Lectionary Reflection

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time [b] September 20, 2015

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time [b] September 20, 2015
Lectionary Reflection

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time [b] September 13, 2015

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time [b] September 13, 2015
Lectionary Reflection

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time [b] September 6, 2015

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time [b] September 6, 2015
Creative Voice

The Awe-inspired Economics of Pope Francis

Creative Voice David Kane explores the pope's latest encyclical, Laudato Si' (Praised Be), focusing on the recommendations that Francis has for making our political and economic systems more...
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Calendar

Education for Justice 2015-2016 Justice and Peace Calendar

Prepare for the upcoming 2015-2016 academic year with EFJ's annual Justice and Peace Calendar. This year gives even more listings of dates related to human rights, justice, peace, and CST. Links to...
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Reflection

A Pilgrimage of Mercy and Communion

Reflect with EFJ as we celebrate our theme for this year: A Pilgrimage of Mercy and Communion. Pause for a moment to give thanks for our common call to walk with each other in a spirit of mercy and...
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Reflection

Reflecting with Laudato Si'

Short quotes from Laudato Si’ serve as a meditative reflection in this Smilebox resource. We are reminded by the words of this encyclical that each of us is called to care for our common home...
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Reflection

Catholic Social Thought and the Common Good

In this brief overview of the concept of the Common Good, Fr. Fred Kammer reminds us that we can only find our own fulfillment as humans when we are in communities that promote the flourishing of...
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Reflection

CST in Pope Francis's Laudato Si'

This updated reflection on Pope Francis's encyclical, Laudato Si’: On Care of our Common Home, discusses how the Catholic social thought grounds his discussion of the signs of these times and the...
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Reflection

Jubilee Year of Mercy

This resource offers a brief summary of the main points in Pope Francis’s Holy Year of Mercy, beginning on December 8, 2015, as well as discussion questions and a prayer for mercy.  
Reflection

Funding Development: Good Intentions, Limited Effects

Caux Roundtable global executive director Stephen Young offers his reflections on the recent United Nations Third International Conference on Financing for Development held in Ethiopia. This...
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Reflection

Stephen Bantu Biko

This backgrounder explores the life of Stephen Bantu Biko, an anti-Apartheid activist in South Africa most known for the development of the Black Consciousness movement.