Social Justice Topics

Reflection

Love Requires Justice: Art as a Medium to Address Systemic Racism

High school senior Chloe Becker reflects on the mural she painted of important African and African American saints as a medium to start a conversation in her community about systemic racism and white...
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Prayer

100 Days of Prayer: February 9-15

Created by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, 100 Days of Prayer provides daily prayer intentions related to social justice issues and for the most vulnerable members of society. Use the prayers in...
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Film Discussion Guide

Film Discussion Guide: Harriet

Harriet is a biographical film that depicts the life of Harriet Tubman, a slave that escaped to freedom. Harriet was instrumental in the Underground Railroad and helped over 300 slaves escape to...
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Fact Sheet & Handout

Civil Rights Heroes Prayer Cards

Learn about heroes and activists from the Civil Rights Movement and pray for equity and reconciliation in our world today. These brief biographies are starting points to learn more about the lives of...
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Prayer

The Australian Fires: A Prayer for Conversion

Due to climate change, the ongoing fires in Australia are unlike any before in intensity or duration. As we witness the destruction from these fires, we pray for ecological conversion—and to...
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Prayer

Ecological Conversion Reflection and Prayer

Learn about ecological conversion in Laudato Si' in this reflection and then use a prayer based on the First Principle and Foundation of St. Ignatius to consider how you are being called to...
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Prayer

Ignatian Ecological Conversion Reflection

This prayer, based on the First Principle and Foundation of St. Ignatius of Loyola, invites us to reflect on our relationship with creation and to practice ecological conversion by contemplating...
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Prayer

Ignatian Ecological Conversion Reflection

Reflection

Laudato Si' and Ecological Conversion

Video

Video: The Holy Family's Migration Journey

This guided imaginative prayer invites you to enter into the nativity story from the perspective of the Holy Family and their migration journey. Explore how this 2,000-year-old story ties to issues...
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Prayer

Catholic Social Teaching and Human Rights Today: A Prayer

This prayer reminds us of the interconnection between social and economic human rights and asks that every person, created in the image of God, may live fully, develop, and flourish.
Litany

100 Days of Prayer: November 24-30

Created by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, 100 Days of Prayer provides daily prayer intentions related to social justice issues and for the most vulnerable members of society. Use the prayers in...
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