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Prayer

Prayer for Children

We pray for children all around the world, children who can play in even dire circumstances, and some who cannot play, because of hunger, illness, violence, or political conflict; they are all sacred...
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Prayer

A Blessing and A Challenge to Us: In Memory of Fr. Ignacio Martín-Baró, S.J., and Fr. Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J.

This month, we remember the deaths and celebrate the lives of two of the Jesuit priest killed in El Salvador in 1989 because they raised their voices for justice.

The Sultan and the Saint

This film tells the true story of the friendship between St. Francis of Assisi and Sultan Malek al-Kamil. Through their interaction, we see that interfaith dialogue can work to foster understanding...
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Toolbox

Native American & Thanksgiving

This collection of revised resources celebrates the season of the harvest and Native American Heritage Month. The toolbox includes prayers, reflections on Native American history and...
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November 2017: Fostering a Culture of Peace: Living Simply

This month’s calendar offers daily reflections and actions to celebrate EFJ’s theme for the month of November 2017: Fostering a Culture of Peace: Living Simply.

Fostering a Culture of Peace Through Dialogue

Teaching is a journey, like the journey toward Emmaus, and the spirituality of this vocation requires sensitivity and attention as teachers accompany their students toward knowledge and...
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Pope Francis: A World Without Nuclear Weapons

Pope Francis has called the global community to “commit ourselves to a world without nuclear weapons.” To view the artistic reflection based on Pope Francis’ words, click here:...
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Catholic Social Thought and Disarmament

Five recent Popes have forcefully spoken out on the nuclear buildup for the last fifty years; this recourse reviews their concerns and focuses on Pope Francis’ most recent in-depth...
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CST and SDGs: Affordable and Clean Energy

As Pope Francis has declared, we must move from fossil fuels to clean energy, ensuring that those in poverty have access to clean and sustainable energy for authentic human development.
Prayer Service

Majora Carter: Addressing Poverty through Environmental Justice and Community Restoration

We offer this prayer service which offers Majora Carter as model for participation in our communities through understanding the systems and structures that shape these communities; we are called to...
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Signs of Our Times: Being Living Signs of Hope in Times of Need

We invite you to use this litany to reflect on our common vocation to be living signs of hope, with deeds and with words, as a response to the darkness in our society and in the world.  
Litany

Litany for Those Who Suffer from Mental Distress

We pray that we may always recognize that those with mental health problems are made in the image of God and that we may always display respect as well as compassion toward them.