Rights and Responsibilities

Protests and Crackdown in Bangladesh

Fact Sheet & Handout
In August 2018, members of the peaceful student protests for safer roads in Dhaka, Bangladesh, were violently attacked by the government. The students were protesting for safer roads after two...
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Prayer for the Students in Bangladesh

Prayer
In August 2018, members of the peaceful student protests for safer roads in Dhaka, Bangladesh, were violently attacked by the government. The students were protesting for safer roads after two...
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Prayer for Families at the Border

Prayer
We pray to end the tragic, terrible nightmare of children ripped from their parents embrace at the U.S./Mexico border.  
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Creative Voice: On the Call to Holiness in Today’s World

Creative Voice
This artistic reflection invites us to reflect on the words of Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate: On the Call to Holiness in Today’s World, which are meant “to unsettle...
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Prayer for Tax Time

Prayer
As we approach tax time, let us pray to remember that taxes are a contribution to the common good, and we that have the responsibility to advocate for just distribution of the taxes our government...
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The Beatitudes

Creative Voice
This artistic reflection is based on the song “Beatitudes,” written and performed by The Dameans. To view the reflection, click here: http://bit.ly/2pegLrZ.

Signs of Our Times: Responding to the Call to Do Justice

Litany
This litany calls to mind the many conflicts and injustices occurring in our world today and invites us to respond with mercy and action.
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Monthly Calendar: June 2017: Creating Tolerance

Calendar
This month’s calendar offers daily reflections and actions to celebrate EFJ’s theme for the month of June 2017: Creating Tolerance.

Feast of the Epiphany [a] January 8, 2017

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

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time [c] January 31, 2016

Lectionary Reflection
Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time [c] January 31, 2016

Lenten Reflections 2016: Following Jesus on the Path of Nonviolence

Reflection
These 11 reflections are written by John Dear, a Catholic priest and world-renowned peacemaker and nonviolent activist for social justice. Father John invites all of us "to reflect on the nonviolence...
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Themes of CST: Rights and Responsibilities

Reflection
This backgrounder on the principle of Rights and Responsibilities provides a thorough overview for anyone interested in a greater understanding of the foundations of Catholic social teaching....
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