Human Rights

Fact Sheet & Handout

Resource List on the Relations of Indigenous Peoples and Catholics

This resource list provides suggested books, articles, and videos that teach about the legacy of colonization and the genocide of Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Canada. In particular,...
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Prayer

Prayer for Juneteenth

This prayer commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved African-Americans in Galveston, Texas, were told they were free, almost two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth is symbolic...
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Prayer

Buffalo: A Prayer in a Time of Racism and Gun Violence

This is a prayer to remember the lives of the people who died in the Buffalo mass shooting and for all people affected by the sins of racism and gun violence. Commemorate Black History Month in...
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Reflection

Reflection: From Service to Kinship

Fr. Gregory Boyle has worked with young adults in the barrio of Los Angeles for over three decades. He founded Homeboy Industries, and he discusses the concept of kinship in much of his speaking and...
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Prayer Service

Prayer Service for Ukraine

The Prayer Service for Ukraine is adapted from a prayer service of the Iona Community, Scotland. The prayer includes short readings and prayer intentions.
Prayer

Marian Prayer for Mother's Day

On Mother's Day, we pray to Mary, our universal mother, to watch over and protect all mothers. We pray for an end to danger, violence, and suffering so that all mothers have the freedom and ability...
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Litany

Litany: So All May Eat

Catholic Social Teaching is clear that the right to food is basic for not only the survival but also the flourishing of every one of God’s children in the global human family. In this litany, we...
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Reflection

The Jesuit Border Podcast Study Guide

The Jesuit Border Podcast study guide provides questions for reflection before and after each episode as well as CST connections. Each episode features stories from the US/Mexico border. Season 2 of...
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Prayer

JRS: Prayer for Myanmar

The JRS Prayer for Myanmar uplifts prayers of justice and peace for the people of Myanmar in this time of violence and unrest. To learn more about the ongoing conflict, please...
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Quiz

World Water Day Quiz

Use this true and false quiz about water to begin a discussion about World Water Day and water as a human right.
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Prayer

A Prayer for Blessed Rutilio Grande

We remember Blessed Rutilio Grande on the day of his beatification on January 22, 2022.
Prayer

Prayer for Human Rights

The Prayer for Human Rights can be used on December 10 to honor Human Rights Day, a day to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. We pray for the...
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