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A Mercy Guide to Living Laudato Si'

A Mercy Guide to Living Laudato Si' is meant to help you reflect on and take action around the Laudato Si' Action Platform's seven goals. The guide is available in English and Spanish. This guide...
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Calendar

EFJ Justice and Peace Calendar 2022-2023

EFJ’s annual Peace and Justice Calendar is filled with notable dates for the 2022-2023 academic year. Links to EFJ resources are included to help you celebrate and remember individuals and social...
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Prayer Service

Prayer Service for the Start of a New School Year

This updated two-page prayer service provides a print-ready prayer service which sets a tone and calls on God's blessing for the new year of learning ahead. Prayer service includes readings from...
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Prayer

Let the Shooting End

Let the Shooting End is a prayer for an end to gun violence. This prayer was originally published by the Sisters of Mercy and is reprinted here with permission. Visit sistersofmercy.org/resources/...
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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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Video

Prayer for the Summer

As we move into the new summer season, we look to absorb God’s light just as we absorb the summer sun. We pray to grow, rest, and reflect in these summer months. Find the PDF version of this prayer...
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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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Video

Video: Prayer for the End of the School Year

The Prayer for the End of the School Year reflects on the challenges and blessings of the school year and looks forward to summer renewal.             Prayer for...
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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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