Global Poverty

Backgrounder: The Option for the Poor and Vulnerable , by: Katherine Feely, SND

This resource provides an overview of the social teaching on the Option for the Poor and Vulnerable, one of the basic tenets of CST. This six-page resource can be used to gain background knowlege or ...more

Backgrounders

Option for the Poor - an Introduction , by: Education for Justice

This introductory piece is in popular language and discusses the option for the poor and liberation theology as related to poverty in the U.S. ...more

Lesson Plans

Looking at Root Causes: Why do Immigrants Come to the U.S.? , by: Jill Rauh

There are 60 countries in today's world that are poorer than they were thirty years ago. A fifth of the world's population (1.2 billion people) lives on less than $1 per day and almost half the world'...more

Global Solidarity Partnership , by: Education for Justice

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The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph , by: Education for Justice

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Fact Sheets and Handouts

The Poor are Still Dying from Preventable Diseases around the World , by: Jill Rauh

Around the world, millions of people are still dying of diseases for which vaccinations or treatments exist. This fact sheet and interactive quiz looks at the root causes. CST quotes, discussion quest...more

Fact Sheets and Handouts

Poverty, War, and the Environment in Darfur , by: Education for Justice

This article and reflection is on the continuing violence in Darfur and its root causes, such as poverty and environmental destruction. Use this resource for group discussion or as a bulletin insert....more

Fact Sheets and Handouts

The Urbanization of Global Poverty , by: Education for Justice

The urbanization of poverty is a growing phenomenon as people increasingly move from rural areas to cities in search of work in developing countries. Poverty rates are rising in cities as a result. Th...more

Prayer

Prayer to Make Poverty History , by: Cardinal O'Brien

Lord of Life,
Open our eyes to make us:
Aware of the poverty suffered by others;
Aware of the immorality of allowing that suffering to take place;
Aware of our rights as citizens to be heard;
Aware of the men, women and children dying as we speak;
Aware that our solidarity gives us strength;
Aware that our leaders may turn a deaf ear but Almighty God hears our cry;
And aware that only together can we: Make Poverty History.

Give us the strength and determination to work towards solutions

Unit

Poverty and the Environment Unit , by: Ben Krause

Use this unit for World Environment Day (June 5) or any other environmental day. This new forty-one page unit is full of Catholic Social Teaching, fact sheets, case studies, prayers, interactive mater...more