Service, Part 3: Our Lives as Service

This resource explores the scriptural foundation of service as an essential call to discipleship.  Scripture passages and reflection questions provide a format for discussion and deeper...
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Prayer Service

Hope for a New Heaven and a New Earth: CRS Natural Disaster Prayer Service

One of EFJ's partners, Catholic Relief Services, has created a prayer service to mark the anniversary of the tsunami disaster. A PDF leader's guide is available at the link below.

Prayer for the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Dec. 13-18, 2005

HIV/AIDS and Children in Developing Countries

This fact sheet looks at children with AIDS in developing countries and their right to healthcare (can be used for Dec. 1, World AIDS Day). Even while medicines exist to greatly reduce the chances of...
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Health Care is a Human Right - Especially for Children

The right to health care, especially for children, is a basic right that has been long supported by the Church. A fact sheet on Children and Health Care in the U.S. and an action agenda is posted...
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Poverty, Post-Katrina: Who Can Rebuild?

The devastation of Katrina is still a problem in the U.S., especially for those in poverty. A comparison of two families from New Orleans, one upper-middle class, and one among the "working...
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In Pakistan, Millions Homeless for Winter; Looking at Structural Issues

We cannot forget those who continue to suffer in the wake of natural disasters around the world: read the latest on the earthquake victims in Pakistan as winter approaches, and consider issues of...
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Landmines and Victims of War

Even when wars are over, the suffering can continue. A two-page resource that looks at the continuing problems with landmines in many countries, which injure many innocent civilians each year.

Returning Soldiers Experience Trauma

An impact of war is on the emotional toll of those who fight in it. As we pause to remember the young Americans killed in Iraq, we also recognize the scars this war is leaving on the injured, both...
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Violence, War, Women

This two-page resource/bulletin-insert explores the specific injustices women face during war and in the aftermath of war. A Vatican commission on women spokesperson recently addressed the UN with...
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A CST Perspective on Who Makes Decisions on the Food We Eat

A two-page Food for Thought resource asks questions about who regulates the food business in the U.S. and reminds us of the need to focus on the common good.
Prayer Service

Giving a Just Thanks

This one-page prayer service, adapted from a service by the National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, can be used to remember workers on Thanksgiving.