Catholic Social Tradition Principles

Prayer for Migrant Domestic Worker

Migrant Domestic Workers

Large numbers of women from Asia and Latin America are working to care for the children and clean the houses of a new generation of young, upper-income professionals in North American and Europe....
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Lesson Plan

CST Conscious Consumer: Introduction

The world is consuming goods and services at an unsustainable pace, with serious consequences for the well-being of people and the planet. There are, however, creative options for meeting people's...
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Creating a Country: Part 2

Through the activity of "Creating a Country," participants receive an overview of the main principles of Catholic social teaching, an understanding of the rights set forth in the Universal...
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Creating a Country: Part 1

Through the activity of "Creating a Country," participants receive an overview of the main principles of Catholic social teaching, an understanding of the rights set forth in the Universal...
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Corporate Accountability: Wal-Mart

This resource looks at the unjust and illegal actions taken by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Topics covered in this unit include corporate accountability, worker's rights, human rights and socially...
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Prayer Service: Water for All the People of the Earth

This three-page resource is a prayer service looking at the ways water is essential for all of life.  This prayer service uses a variety of symbols. These symbols are used to show how we are...
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Prayer for Displaced Women

Walking in Another's Shoes: The Experience of Poverty

This resource is designed to help participants get a sense of how people living in situations of poverty experience indignities, and yet often possess a sense of their own basic human dignity....
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Who is Rich and Who is Poor?

This unit includes activities to explore both domestic and global poverty and CST. Case studies, prayers, CST reflections, discussion questions, action suggestions, quizzes, and more are...
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Pedagogy of Hope

One of the tasks of the progressive educator, through a serious, correct political analysis, is to unveil opportunities for hope, no matter what the obstacles may be. This reflection looks at the...
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January 8, 2004 - Bishops Question the For-Profit Prison Industry