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Social Justice

 1000 Years of Peace
People of goodwill everywhere are invited once again to help make the third millennium one of peace. The goal is to encourage 1,000 years of peacemaking activities-equaling 8,765,808 hours.

 8th Day Center for Justice
A collaboration of religious communities of men and women in the struggle to provide a critical alternative voice to the systems that suppress the human community and environment and to work for the structural changes which will hasten the arrival of a more just world.  Take their online Tour of Poverty.

 A Fair and Just Workplace
The 1999 Labor Day Statement from the National Conference of Catholic Bishops regarding a Social Security and Solidarity.

 A few step closer to the promised land
There is a long and noble Catholic tradition of advocating and working for racial peace and justice, and it deserves to be honored and preserved and extended. The work is not yet finished, and the temptations to abandon it are powerful.

 A Peacemaker's Response to Welfare Reform Legislation
Betsy Clark, SSJ describes in this essay the work of NETWORK, a national social justice lobby, and provides questions we can ask to monitor the situation in our locality.

 Abolition of the Death Penalty
The November 2, 1999 address of Archbishop Renato Martino to the United Nations re-emphasizing the Church's position on the Death Penalty.

 Access to Catholic Social Justice Teaching
A great resource for all interested in the study, practice, and spirituality of Catholic social justice teachings.

 Alternatives
Living Simply that Others May Simply Live.
Alternatives is a non-profit organization that equips people of faith to challenge consumerism, live justly and celebrate responsibly.  Started in 1973 as a protest against the commercialization of Christmas, the focus is on encouraging celebrations that reflect conscientious ways of living

 
 
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