WEBINAR + RESOURCE SERIES
Professional Development
for Secondary Educators
Webinars and classroom-ready resources designed to support religious educators in bringing Catholic Social Teaching (CST) to life in high school settings
Throughout the 2025–2026 academic year, access dynamic webinars on timely justice issues—each paired with a practical, downloadable classroom resource and an accompanying prayer.
Do I have to be an EFJ member to access this series?
Join us live for free! Want to watch later? You’ll need an EFJ subscription (2-6 level+) to access recordings. This keeps us funded to create more resources and build our membership.
Why are you only giving access to group subscribers?
Our group subscribers are typically schools, parishes, or organizations that may use these recordings for team teaching or sharing among teachers in a specific grade level or sharing with colleagues. It helps us focus on creating content that may be shared with an entire grade or series of classes, not just individual viewers.
Who Should Attend?
- High school theology and religion teachers
- Campus ministers, justice educators, and retreat leaders
- Anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of Catholic Social Teaching and bring it to life in a classroom setting
Past Webinars
Each webinar and corresponding teaching resource can be accessed by a 2-6+ person EFJ membership. Don’t have a 2-6+ person membership? Upgrade today to help bring Catholic Social Teaching to life in the classroom.
Rerum Novarum and Its Application for Today
Presenter: Br. Ken Homan, S.J., Ph.D., St. Louis University
Learn more about Rerum Novarum, Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical that affirmed the dignity of workers, defended their rights to just wages, safe conditions, and labor unions, and called for balancing the duties of capital and labor within a framework of justice and the common good. The corresponding resource features a lesson plan with three sets of exercises focused on understanding, praying with, and applying an encyclical.
Black Catholics and #BlackCatholicsSyllabus
Presenter: Tia Pratt, PhD, Villanova University
Explore how the BlackCatholicsSyllabus can be used as a resource and guide for classroom settings to learn more about Black Catholics and the Black Catholic experience. #theBlackCatholicsSyllabus offers materials and resources such as articles, websites, books, and more that has been curated around Black Catholics. The corresponding resource includes guided reflection notes for teachers and students, classroom-ready discussion questions, and a Black History Month prayer grounded in the witness of Black Catholic leaders and saints.
Community Organizing: Catholic Social Teaching in Practice
Presenter: Nicholas Hayes Mota, Santa Clara University
Explore how Fratelli Tutti and the Catholic tradition invite us to imagine a “better kind of politics” rooted in community, solidarity, and the common good. This resource introduces the history and practice of community organizing, its deep Catholic connections, and how it embodies principles of Catholic Social Teaching. The corresponding resource offers guided reflection notes for teachers and students, classroom-ready discussion questions, and a Gratitude for Community Organizers and Community Builders prayer grounded in Catholic Social Teaching.
The Common Good
Presenter: Allison Covey, PhD, Villanova University
This webinar explores the Catholic understanding of the common good and what it asks of us in a world shaped by inequality, polarization, and environmental crisis. Rather than treating the common good as an abstract ideal, this session invites practical reflection on how our schools, communities, political systems, and everyday choices either strengthen or weaken our shared life together. The corresponding resource features a discussion guide to reflect on how our schools, communities, political systems, and daily choices either advance or hinder the common good.
