In his third apostolic exhortation, Pope Francis presents the universal call to live holy lives with a new, fresh approach. We are encouraged to strive for and achieve holiness in our everyday lives. As we actively live out holiness day…
Category: Social Justice
Don’t Tell Me What to Do! A Catholic Understanding of Modern Moral Issues, by Dave Heney
This straightforward book provides simple and reliable explanations of what the Catholic Church teaches and why. The book provides quick answers to questions on moral issues, explains why the Church has a fixed opinion on certain matters, and helps put…
Seek Justice That You May Live: Reflections and Resources on the Bible and Social Justice, by John R. Donahue, SJ
A study of the major themes of both the Old and New Testament that bear on issues of social justice, e.g., creation; exodus; liberation; prophets; psalms and wisdom literature; Jesus and the Kingdom of God; Matthew and the heritage of…
Benetvision: Sister Joan Chittister
Home page for Sr. Joan Chittister’s site. Subtitled, “A point of view with the future in mind,” this site includes a wide variety of materials, including books, notecards, and magazines. Sr. Joan’s prison ministry program is featured here as well.…
Stay awake! See the Power of Hope
The First Sunday of Advent brings a direct command from the Lord: “Stay awake! For you do not know on what day your Lord will come.” Implications of this command for our world today are presented in this blog post.…
Against an Infinite Horizon, by Ronald Rolheiser
A far-flung overview of our contemporary lives. Rolheiser enables us to see over the horizon of our time and in doing so gives quieter, sane advice through these perceptive and often humorous essays. Find it here. Did you like this?…
Epiphany: The Coming of a Shepherd for All God’s People
This great feast of Epiphany, the shining forth of the Lord’s splendor from Israel into the world at large, reminds us of our call as the People of God: a call to care for each other so that the splendor…
Dorothy Day: Servant of God and Follower of Christ the King
Dorothy Day, cofounder with Peter Maurin of the Catholic Worker Movement, died 32 years ago, on November 29, 1980. Like many other activists who have struggled for social justice and worked among the poorest, most forgotten members of society, she is…
Conscience-Based Voting: A Challenge for Catholic Voters
Guidance has been offered by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 2004, while he was head of the Holy Office, for Catholic voters in the United States (and presumably around the world) regarding their rights and duties as human beings to cast their votes…
What Ryan Missed, by Gerald J. Beyer
A good presentation of the concepts of solidarity and subsidiarity that are essential parts of Catholic social teaching and have been cited by Representative Paul Ryan in the 2012 presidential campaign to justify cutting governmental budgets including social services. Beyer…
