Racial Justice

Prayer

To Be Worthy to Live in These Times

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

Prayer to Black Madonna

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.” Commemorate Black History Month in...
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Film Discussion Guide

Black Panther

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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Prayer

Choosing the Path of Peace: Remembering All Those Who Lost Their Lives to Gun Violence

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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Creative Voice

One Woman’s Courage to Break the Silence Surrounding Violence against Women

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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Reflection

Catholic Social Thought and Racial Solidarity

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...
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Film Discussion Guide

Marshall

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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Toolbox

African American History Month

Explore our curated African American History Month resources, including updated and new materials on racial justice, nonviolent protest, influential Civil Rights leaders, and the arts. Engage your...
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Step

Step provides what Pope Francis would call a moving encounter with the staff and students at the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women; their daily struggles, their determination, their hope,...
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Prayer

Prayer After Charlottesville

After the recent acts of racism in Charlottesville, Virginia, we pray that we may find ways to move forward towards the light, not back into the the shadows of hatred and violence.  
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Film Discussion Guide

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The HBO film The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is based on Rebecca Skloot’s 2010 book of the same title about the life of Henrietta Lacks, a woman whose cancer cells revolutionized medical...
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Film Discussion Guide

Moonlight

Moonlight is the coming-of-age story of a young Black man in Miami, Florida, who struggles to fit in and understand his sexuality and identity while dealing with a tumultuous family life.