Catholic Social Tradition Principles

Summer Reading List & CST

You don’t need to leave home to travel to some remarkable places and encounter remarkable lives.  Reading is one of the best pastimes summer has to offer.  These recent works are worthy of note...
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Prayer for Mothers Everywhere

50+ Ways to Go Green

This "idea grid" provides more than fifty ideas and ways to go green or get greener for schools, parishes and organizations. Begin with a spirituality of the sacredness of creation and build from...
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Work: The Key to the Social Question

Job creation is a key agenda item for the current administration in 2010.  This is a moral task as well as an economic necessity.  From a theological perspective, authentic human...
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Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan on Rosa Parks: A Mighty Witness

Rosa Parks was a remarkable woman whose life and actions revealed what it meant to take a stand for justice - even while sitting down. This 10-page print-ready lesson plan is an activity designed to...
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Avatar

"Avatar" is one of the top-grossing box office hits of all time, and while there are remarkable special effects to behold, there are also some great CST themes and discussions to be explored through...
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Human Rights and Iran

The U.S. media has turned its focus to Iran once again as egregious violations of human rights continue there.  On January 9, 2010, Iranian police arrested 33 mothers of young adults who were...
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They Killed Sr. Dorothy

"They Killed Sister Dorothy" is a narrative documentary about the life of Sr. Dorothy Stang, SNDdeN. Sr. Dorothy stood up for the rights of the indigenous people and worked to protect their land from...
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Prayer Service

Prayer Service: A New Heaven and a New Earth - Haiti

This prayer service with Leader's guide can help explore the challenges facing the people of Haiti and possible ways of responding in faith.

Haiti Resources from CRS

The CRS prayer and educational resources below can help explore the challenges facing the people of Haiti and possible ways of responding in faith. Lesson Plan for Middle and High School: Challenges...
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Natural Disasters and Haiti: A Tragic History

Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere. In 2008 alone, three hurricanes have hit Haiti and the toll has been devastating. This two-page resource highlights how poverty in...
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To Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation: 2010 World Day of Peace Resource & Discussion Guide

Pope Benedict XVI stresses in his World Day of Peace message, "Respect for creation is of immense consequence, and its preservation has now become essential for the peaceful coexistence of...
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