Economic Justice

Prayer Service for Debt Cancellation

Debt is crippling particularly in developing countries where life and death weigh in the balance.  This prayer service brings the lives of those strangled by the damaging effects of debt and places...
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Lesson Plan

CST Conscious Consumer: Chocolate

The United States is the world's largest chocolate consumer, and this unit explores the global issues behind our chocolate purchases. Topics covered include child labor, slavery, corporate...
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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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April 13, 2004 - Church in Americas Urged to Counter Negative in Globalization

Prayer Service of Hope: The Millennium Development Goals

A prayer service of hope connecting world realities with the millennium development goals.

February 17, 2004: Halliburton and Corporate Accountability

January 8, 2004 - Bishops Question the For-Profit Prison Industry

Scripture, Justice and Trade

Our faith tradition calls for righting wrongs and restoring people and communities to right relationships; thus, we must ask what is good and effective and what is wrong and unjust about our global...
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May 23, 2003 Pope John Paul II States Need for Regulation of Globalization

Fact Sheet & Handout

Mater et Magistra, Christianity and Social Progress

This resource looks at Mater et Magistra (Christianity and Social Progress), an encyclical of Pope John XXIII. Included is an overview of the document, historical notes, an outline of the document...
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Quiz

Quiz on Debt Forgiveness

This resource features a true and false quiz on international debt forgiveness, followed by a prayer.
Prayer

Prayer for Personal and Corporate Accountability