by Beth | Oct 28, 2005 | Justice and Peace
Three UN Ambassadors, the President Emeritus of Bread for the World and a former member of the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace addressed some 300 attendees at the Vincentian Center for Church and Society biennial conference at St. John’s...
by Beth | Oct 22, 2005 | Justice and Peace
The Chaplet of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, Catholic Workers which is prayed using rosary beads. + Kiss the crucifix and make the Sign of the Cross. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen. On the first bead: Our Lady of Sorrows, we pray for...
by Beth | Oct 21, 2005 | Justice and Peace
A new Catholic social manifesto? The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the ChurchBRUCE DUNCAN CSsR REFLECTING POPE JOHN PAUL II’s passionate engagement with the great social issues of our day, The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church will stand as...
by Beth | Oct 20, 2005 | Justice and Peace
VERONA, Italy, OCT. 19, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Material on the social doctrine of the Church is accessible online at the recently launched Web site of the Cardinal Van Thuân International Observatory. The site is at www.vanthuanobservatory.org/p_en/news.php. The aim of...
by Beth | Oct 18, 2005 | Justice and Peace
They were nobodies. They were the poor, living on the margins of society. He lived an ascetic life somewhere in the desert of Palestine. He may have been one of the Essenes, a countercultural Jewish sect devoted to the Torah and to life lived in community. When he...
by Beth | Oct 17, 2005 | Justice and Peace
As we approach the feast of All Saints perhaps some might find the following compilation of Saints who lives were noted for their concern for social justice.Among those included are Blessed Frederic Ozanam St. Maximilian Kolbe St. Martin de Porres 1579-1639 St....
