Catholic Social Tradition Principles

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April 2018: Fostering a Culture of Peace by Caring for Creation

Calendar
This month’s calendar offers daily reflections and actions to celebrate EFJ’s theme for the month of March 2018: Fostering a Culture of Peace by Caring for Creation.  
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Prayer for Students Against Gun Violence

Prayer
We ask God to bless the students who are working for the end to violence in schools and in all communities; this prayer holds up their vision, their hope, and their passion for justice.  
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Choosing the Path of Peace: Remembering All Those Who Lost Their Lives to Gun Violence

Prayer
We join in the mourning of the victims of the most recent mass shooting and recommit ourselves to the path of nonviolence and peace.  
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Women in Solidarity for the Common Good

Reflection
The reflection on Women in Solidarity for the Common Good explores how values of Catholic social teaching are reflected in recent women’s joint efforts to create a more just culture for all women,...
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Women in our Midst: Promoting the Right to Dignity, Truth, and Justice

Litany
This litany celebrates courageous women who are defending the human rights of the oppressed in countries around the world (March 24 is the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning...
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Prayer for Peace

Reflection
This music reflection calls peace to be around us and helps us pause for a few moments of spiritual meditation. To view the reflection, click here: https://adobe.ly/2Bavc69.  
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Catholic Social Thought and Racial Solidarity

Reflection
Father Fred Kammer, S.J., continues his reflections on Catholic social teaching with this resource on CST and Racial Solidarity. Questions, suggestions for action, and a prayer are...
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Prayer for the World Day of Social Justice

Prayer
The Prayer for the World Day of Social Justice calls us to choose again and again to be grounded in prophetic hope and to affirm the possibility of justice and peace.  
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Tricked

Film Discussion Guide
Tricked is a documentary based on real-life interviews with different people involved in sex trafficking; this film discussion guide offers questions guiding viewers to consider how the sin of...
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A Call to Organizing and Activism: Learning From the Tree of Subsidiarity

Creative Voice
Creative Voice Anthony Giancatarino offers a personal reflection on how to overcome the fatigue of community organizing through subsidiarity. He suggests that instead of “doing something for...
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Pope Francis on Sustainable Urban Communities, Encounter, and Solidarity

Reflection
Pope Francis reminds us that we cannot simply work for the environment in our communities without concern for “the cry of the poor.” He believes all is interconnected and we must hear “both the...
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With Gratitude for Community Organizers and Community Builders

Prayer
We pray in gratitude for community organizers and community workers who believe in the extraordinary potential of “ordinary” people whose voices must be heard and respected.