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Prayer

Prayer for International Human Solidarity Day

As we celebrate International Human Solidarity Day on December 20, this prayer calls us to move beyond our individual lives to be in solidarity with others so that we may all taste the harvest of...
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Prayer for Human Rights

The Prayer for Human Rights can be used on December 10 to honor Human Rights Day, a day to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. We pray for the...
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Prayer

An Examen for Social Media

This reflection and prayer invite us to take "a long, loving look" at the problems with social media and provides questions to prayerfully consider how we encounter beauty and brokenness in its...
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A plea to lift us from the binds of racism.
Prayer

Prayer to Deliver us from the Legacy of Slavery and Racism

December 2 is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. Use this resource in your prayer today, for global deliverance from the sins of racism and slavery. Commemorate Black History...
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Prayer

An Advent Prayer at a Time of Darkness

In a time of darkness, moving through the journey of Advent, we use this prayer to look towards light, light in the form of the coming of the Prince of Peace. Even in a time when many are struggling,...
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Prayer

Prayer for Racial Justice

This prayer recognizes that our history is one of resistance to God's call of inclusion and that this resistance continues to the present. We ask God for mercy and healing and that our words and...
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Prayer

The New Teachers

The Catholic Church continues to grapple with its role in the legacy of Indigenous boarding schools and colonization. This prayer invites us to open our eyes to our colonizing ways and to the...
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Litany

Litany for Extinct Species

The Litany for Extinct Species laments the loss of all extinct species, and uplifts, in particular, the 23 species most recently declared extinct in the United States in 2021. The litany includes a...
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Fact Sheet & Handout

Caring for Our Common Home: An Ignatian Perspective

Caring for Our Common Home framework helps school communities start or continue conversations and actions to care for our common home. The document and action poster provide reflection questions and...
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Reflection

CST and Housing in a Time of COVID and Climate Change

Catholic Social Teaching has long taught that the right to decent housing is a fundamental human right that is necessary to promote the life and dignity of the human person. With new health and...
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Prayer

Prayers for Communities Joining the Laudato Si' Action Platform

Beginning on St. Francis Day 2021 (Oct. 4), Catholics are invited into 40-days of prayer leading up to the official launch of the Laudato Si' Action Platform (LSAP)on Nov. 14. The Dicastery for...
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Activity

CST Jeopardy

This activity tests students' knowledge on all things Catholic Social Teaching! Use the game board with a class as a fun way to teach students about different aspects of CST, including themes,...
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