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Women produce almost half of the agricultural production on the planet. Particularly in the Global South, they are doing so without many of the resources to which their male counterparts have access. This three-page resource by Daniel Costie explores how gender equity in agriculture can help reduce global hunger.
This three-page resource is a formatted, ready-to-use prayer service commemorating the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Included is a handout of images of children, women, and men (from every continent) living in poverty. Each participant will be given a photograph of a person and will be invited to “dialogue” with him/her on the root causes of poverty.
This resource tests your knowledge of poverty around the world, its impact, and some of the current causes of global poverty. Answer sheet provided.
This four page resource reviews key events in migration patterns and immigration laws in the U.S up until 1903. It raises central questions about the relationship between the need for labor and attitudes towards immigration. Use in conjunction with the The Pastoral Circle to invite reflection on how understanding reality invites a faithful response.
This two page reflectionby guest writer Alex Mikulich, Ph.D., explores how the Occupy protestors embody the season of advent. Includes active links to background resources.
This two-page resource provides recent statistics on poverty, hunger, unemployment, and other ongoing challenges as reported in the 2011 UN Millennium Development Goals Update.
Ending Poverty in Our Time. The Millennium Development Goals consist of eight key targets set by world leaders to address and eliminate poverty by 2015. World leaders just met to assess their progress.
This three-page update highlights the progress and results of theat meeting and charts the progress still needed. Photos, events and prayer are included.
This introductory piece is in popular language and discusses the option for the poor and liberation theology as related to poverty in the U.S.
This resource provides an overview of the social teaching on the Option for the Poor and Vulnerable, one of the basic tenets of CST. This six-page resource can be used to gain background knowlege or can be used as a series of handouts. This resource includes:
This two-page prayer service is a print-ready resource to mark World AIDS Day and to pray with and for all those who are living with HIV/AIDS. Resource includes song suggestions, scripture reading, ritual ideas, and prayer setting suggestions.
There are 60 countries in today’s world that are poorer than they were 30 years ago. A fifth of the world’s population (1.2 billion people) lives on less than $1 per day and almost half the world’s population, or 2.8 billion people, live on less than $2 a day. Every second, a child dies of malnutrition. Economic injustice still plagues most of the world, providing a strong impetus for immigration. Given this situation, any true solution to illegal immigration to the U.S. must take into account the root causes of the poverty from which many immigrants are trying to escape. This resource looks at these root causes, especially those which have been perpetuated by U.S. foreign policy which has not focused on the well-being of the poorest.
