Social Justice Topics

Prayer

Earth Day Prayer, 2017

Inspired by the 2017 Earth Day theme, “Environmental and Climate Literacy,” this prayer calls us to an ecological conversion rooted in respect and knowledge of our complex and sacred common...
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Prayer

Peace to Our Earth

This prayer for the natural environment is based on the line from Pope Francis’s 2013 Lenten Message, “Peace to our earth.”
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Prayer

And They Danced Before the Lord

International Dance Day is celebrated annually on April 29. This prayer recalls dancing in Scripture and celebrates the harmony that dancing brings to both body and soul.

Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures tells the remarkable story of three African American women who played a significant role in the NASA launch of John Glenn, the first person to orbit the earth. This resource includes a...
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Reflection

CST and SDGs: Reduce Inequalities

Pope Francis has been very clear on his deep concerns about economic inequality; this resource explores his concerns and links them to the UN goal to lessen such inequalities around the globe by...
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Litany

Women Creating the Common Good

This litany remembers the many women who have worked for peace and justice worldwide during the last two centuries and asks that the remembrance of these women inspire us to continue their...
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Prayer

Never Again! Refusing to be People of Indifference (English and Spanish)

This prayer of action calls on each of us to see God in immigrants, refugees, and orphans, our sisters and brothers.
Prayer

A Gospel Call: Becoming a Sanctuary People in Today's World (English and Spanish)

This prayer cries out, "Injustice, exclusion, bigotry, never again! Not this time! Amen."
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Prayer

Prayer of Accompaniment

This prayer, taken from EFJ’s Prayer Service on Pope Francis’s Message for the 2016 World Day of Migrants and Refugees, stirs us into action to help the millions of refugees around the world...
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Film Discussion Guide

Silence

Silence, based on the historical novel by Shusaku Endō, tells the story of Jesuit missionaries navigating a seventeenth-century Japan resistant to Western Christianity. This film discussion guide...
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Calendar

Women's History Month Calendar (2017)

This interactive calendar explores the stories of 31 remarkable women who have dedicated their lives to work for peace and justice. Many toil quietly. Others have won the Nobel Prize. All bear...
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Toolbox

Women’s History Month

This toolbox for Women’s History Month includes resources, both revised and new: Sheet: Shining a Light: Threats to Human Rights of Women Fact Sheet: Status of Native American Women Fact...
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