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Social Insurance Programs: Promoting the Common Good

This five page backgrounder reviews key social insurance programs that protect human dignity and the common good and foster economic justice. Social Security, Medicare, and Pension plans are explained...more

A Prayer in Celebration of Justice in the World

Note: The 1971 Catholic Social Teaching encyclical, Justice in the World, echoes the Scriptures: “Our
relationship to our neighbor is bound up with our relationship to God; our response to the love of God,
saving us through Christ, is shown to be effective in his love and service of people. Christian love of
neighbor and justice cannot be separated. For love implies an absolute demand for justice, namely a recognition
of the dignity and rights of one's neighbor. Justice attains its inner fullness only in love. Because

Occupy Prayer Service

This two page prayer service from Interfatih Worker Justice offers a way to join in solidarity with those who are bringing attention to the current economic crisis and the unjust practices that hasten...more

Film Guide: The Whistleblower

This film guide overviews the recently released drama The Whistleblower. The film tells the story of Nebraska police officer Kathy Bolkovac who uncovered human trafficking while working for a private ...more

Today's Slavery: Human Trafficking and Church Response

This four page resource can be used as a companion piece to The Whistleblower Film Discussion Guide. It overviews the current state of human trafficking, its causes and scope, Catholic responses, and ...more

Faith Communities Respond to Unemployment

Continued high rates of unemployment have spurred many congregations, including Catholic parishes, to organize support for the emotional and material needs of workers. Chicago-based Interfaith Worker ...more

People of God on the Move: Catholic Immigration in the U.S.

Since the 1840s, immigration to the U.S. was increasingly from Catholic countries, beginning with the Irish Famine, continuing with displaced persons from Eastern Europe after World War II and with La...more

Film Guide: The Help

Adapted from a best-selling and popular book club novel, The Help provides a disturbing and ultimately hopeful message in its portrayal of Jackson, Mississippi in 1961. It tells the story of Aibileen ...more

The U.S. Church's Commitment to Workers , by: Bob Stewart and Education for Justice

This two-page background piece on the Church's Commitment to Workers makes an ideal parish bulletin. It includes a brief summary of the Knights of Labor, Cardinal Gibbons intervention on the organizat...more

Prayer for Labor Day , by: Jane Deren

 A one-page prayer in preparation for and celebration of Labor Day. ...more
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