Social Justice Topics Archives

Litany

Care of Our Common Home

This litany touches on many issues that affect all of us in our common home and invites each of us to act on behalf of the poorest in our global society.

Bulletin Insert

Bulletin Insert: Care for Our Common Home

This bulletin insert/handout includes quotes from encyclicals on the environment, ways to celebrate Earth Day, reflection questions, and Pope Francis’s Christian Prayer in Union with...

Film Discussion Guide

Good Kill

The film Good Kill tells the story of a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot turned drone pilot and the effect this has on his own life, his family dynamic, and the new practices of modern day warfare.

Prayer

Prayer on Health

This prayer reflects on Christ's inclusive healing ministry and calls us to support healthcare for all, especially those in poverty, those marginalized, and those ignored.

Prayer

Pax Christi International's Prayer for the People of Syria

Pax Christi International's prayer card can be used for your own action to create signs of hope for Syria: Ask your parish to include this prayer in Masses on Sunday, 20 March, Start a vigil...

Video

Visit the Against Humanity website to view the anti-human trafficking video I Am Miriam, which tells the story of a 26-year-old Ethiopian woman who underwent sex trafficking as she sought asylum from...

Prayer Service

Transformation Through Suffering: A Journey with St. Josephine Bakhita

This prayer service follows the life of St. Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese woman who was trafficked and enslaved time and time again. St. Bakhita is the patron of victims of trafficking.

Prayer

International Day Against Police Brutality: March 15

This prayer is for those who serve as police in our communities; we pray they develop discernment and relationships with all the people they serve, so police brutality becomes a thing of the...

Prayer Service

Pope Francis’s 2016 World Day of Migrants and Refugees Message

This prayer service, entitled “Migrants and Refugees Challenge Us: The Response of the Gospel of Mercy,” uses words from Pope Francis’s message with a response that is meant to stir us into...