Option for the Poor and Vulnerable Archives

Domestic Poverty and the 2012 Elections

Amidst the heated rhetoric of the 2012 election season, people living in poverty seem all but forgotten. This bulletin insert includes updated statistics on domestic poverty, reflections from...

Option for the Poor: A Place at the Table

A Place at the Table: A Catholic Recommitment to Overcome Poverty and to Respect the Dignity of All God’s Children was issued by the USCCB in 2002. Ten years later, after a world-wide economic...

Prayer Service: United Nations Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Prayer Service

This three-page resource is a formatted, ready-to-use prayer service commemorating the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Included is a handout of images of children, women, and...

Saint Francis of Assisi

The feast day of Saint Francis is celebrated on October 4th. This resource explores the linkages between climate change and poverty.

Remembering the Medellin Conference

This two-page resource provides background on the Latin American Bishops' conference held in Medellin, Colombia in 1968. The conference marked a sea-change in the Latin American church, denouncing...

A Timeline on Migration, Labor, and Immigration Laws, Part One

Lesson Plan

This four page resource reviews key events in migration patterns and immigration laws in the U.S up until 1903. It raises central questions about the relationship between the need for labor and...

U.S. Poverty Quiz 2012

Quiz

This much beloved EfJ resource has been updated for 2012. Designed as a print-ready quiz, it also makes a great educational ice-breaker for social justice presentations. Or, simply use the great...

Prayer Service for Migrants

Prayer Service

Invite your community to prayerfully reflect on the needs of migrants with excerpts from relevant papal and episcopal statements. Participants are challenged to welcome migrants, and to offer them...