Social Justice Topics

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Film Discussion Guide

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power is Al Gore’s second film about the urgency of addressing climate change. This film discussion guide is a tool to #BeInconvenient and a call our political...
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Film Discussion Guide

Winfrey and Wiesel: Auschwitz

Today, we must remember again what happened in Nazi Germany. In 2005, renown author and human rights advocate Elie Wiesel returned to the Auschwitz concentration camp where he was imprisoned as a...
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Bulletin Insert

Clean Up the World Weekend

This bulletin insert calls us to participate in the UN program to promote environmental justice from September 15-17 and to follow Pope Francis’ teaching to restore Creation.  
Prayer

Prayer After Charlottesville

After the recent acts of racism in Charlottesville, Virginia, we pray that we may find ways to move forward towards the light, not back into the the shadows of hatred and violence.  
Activity

Introduction to the Pastoral Circle

This video introduces the four moments of the Pastoral Circle: experience, analysis, reflection, and action. The Pastoral Circle is an invaluable tool to respond to the challenges in our community,...
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Activity

The Pastoral Circle

The four moments of the Pastoral Circle form the bedrock for Christian and other faith traditions around the world in responding to the challenges of communities, nations, and the world. This...
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Reflection

CST and SDGs: Life Below Water

This resource discusses the threats to our world’s oceans, seas, and aquatic life and offers quotes from Pope Francis on the importance of water for human flourishing.
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Reflection

From Pope Paul VI to Pope Francis: Respect for Other Religions

This resource can be used to celebrate August 6th, the anniversary of Nostra Aetate, Pope Paul VI’s declaration on the relation of the Church to non-Christian religions.  
Prayer

Youth Building Peace

This prayer for August 11th, United Nations’ International Youth Day, asks that the Gospel messages of peace and reconciliation fill the hearts and minds of young people around the globe.  
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Film Discussion Guide

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The HBO film The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is based on Rebecca Skloot’s 2010 book of the same title about the life of Henrietta Lacks, a woman whose cancer cells revolutionized medical...
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Film Discussion Guide

I Am Jane Doe

I Am Jane Doe discloses the hidden truth about Backpage.com, an online classified website that, along with information about bikes for sale and apartments for rent, runs a thriving internet-enabled...
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Litany

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

This litany commemorates July 30th, the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Let us be more attentive to the cries and needs of the victims and survivors of human trafficking and hold...
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