Catholic Social Teaching

Just Faith Module: Crossing Borders- Immigration Issue

The Just Faith Ministry empowers persons and communities to engage God’s invitation to become agents of compassion and healing in our world www.justfaith.org. Just Faith offers programs that help participants expand their commitment to social justice ministry.

Sample material for the above module is here www.justfaith.org/programs/pdf/jm-crossingborders_sample.pdf.

There is room for 15 people. The 8 wk. session will run every Wednesday from Sept. 22-Nov. 10, 6:45-9:15pm at Holy Trinity. Cost is $50.00 for books. (If cost is prohibitive, please let me know). We’ll have a SJ table with more info. in McKenna Hall after the 9:30, 11:30 and 5:30 Masses on Sun. Sept. 5th. Please RSVP by Sept. 6th to: Eli McCarthy emccarthy@holytrinitydc.org
 

"Prayerful Reflection on Our Call to Social Justice"
Fr. Rick Curry

Join us Sat. Sept. 11th from 2-5pm to discern our call to the specific social justice activities we personally will participate in this year. This will be a great opportunity to slow our hearts to listen for God's call, to meet others involved in social justice at HT, and to see the breadth of opportunities available in social justice this Fall. Location: Chapel. Contact: Ron Castaldi ron.castaldi@gmail.com 

Five Myths About America's Homeless

Article in Washington Post, Jul. 11, 2010.

"Last month, the Obama administration released a plan designed to end homelessness in 10 years. The goal reflects new optimism among academics and advocates that homelessness is not an intractable feature of urban life, as it has sometimes seemed, but a problem that can be solved. This belief is fueled by recent research debunking a number of long-standing myths about homelessness in America -- and showing that many of our old policies were unwittingly making the problem worse." READ the full article