. This film discussion guide is a tool to #BeInconvenient and a call our political...
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Film Discussion Guide

Winfrey and Wiesel: Auschwitz

Today, we must remember again what happened in Nazi Germany. In 2005, renown author and human rights advocate Elie Wiesel returned to the Auschwitz concentration camp where he was imprisoned as a...
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Calendar

September 2017: Fostering a Culture of Peace: Embracing the “Us”

This month’s calendar offers daily reflections and actions to celebrate EFJ’s theme for the month of September 2017: Fostering a Culture of Peace: Embracing the “Us.”