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Christmas Prayer: Help Us See You

“Christmas Prayer: Help Us See You” is a contemporary Catholic Christmas prayer that invites believers to encounter the newborn Christ in the lives of those who are most vulnerable in a world...

Catholic Social Thought and Modern CST

This resource relates to Fr. Fred Kammer's short video series on Catholic Social Teaching (YouTube). Fr. Kammer discusses how the modern tradition began in 1891 and how the earlier Church teaching on...

E-Team

In their award-winning documentary E-Team, directors Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman tell the stories of four human rights activists who travel to some of the most dangerous places in the world in...
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Human Rights: Supporting Human Dignity

December 10 is the anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, a document St. John Paul II praised for its support of human dignity for all members of the global community. This...
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Prayer for Pausing and Being More

This prayer reminds us of St. John Paul's II dictum that we should live to be more, not to have more, an appropriate reminder that we need to step back from our consumer culture, pause, and consider...
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Prayer for the U.S. Women of Faith Murdered in El Salvador

This prayer uses phrases from the Beatitudes to focus on the lives and deaths of four American women of faith who were brutally slain in El Salvador on December 2, 1980. Their courage as disciples...
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Prayer in a Time of Ebola

Let us pray to move beyond fear and panic and help us to be concerned for others in our global community. It is a time for solidarity and compassion for those that suffer with this disease. Help our...

Universal Children’s Day: November 20

This reflection uses music and images to express the hopes and dreams of many children from different cultures and countries. "And a little child shall lead them," we are told in Scripture; we pray...

We Gather Together

In this resource, American celebrity chef, television host, author, and restaurateur, Lidia Bastianich shares recipes for communal autumn meals. As we sit down with our families this holiday season,...

Discipleship, Word, and Witness

In his essay, Johnny Zokovitch reminds us that we are called to provide a witness that stands in stark contrast to the values of the surrounding culture. This resource includes: a bible study,...
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Catholic Social Thought and Civic Responsibility

In this reflection, we explore Fr. Kammer's video on civic responsibility. We are reminded that all of life, from “womb to the tomb” is sacred. We are reminded that we are not a single issue...

Food Drives and Justice Concerns: Charity and Justice

This resource challenges us to go deeper in envisioning and planning food drives, reminding us to connect with and encounter the people we seek to serve, and, equally importantly, to look into the...