Racial Justice

Love Requires Justice: Art as a Medium to Address Systemic Racism

Reflection
High school senior Chloe Becker reflects on the mural she painted of important African and African American saints as a medium to start a conversation in her community about systemic racism and white...
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Film Discussion Guide: Harriet

Film Discussion Guide
Harriet is a biographical film that depicts the life of Harriet Tubman, a slave that escaped to freedom. Harriet was instrumental in the Underground Railroad and helped over 300 slaves escape to...
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Civil Rights Heroes Prayer Cards

Fact Sheet & Handout
Learn about heroes and activists from the Civil Rights Movement and pray for equity and reconciliation in our world today. These brief biographies are starting points to learn more about the lives of...
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Kinship: Lessons from "Tattoos on the Heart"

Book Discussion Guide
Read an excerpt from the book "Tattoos on the Heart" to learn about the concept of kinship and reflect on its role in your own life using the provided discussion questions.   Photo Credit:...
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Prayer to St. Martin de Porres

Prayer
This video puts the lines of “Prayer to St. Martin de Porres” to music for an easy-to-use resource to start a parish meeting, youth group event, service trip, or religion class. To view the...
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To Be Worthy to Live in These Times

Prayer
This prayer calls each of us to reject indifference and work towards reconciliation and communion to all those who experience discrimination and injustice.  
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Prayer to Black Madonna

Prayer
All over the world, pictures and statues of Black Madonnas draw people to Mary’s compassion; this prayer honors the Mother who calls everyone “My child.”  
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Black Panther

Film Discussion Guide
The Black Panther film discussion guide explores how the film represents human dignity, solidarity, the common good, and other values. It also asks the viewer to consider the role of violence in the...
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Choosing the Path of Peace: Remembering All Those Who Lost Their Lives to Gun Violence

Prayer
We join in the mourning of the victims of the most recent mass shooting and recommit ourselves to the path of nonviolence and peace.  
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One Woman’s Courage to Break the Silence Surrounding Violence against Women

Creative Voice
This interview with Catherine Teresa Harris, One Woman’s Courage to Break the Silence Surrounding Violence against Women, provides moving first-person testimony from a brave woman who has been on a...
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Catholic Social Thought and Racial Solidarity

Reflection
Father Fred Kammer, S.J., continues his reflections on Catholic social teaching with this resource on CST and Racial Solidarity. Questions, suggestions for action, and a prayer are included.  
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Marshall

Film Discussion Guide
This film discussion guide helps viewers consider race relations when Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall was beginning his legal career in 1940 and what has changed, or not changed, today; the...
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