Resources Archive

Child Soldiers in Uganda

Up to 20,000 children in northern Uganda have been kidnapped and forced to fight in a conflict that has been raging for 19 years. Other children flee from rural areas to villages to sleep at night,...

Tolerance and the Caste System

This four-page handout/ bulletin insert offers innovative ways to reflect on the lack of tolerance in formal caste systems--and in our own informal social systems. A beautiful Prayer Service for...

Health Care in Prisons

This two-page reflection/case study focuses on the problems with health care in U.S. prisons, from the point of view of Scriptures and Catholic Social Teaching, based on the U.S. Catholic Bishops'...

Poverty, War, and the Environment in Darfur

This article and reflection is on the continuing violence in Darfur and its root causes, such as poverty and environmental destruction. Use this resource for group discussion or as a bulletin...

Prayer Service

Remember the Immigrant Prayer Service

This prayer service is for remembering the immigrants, as Scripture encourages us, and is by the National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice.

Prayer for Victims of the Mudslides and Earthquake

The United Nations Fact Sheet

On 24 October 1945, the United Nations was formally established. Learn about the UN with this two-page summary designed for this anniversary. Pope Benedict XVI addressed the...

Derechos Humanos (Human Rights) - in Spanish

A new Spanish-language unit on human rights provides basic information on human rights and a creative activity to help students think about local-global connections in human rights can be found at...

Halloween Chocolate is No Treat for Child Cocoa Laborers

While millions of people around the world will stock up on Halloween candy in the new few months before Halloween, we are called to reflect on the child cocoa workers in many countries in the...

Service, Part 2: Surrounded by the Faces of God

"Surrounded by the Faces of God" is the second reflection/activity in our Service and Justice series. It focuses on helping students who perform service to see the faces of God and the dignity of the...