Social Justice Topics

CST and SDGs: Clean Water and Sanitation

Access to water and sanitation are fundamental human rights. This reflection identifies Catholic social teaching on the rights to water and to sanitation and provides faith in action, reflection...
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Catholic Social Thought and Consumerism

From the beginning of the modern Catholic social thought in 1891, popes have cautioned that growing consumerism has been a threat to Human Dignity, Solidarity, the Option for the Poor, the Common...
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Prayer Service

World Day of the Poor: Encountering the Poor as a Way of Life

Pray with Pope Francis as he invites us to encounter the poor in their full dignity. We are called to learn from the poor how to practice the essence of the Gospel in our lives.  

Signs of Our Times: Bringing Comfort and Relief to the Suffering People of Our World

This litany remembers all who are torn away from their homes and their families by war, violence, greed, and natural disasters.  
Litany

Litany for Puerto Rico

Let us pray for all those in Puerto Rico who continue to suffer from the effects of Hurricane Maria, and who wait for us to respond to them with solidarity.
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Prayer

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20) honors the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. With this prayer, we remember our transgender sisters and brothers...
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Prayer

Prayer for Children

We pray for children all around the world, children who can play in even dire circumstances, and some who cannot play, because of hunger, illness, violence, or political conflict; they are all sacred...
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The Sultan and the Saint

This film tells the true story of the friendship between St. Francis of Assisi and Sultan Malek al-Kamil. Through their interaction, we see that interfaith dialogue can work to foster understanding...
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Toolbox

Native American & Thanksgiving

This collection of revised resources celebrates the season of the harvest and Native American Heritage Month. The toolbox includes prayers, reflections on Native American history and...
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CST and SDGs: Affordable and Clean Energy

As Pope Francis has declared, we must move from fossil fuels to clean energy, ensuring that those in poverty have access to clean and sustainable energy for authentic human development.
Prayer Service

Majora Carter: Addressing Poverty through Environmental Justice and Community Restoration

We offer this prayer service which offers Majora Carter as model for participation in our communities through understanding the systems and structures that shape these communities; we are called to...
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Litany

Litany for Those Who Suffer from Mental Distress

We pray that we may always recognize that those with mental health problems are made in the image of God and that we may always display respect as well as compassion toward them.