Social Justice Topics

Prayer Service

Hope for a New Heaven and a New Earth: CRS Natural Disaster Prayer Service

One of EFJ's partners, Catholic Relief Services, has created a prayer service to mark the anniversary of the tsunami disaster. A PDF leader's guide is available at the link below.

Health Care is a Human Right - Especially for Children

The right to health care, especially for children, is a basic right that has been long supported by the Church. A fact sheet on Children and Health Care in the U.S. and an action agenda is posted...
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Poverty, Post-Katrina: Who Can Rebuild?

The devastation of Katrina is still a problem in the U.S., especially for those in poverty. A comparison of two families from New Orleans, one upper-middle class, and one among the "working...
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In Pakistan, Millions Homeless for Winter; Looking at Structural Issues

We cannot forget those who continue to suffer in the wake of natural disasters around the world: read the latest on the earthquake victims in Pakistan as winter approaches, and consider issues of...
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A CST Perspective on Who Makes Decisions on the Food We Eat

A two-page Food for Thought resource asks questions about who regulates the food business in the U.S. and reminds us of the need to focus on the common good.
Lesson Plan

A Day in the Life of a Child in the United States

This activity, reproduced with permission from NETWORK Social Justice Lobby, a Catholic advocacy group, walks through the day of children in the U.S. from the perspective of a child in a low-income...
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Child Soldiers in Uganda

Up to 20,000 children in northern Uganda have been kidnapped and forced to fight in a conflict that has been raging for 19 years. Other children flee from rural areas to villages to sleep at night,...
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Health Care in Prisons

This two-page reflection/case study focuses on the problems with health care in U.S. prisons, from the point of view of Scriptures and Catholic Social Teaching, based on the U.S. Catholic Bishops'...
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Poverty, War, and the Environment in Darfur

This article and reflection is on the continuing violence in Darfur and its root causes, such as poverty and environmental destruction. Use this resource for group discussion or as a bulletin...
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Prayer Service

Remember the Immigrant Prayer Service

This prayer service is for remembering the immigrants, as Scripture encourages us, and is by the National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice.

Prayer for Victims of the Mudslides and Earthquake

Derechos Humanos (Human Rights) - in Spanish

A new Spanish-language unit on human rights provides basic information on human rights and a creative activity to help students think about local-global connections in human rights can be found at...
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