Category Archives: Social Justice

World Food Day 2015

Today is World Food Day 2015!  This day marks the founding of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. This year’s theme is: “Social Protection and Agriculture: Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty”.  Join in solidarity against hunger, especially among the poorest people. Visit the websites of the Food and Agricultural Organization, HeiferContinue reading “World Food Day 2015”

Gospel Reflection for October 11, 2015, 28th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Wisdom 7.7-11; Hebrews 4.12-13; Mark 19.17-27 “All things are possible with God.” (Mark 10.27) More than half the world people live on $2-$10 per day.  In our country we hear calls to keep our economy humming, to buy and consume.  Now the Catholic Church has a leader who comes from a continent whereContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for October 11, 2015, 28th Sunday Ordinary Time”

Social Action Has Two Feet.

  Visit networklobby.org.  Read in Network Connection “Economic Inequality and the American Family” by Sarah Spengeman, which reports 4 of 10 kids who grow up poor stay poor and fewer men with only high school educations marry today (56%) than in 1960 (88%).    

Year of Mercy

Corporal Works of Mercy are those that tend to bodily needs of others. In Matthew 25:34-40, Jesus tells his followers they will be judged on six specific works of mercy, the first six below.  The last work of mercy, burying the dead, comes from the Book of Tobit.[3][4] To feed the hungry. To give drinkContinue reading “Year of Mercy”

Speaking Truth to Power

“If I am killed, I shall rise again in the Salvadoran people.” –Mon. Oscar Romero This prophecy of Oscar Romero came true. He was killed for speaking out on behalf of the poor in El Salvador. He did rise again in his people. On five different occasions, I brought a group of high school juniorsContinue reading “Speaking Truth to Power”

“We can no longer trust in the unseen forces and the invisible hand of the market. Growth in justice requires more than economic growth, while presupposing such growth: it requires decisions, programs, mechanisms, and processes specifically geared to a better distribution of income, the creation of sources of employment, and an integral promotion of theContinue reading

World Food Day

“For I was hungry and you gave me food.” – Matthew 25.35 Today is World Food Day. World farmers produce enough food for Earth’s more than six billion people, but nearly 870 million people struggle to survive on less than a $1.25 a day with little access to Earth’s abundance. Contact Bread for the WorldContinue reading “World Food Day”

Pope Francis’ Nudge Toward Happiness

At the end of July, Pope Francis did an interview with “Viva” in Argentina. From that interview, Catholic News Service then published a story about Pope Francis’ top ten tips toward happiness. In very Pope Francis style, there were profound in their simplicity. They were relational and down to earth and refreshing. They also clearlyContinue reading “Pope Francis’ Nudge Toward Happiness”