Catholic Social Tradition Principles

Lectionary Reflection

Good Friday [a] April 14, 2017

Good Friday [a] April 14, 2017   In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for urgent action to address environmental degradation and the social injustices that accompany...
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Second Sunday of Easter [a] April 23, 2017

Second Sunday of Easter [a] April 23, 2017 In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for urgent action to address environmental degradation and the social injustices that accompany...
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Prayer

Prayer for the Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Populorum Progressio

This prayer commemorates the 50th Anniversary of Populorum Progressio in 2017, and uses words and phrases from Pope Paul VI’s seminal encyclical originally published on March 26, 1967.
Reflection

Reflection: CST and SDGs: Climate Action

Both the Sustainable Development Goals and Catholic social teaching stress the importance of caring for the natural environment and ending human-caused climate change. In addition to the reflection,...
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Prayer

Earth Day Prayer, 2017

Inspired by the 2017 Earth Day theme, “Environmental and Climate Literacy,” this prayer calls us to an ecological conversion rooted in respect and knowledge of our complex and sacred common...
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Prayer

Peace to Our Earth

This prayer for the natural environment is based on the line from Pope Francis’s 2013 Lenten Message, “Peace to our earth.”
Prayer

In Memory of Berta Cáceres (English and Spanish)

Berta Cáceres was murdered in 2016 for her outspoken advocacy as she sought environmental justice for her indigenous people in Honduras; this prayer remembers her sacrifice.
Reflection

We Are Called

This artistic reflection is based on the song “We Are Called,” written and performed by David Haas: http://bit.ly/2j8XKbz.
Prayer Service

Pope Francis’s Message for the 50th World Day of Peace: “Nonviolence: A Style of Politics for Peace”

This prayer service invites reflection on Pope Francis’s message on nonviolence for the 50th World Day of Peace.
This town filled with makeshift tents signifying our call to promote the dignity of migrants and refugees.
Lectionary Reflection

Feast of the Epiphany [a] January 8, 2017

Feast of the Epiphany [a] January 8, 2017 ADD DISCRIPTION
Lectionary Reflection

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God [a] January 1, 2017

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God [a] January 1, 2017 ADD DESCRIPTION
Lectionary Reflection

Christmas [a] December 25, 2016

Christmas [a] December 25, 2016 ADD DISCRIPTION