Construction of data centers has been in our local news lately, as communities struggle with the wisdom of allowing them within their boundaries. Information from the Southern Environmental Law Center reveals...
At the end of January, the Cardinal Archbishops of Chicago, Washington, DC, and Newark issued a joint statement on the morality of U.S. foreign policy, measuring it against the principles set forth by Pope Leo XIV in his address to the diplomatic corps assigned to the Holy See. They asserted that...
As we continue to travel on the Lenten journey toward Easter, let us pray this powerful prayer for environmental justice provided by Network, an organization that lobbies for Catholic social justice: “God of humanity, open our eyes to the rightful priority of ...
The Seeds of Justice Network has shared this inspiring invitation for Lent from Pope Leo XIV. “I would like to invite you to a very practical and frequently unappreciated form of abstinence: that of refraining from words that ...
Love Thy Neighbor is a sub committee of our Peace and Justice Ministry
Our Mission Statement is:
Love Thy Neighbor prioritizes listening and learning, as we welcome our
community and our sexual and gender diverse members and their...
The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) works to expose disparities in our criminal justice system that are a legacy of our history of racial injustice. Black men are nearly six times more likely to be incarcerated than white men; Latino men are...
Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis’s encyclical on fraternity, includes teaching on racism as “a virus that quickly mutates,” calling it a constant shame for humanity. He asks why “it took so long for the Church unequivocally to condemn slavery and ...
The organization, Catholic Climate Covenant, (catholicclimatecovenant.org) is a resource with a wealth of information regarding climate issues and solutions as they relate to Catholic Social Teaching. Recently, they published data on food and related waste. In the U.S., the average person throws away over four ...
“In Pope Leo XIV’s first public address, he invited the
Church –and the world—into the heart of Christ’s
message: peace, not as comfort but as a calling.
Peace is built not by policy alone but by the daily
conversion of hearts. By seeking the suffering...
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development’s “Journey to Justice Day Guidebook” provides a framework for understanding social sin. Social sin resides within a group or a community of people. It exists...
As we prepare for the feast of the Epiphany, we can use this prayer, provided by Education for Justice, a project of the Ignatian Solidarity Network, so that the light of Epiphany may bless us with a vision of a just and peaceful...