Social Justice Topics

Celebrating Immigrants: An Interfaith Service

Scripture, Justice and Trade

Our faith tradition calls for righting wrongs and restoring people and communities to right relationships; thus, we must ask what is good and effective and what is wrong and unjust about our global...
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October 20, 2003 - Unjust Health Care Structures for Native Americans

Native American Racial Justice Unit

This resource looks at the history, culture and spirituality of Native Americans. Included is a prayer service, discussion questions, case studies and a quiz.
Quiz

International Poverty Quiz

True/False quiz on international poverty.

Prayer Service on Violence Against Women

This four-page resource provides suggestions for prayer setting, music, and ritual to pray for all victims of violence and to end the conditions that lead or contribute to violence.  The Prayer...
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Rights of Older Persons

This unit on the rights of older persons features a quiz about older persons in the U.S. and worldwide and includes prayers and Catholic Social Teaching to reflect on the dignity of older persons, as...
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Prayer for the Work Against Poverty

Prayer of the World's Children

This prayer responds to the holistic needs our the world's youth.  
Prayer Service

Prayer Service for Refugees

We enter this moment in solidarity with all who long for home: the 45 million refugees and displaced persons in our world, 80% of them women and children. We hold in our prayer all who flee...
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Unit

Torture Around the World

This six-page unit defines torture and provides an introduction to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Included in the unit...
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Refugees

This seven-page unit includes a page of prayers and reflections, a true/false quiz, a fact sheet on refugees and the Catholic Church, a prayer service, suggestions for further action and a list of...
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