Catholic Social Tradition Principles

Calendar

EFJ Justice and Peace Calendar 2022-2023

EFJ’s annual Peace and Justice Calendar is filled with notable dates for the 2022-2023 academic year. Links to EFJ resources are included to help you celebrate and remember individuals and social...
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Activity

Human Dignity Reflection & Web Quest

This activity invites students to reflect on Genesis 1:26-27 and the concept of human dignity as a result of being made in the image of God.
Film Discussion Guide

After Buffalo, After Uvalde, After Tulsa

"After Buffalo, After Uvalde, After Tulsa" is the name of a dialogue hosted by the Georgetown Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life on gun violence in the United States. Use these...
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Grey toolbox graphic with orange flames and the words “Pentecost Toolbox,” symbolizing spiritual tools for Pentecost through the lens of Catholic social justice

Sample Resource: Pentecost Toolbox

Fact Sheet & Handout

Education for Justice 2022 Summer Reading List

These recommendations for summer reading are organized by spiritual reading, non-fiction, and fiction. These works are connected to one or more themes of Catholic Social Teaching and highlight...
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Prayer

Let the Shooting End

Let the Shooting End is a prayer for an end to gun violence. This prayer was originally published by the Sisters of Mercy and is reprinted here with permission. Visit sistersofmercy.org/resources/...
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Fact Sheet & Handout

Resource List on the Relations of Indigenous Peoples and Catholics

This resource list provides suggested books, articles, and videos that teach about the legacy of colonization and the genocide of Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Canada. In particular,...
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Prayer

Prayer for Juneteenth

This prayer commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved African-Americans in Galveston, Texas, were told they were free, almost two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth is symbolic...
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Video

Prayer for the Summer

As we move into the new summer season, we look to absorb God’s light just as we absorb the summer sun. We pray to grow, rest, and reflect in these summer months. Find the PDF version of this prayer...
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Prayer

Buffalo: A Prayer in a Time of Racism and Gun Violence

This is a prayer to remember the lives of the people who died in the Buffalo mass shooting and for all people affected by the sins of racism and gun violence. Commemorate Black History Month in...
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Reflection

Reflection: From Service to Kinship

Fr. Gregory Boyle has worked with young adults in the barrio of Los Angeles for over three decades. He founded Homeboy Industries, and he discusses the concept of kinship in much of his speaking and...
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Prayer Service

Prayer Service for Ukraine

The Prayer Service for Ukraine is adapted from a prayer service of the Iona Community, Scotland. The prayer includes short readings and prayer intentions.