Social Justice Topics

Creating a Country: Part 4

Through the activity of "Creating a Country," participants receive an overview of the main principles of Catholic social teaching, an understanding of the rights set forth in the Universal...

Prayer Service for Debt Cancellation

Debt is crippling particularly in developing countries where life and death weigh in the balance.  This prayer service brings the lives of those strangled by the damaging effects of debt and places...
Lesson Plan

CST Conscious Consumer: Chocolate

The United States is the world's largest chocolate consumer, and this unit explores the global issues behind our chocolate purchases. Topics covered include child labor, slavery, corporate...

Creating a Country: Part 3

Through the activity of "Creating a Country," participants receive an overview of the main principles of Catholic social teaching, an understanding of the rights set forth in the Universal...
Lesson Plan

CST Conscious Consumer: Introduction

The world is consuming goods and services at an unsustainable pace, with serious consequences for the well-being of people and the planet. There are, however, creative options for meeting people's...

Genocide Unit

Genocide is the attempt to destroy a national, ethnic, racial and/or religious groups (and its supporters) through officially sanctioned persecution, violence, and mass executions and killings. This...

Prayer Service for Victims of Genocide

This four-page resource provides a prayer service to remember victims of genocide.  Additional resources include a fact sheet on the genocide in Rwanda.

Creating a Country: Part 2

Through the activity of "Creating a Country," participants receive an overview of the main principles of Catholic social teaching, an understanding of the rights set forth in the Universal...

Prayer Service of Hope: The Millennium Development Goals

A prayer service of hope connecting world realities with the millennium development goals.

Housing Unit

This unit looks at the current housing crisis in the United States. Included are prayers and reflections, a fact sheet, two case studies, a role play activity, a sign of hope and discussion...