Poverty

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Creative Voice

A Modern Day Parable: The Cry of the Earth and the Cry of the Poor

Creative Voice Rhett Engelking weaves together two stories that take place centuries apart. Two men, Ciero and Malchus, sit together in a small bar in the town of Belem, Brazil and share with each...
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Reflection

Quality of Life: A Consistent Ethic of Life

This is a reflection on understanding the consistent ethic of life and how we are called to see the dignity of life in everyone we encounter.
Activity

World Food Day Quiz

World Food Day is October 16. Use this Hunger/Food Quiz to reflect with your class or group.
Activity

World Hunger Crisis

Communities around the world are facing extreme hunger alongside issues of conflict, climate change, COVID-19, and the cost of rising food. Catholic Relief Services assembled a resource alongside...
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Reflection

Working to Overcome Food Insecurity

This resource shares insights into working at a local food bank and things to consider about one's community and where help is needed.
Litany

Litany: So All May Eat

Catholic Social Teaching is clear that the right to food is basic for not only the survival but also the flourishing of every one of God’s children in the global human family. In this litany, we...
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Reflection

CST and Housing in a Time of COVID and Climate Change

Catholic Social Teaching has long taught that the right to decent housing is a fundamental human right that is necessary to promote the life and dignity of the human person. With new health and...
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Quiz

The Option for the Poor Quiz

This quiz asks questions and provides statistics about how COVID-19 affected poverty rates in the United States. Use this quiz to gauge student knowledge on poverty before beginning a new unit or...
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Fact Sheet & Handout

Crossing the Big Divide: Bridging the Income and Wealth Gaps in Our Nation

In this presentation, Sr. Simone Campbell explains race-based income and wealth disparities, the historical causes of these inequalities, and the importance of addressing structural racism in...
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Book Discussion Guide

Dying to Live

Dying to Live is a book that aims to dive deeper into the world of those forced to flee home to survive, refugees, through their personal stories. This discussion guide provides questions that allow...
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Prayer Service

Living CST: Robert F. Kennedy

This prayer service uses quotes from Robert F. Kennedy, a transformed leader who spent his career as a politician putting the marginalized and impoverished at the center of his policy...
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Reflection

CST and Those Without Choices

This resource identifies three circumstances where those who are suffering face difficult choices. Reflection questions, faith in action, and a prayer are included.