The Just Faith Ministry is the preeminent parish curriculum for engaging Catholic Social Teaching. Just Faith offers programs that help participants experience transformation, build community, and expand their commitment to social justice ministry. www.justfaith.org

Fall 2011: Engaging Conflicts
The eight sessions cover the following topics: The Power of Peacemaking; The Dynamics and Experience of Violence; The Principles of Nonviolent Peacemaking; Interpersonal Nonviolence: Tools for Transforming Conflicts; Noticing and Responding to Structural Violence; Nurturing Nonviolent Peacemaking Communities: Construction and Resistance; Planning a Nonviolent Peacemaking Activity/Action; Evaluation and Integration: Where We Go From Here.

There is room for 15 people. The 8 wk. session will run every Tuesday from Sept. 27-Nov. 15, from 7-9:30pm at Holy Trinity. Cost is $25.00 for books. (If the cost is prohibitive, let Eli know). Please RSVP as soon as possible to Eli at emccarthy@holytrinitydc.org or 202-903-2809.

For more info. on this module click here.

See the two options below for other Just Faith options at St. Charles in Arlington VA:

JustFaith 30 week program 2011-2012 is starting soon!
Are you looking for a way to make the world a better place?  If you are looking to encounter your faith in a way that challenges you and how you are to live as a Christian in today’s world, then JustFaith may be for you.  For 30 weeks you journey with other seekers using books, videos, conversation, and encounters with those who live at the margins of society.  The program runs from September 2011 to May 2012.  Cost is $140 per person for books paid in installments (some assistance is available) For more information, contact Eli McCarthy. Registration is limited to the first 15 participants. 

JustFaith ENGAGING SPIRITUALITY
Do you feel overwhelmed by all the injustice, violence and misery that seem to plague our world?  JustFaith Ministries has founded a new program called Engaging Spirituality which can help us to understand what we can do about these problems in the world. The Engaging Spirituality program helps us pattern our lives around prayer, outreach, community and spiritual reading, and aims to set us loose as agents of love and healing in this broken world. Engaging Spirituality is a 21 week program starting at St. Charles this September.  Contact: Eli McCarthy

*For more information on either of these two programs see: www.justfaith.org 
 

Past Programs
Lent 2011: Holy Trinity offerred the Living Solidarity Module!
The goal of this eight session popular education curriculum is to engage the question, “What kind of society do we wish to become?” It is vital that all of us engage this question by bringing our values to the many conversations about the economy and the federal budget. The budget is a moral document. The Gospel and Catholic social teaching remind us that we are responsible for both ourselves and the common good. One of the ways in which we do this is through government, taxes and the federal budget. Being informed about and engaged with these issues is part of our responsibility as residents and as people of faith.    

Some of their highlights include:
“a great sense of community”
“the surprise, joy, and pride in our Catholic Social Teaching heritage among classmates”
“a peaceful place to share thoughts and diverse views”
“an increased sense of moral responsibility” and “impacted my daily life”

Fall 2010 we had 15 Holy Trinity Parishioners journey together through an 8-week module called Crossing Borders: Migration, Theology, and the Human Journey.

The eight sessions covered the following topics: The Contemporary Debate and Public Policy; History of Migration; The Bible and Migration; Foundations of Migration – Root Causes; Migration and Catholic Social Teaching; Slavery in America; The Human Face of the Migrant; Eucharist and a Theology of Migration.

Participant Comments:
         "extremely valuable, illuminating; nice to share the experience with a
           small group"
          "well-organized; very helpful for deeper knowledge"
          "I applaud the parish for offering this"