Social Justice Topics

Reflection

No Is Not Enough! Reflections on a Lifestyle of Resistance

In this reflection, Fr. Fred Kammer reminds us that resistance means saying “yes” to life as well as saying “no” to anything that devalues the human person.  
Reflection

Forced Organ Harvesting and Falun Gong

This resource offers an insight into the cold genocide currently being carried out against Falun Gong practitioners in China. Despite official claims from the Chinese government, this resource...
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Film Discussion Guide

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

This film discussion guide poses critical questions to the moral implications behind the film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, specifically in terms of caring for God’s creation, and the ethics of...
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Fact Sheet & Handout

Jail Ogaden

In the heart of the Somali region, lies one of the most notorious detention centers in Ethiopia. Jail Ogaden is home to thousands of prisoners, who are brutalized and neglected, most of them having...
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Film Discussion Guide

End Game

The Netflix documentary End Game offers a compassionate exploration of how residents in palliative care facilities are helped to face death with dignity. Discussion questions, faith in action, and a...
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Prayer

Responding to the Signs of the Times

A prayer on these signs reflects on what is happening today and calls us to "continuing conversion" to the way of justice and peace.  
Fact Sheet & Handout

Protests and Crackdown in Bangladesh

In August 2018, members of the peaceful student protests for safer roads in Dhaka, Bangladesh, were violently attacked by the government. The students were protesting for safer roads after two...
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Prayer

Prayer for the Students in Bangladesh

In August 2018, members of the peaceful student protests for safer roads in Dhaka, Bangladesh, were violently attacked by the government. The students were protesting for safer roads after two...
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Calendar

EFJ Justice & Peace Calendar 2018-2019

EFJ’s annual Justice and Peace Calendar is filled with notable dates for the upcoming August 2018 to July 2019 year. Links to the latest EFJ resources are included to help you celebrate and...
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Creative Voice

Remembering the World’s Disappeared

In commemoration of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (August 30), Creative Voice Jimmy Francisco Ortiz Rodríguez reflects on the impact his two uncles’...
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Reflection

Catholic Social Thought and Civil Discourse

In this resource, Fr. Fred Kammer reflects on civil and church discourse during a time of political division. He reminds us of the importance of working towards justice and voicing our...
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Prayer Service

Living CST: Ilia Delio, O.S.F.

This prayer service uses quotes from Sister Ilia Delio, O.S.F, and calls us to be open to new concepts of God and ways of caring for our common home and one another.