Prayer Service

Standing Up for the Rights of Others (Human Rights Day)

This prayer service commemorates Human Rights Day (December 10th), which marks the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Scripture passages, reflection questions, a litany...

Standing Up for the Rights of Others (Human Rights Day)

This litany commemorates Human Rights Day (December 10th), which marks the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

Human Rights

This two-part lesson plan provides a general history of human rights, as well as an introduction to contemporary human rights issues. The themes of this lesson plan are human rights, social justice,...
Prayer

Prayer After the Election

This prayer invites us to pray that bonds of community be restored after this tumultuous and divisive election.
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Prayer

Anti-Corruption Day

This prayer commemorates the United Nations’ International Anti-Corruption Day (December 9th). This prayer is in English and Spanish.

Human Rights Day

This prayer commemorates Human Rights Day (December 10th), which marks the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. This prayer is in English and Spanish.
Prayer

For the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

We join with Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12th to remember the women who have been murdered and mutilated in Guatemala, Mexico, and El Salvador since 2006.  
Purple candle lit among unlit candles, to signify the beginning of the anticipatory season of Lent
Prayer

Advent Prayers

This resource includes a prayer for the blessing of the Advent Wreath, as well as a prayer for each week of Advent. This prayer is in English and Spanish.
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Film Discussion Guide

The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story

Chico Mendes was a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader, environmentalist, and martyr. This film highlights Mendes’s work to end the destruction of the Amazonian rain forest and to organize...
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Calendar

Monthly Calendar: December 2016: Creating Respect for Human Rights

This month’s calendar offers daily reflections and actions to celebrate EFJ’s theme for the month of December 2016: Creating Respect for Human Rights.
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Prayer

Prayer After the Election

This prayer invites us to pray that bonds of community be restored after this tumultuous and divisive election.
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Reflection

“Mercy Is…” A Reflection on the Year of Mercy

This artistic reflection demonstrates the ways we can understand and live out mercy as the Jubilee Year comes to its conclusion. This reflection uses images set to the song, “Deep Within,”...