
Immersion Trips Across Borders
Service learning places students in the stream of life that by its very nature brings about a process of change and, with grace, leads to deeper conversion and apprehension of the gospel message. ...

In the News: Pakistan
"Praying for Peace Around the Globe" is a new prayer resource by EFJ Member, Jim McGinnis. This two-page resource is a prayer for the people of Pakistan (currently in the news) and is a...

Fair Trade: Solidarity in a Cup
Lesson PlanThis five-page resource provides an introduction to the themes of Catholic Social Teaching through the use of a video prepared by Catholic Relief Services on Fair Trade, "Solidarity in a Cup". This...

Lenten Reflections 2009
These print-ready reflections provide a focused meditation for each week of Lent beginning with Ash Wednesday. Each reflection is a stopping point on a pilgrimage toward reconciliation and healing....


Suggestions for Marking the Anniversary of the War in Iraq
This one-page resource contains a list of numerous ways you can observe and mark the Anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. It combines suggestions ranging from prayer and reflection, to...

Slumdog Millionaire
"Slumdog Millionaire" is a tremendous film that weaves into a seamless whole poverty and wealth, despair and hope, greed and generosity, blindness and vision. It is part crime movie, part dramatic...

A Witness Speaks: The Stars are Watching (Video 4)
VideoFr. Romain Rurangirwa survived the Rwandan genocide in 1994. He was a college student at the time. In this fourth video segment, Fr. Romain tells spellbinding story of a memory from his childhood...

A Witness Speaks: Plight of Orphans after Genocide (Video 3)
VideoFr. Romain Rurangirwa survived the Rwandan genocide in 1994. He was a college student at the time. In the third of seven video segments, Fr. Romain responds to a student's question about what has...

Prayer for the People of Zimbabwe
Prayer for the People of Zimbabwe Lord God, Our hearts cry out for the people in Zimbabwe whose lives are in chaos, whose hopes are waning, whose very lives are in danger. by the government's failed...

In the News: Zimbabwe
The conditions in Zimbabwe continue to deteriorate. New alarms are sounding as the people continue to suffer the effects of a failed government. Food insecurity is giving way to widespread...

St. Maria Bernarda Butler- First Woman Saint of Switzerland
First Woman Saint of Switzerland
In mid-October, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI canonized this newest saint for her work in Ecuador and Columbia. She was known for her open heart, her compassionate care of...