Social Justice Topics

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Prayer

Prayer on the Scars of Violence

This prayer guides us to pray for the healing of the young women who were victims of genital mutilation and for the end of this violent practice.  February 6th is the International Day of Zero...
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Prayer

Prayer Against Modern-day Slavery

This prayer calls each of us to tear down our walls of fear and indifference towards the injustice of modern-day slavery.  
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Film Discussion Guide

Tricked

Tricked is a documentary based on real-life interviews with different people involved in sex trafficking; this film discussion guide offers questions guiding viewers to consider how the sin of...
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Film Discussion Guide

Marshall

This film discussion guide helps viewers consider race relations when Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall was beginning his legal career in 1940 and what has changed, or not changed, today; the...
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Toolbox

African American History Month

This toolbox for African American History Month includes resources, both revised and new, on racial justice and nonviolent protest; important figures of the Civil Rights movement; and the...
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Reflection

Pope Francis’s 2018 World Day of Peace Message

This artistic photo reflection uses quotes from Pope Francis’s 2018 World Day of Peace message. To view the reflection, click here: http://bit.ly/2jlRdJr.  
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Reflection

Pope Francis: World Day of Peace Message, 2018

This resource builds on Pope Francis’s World Day of Peace Message for 2018. He calls the world to a new way of seeing immigrants, migrants, and refugees; the Pope challenges us all to practice hope...
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Reflection

Pope Francis on Sustainable Urban Communities, Encounter, and Solidarity

Pope Francis reminds us that we cannot simply work for the environment in our communities without concern for “the cry of the poor.” He believes all is interconnected and we must hear “both the...
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Reflection

Catholic Social Thought and War

Father Fred Kammer discusses the development of the Church’s perspective on war; Pope Francis’s latest pronouncements on nuclear weapons and war are included.  
Prayer Service

Religious Freedom: A Civil Right Rooted in Human Dignity

Based on the declaration on religious freedom from Pope Paul VI, this litany helps us reflect on the meaning of respect for all religions and challenges us to reflect on the many questions related to...
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Litany

Signs of Our Times: Being Lightbearers of Hope in Today’s World

This month’s litany invites us to be lightbearers of hope to all who suffer injustice in today’s world.  
Prayer

Extinguishing the Fire of Human Trafficking

This prayer calls us to see, reflect, and act on the problem of human trafficking around the globe, to reject indifference, and to move beyond our comfort zones to bring this injustice to an...
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