Social Justice Topics

Workers' Rights

Unit
This unit on workers' rights contains the following materials: prayers and reflections, fact sheets, and "The Faces Behind the Products." Because this unit contains several photographs,...
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Globalization

Unit
This unit on globalization features the following materials: a true/false quiz, fact sheets on globalization and the Church's response to globalization, and case studies.

Just War Theory and Nonviolence: Two Strands in the Catholic Social Tradition Related to War and Peace

Reflection
There are two strands in the Catholic social tradition related to war and peace. Both share the presumption against the use of force as a means for settling disputes. Within that presumption, one,...
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We Seek Justice Doing Justice

Reflection
Nothing is more important in these times than to be still and to put ourselves in the presence of God. We must reflect on the fact that we are all part of the human family. "May God grant the...
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Women's Rights

This unit on women's rights contains the following materials: prayers and reflections, fact sheets, excerpts from Pope John Paul II's Letter to Women, a women's rights timeline, and case studies on...
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Prayer for Women

Prayer
This simple prayer asks God to help us listen to the voices of all women with respect and attention. Audio Version [audio_player...
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Catholic Social Teaching, the United Nations, and Human Rights Timeline

Activity
The Church's emphasis on human rights arises from its concern for the dignity of every human person. All of the Church's pronouncements on rights emphasize this dignity. This timeline activity is...
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Debt Unit

Unit
This unit on debt features the following materials: prayers and reflections, a brief history of the global debt crisis, an overview of CST and the debt crisis, a Post-Jubilee update, a case study of...
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