Activity

Call to Community Activity

Learn more about yourself and your community through this journaling activity to begin the school year. Take time to answer questions and reflect with your class or at home with your family.
Reflection

Catholic Case for Pronouns

“A Catholic Case for Choosing Your Own Pronouns” was published by Outreach: A LGBTQ Catholic Resource in April 2023. Jim McDermott, S.J., wrote the original article, and Education for Justice...
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Fact Sheet & Handout

CST, Human Trafficking and Asian American Women

Catholic Social Teaching offers insights as to how we can advocate for an end to human trafficking and guidance as to why we need to bring an end to it. Knowing the types and examples of trafficking...
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Fact Sheet & Handout

CST and Farming

Learn more about Catholic Social Teaching’s outlook on food and agriculture through different encyclicals, documents, and homilies. Explore documents that have continued to inform the teachings of...
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Prayer

End of the Year Blessing

Take a moment to share this blessing with those around you who have finished the academic year. Acknowledge those who strive for peace, those who are weary in the year’s completion, and those whose...
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Reflection

Ukraine Peace

Learn more about a Just Peace Framework to help share a broader vision of human dignity and working for the common good. Examine this framework through the lens of the war in Ukraine to reflect on...
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Reflection

Catholic Social Teaching Documents Relating to Race

This information is gathered from the Vatican, USCCB and Jesuit documents & resources related to race, critical race theory and diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Commemorate Black...
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Reflection

Kino Community Conversation

Reflect on the opportunity of radical welcome through the lens of individuals engaged in work through Kino Border Initiative located in Nogales, Sonora, México.  This resource is centered around...
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Prayer

Mental Health Concerns Prayer

This prayer marks May as mental health awareness month and the month of Mary. This prayer asks for those who struggle with mental health issues and seeks intercession from Mary.  
Prayer

Teach Us to Be Stewards Prayer

This prayer encourages people to fight excessive consumerism and to become stewards of our earth. This prayer won the Education for Justice Earth Day contest in Spring 2023. It is written by Anna...
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Activity

Laudato Si' Spiral

This reflection utilizes the pastoral spiral to deepen individual and communal reflection around a few themes of Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato si'. Participants discern specific commitments and...
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Reflection

Sustainability: Connecting People

This reflection offers an opportunity to see how interconnected the earth is with how we live our daily lives. Consider the impact of your actions in relation to all that is around you.