Education for

Justice & Peace

This part of the Office of Justice & Peace (OJP) website provides resources to catechists, youth ministers, Catholic educators and other faith formation leaders for integrating Catholic social teaching into their lessons, activities and prayer. 

Abortion

A.I.D.S.

Children

Death Penalty and Restorative Justice

Disability Awareness

Environmental Justice

Globalization  (includes Fair Trade, Development, Sweatshops & Child Labor)

Homelessness

Human Rights

Hunger

Peace

Poverty  (includes just wages & economics)

Racism (includes discrimination, cross cultural understanding, background studies on other religions, tolerance, Holocaust materials, & units on individual countries)

Refugees and Immigrants

Women

Work

OJP Materials

The A-R-T of Justice & Peace methodology for justice education and formation

Toolkits with Catholic Social Teaching resources for:

• Adult Faith Formation

• Campus Ministry

• Youth Ministry

List of OJP Presentations & Workshops

JustFaith in the Diocese of Richmond

Catholic Social Teaching Documents, Resources and Lesson Plans

Small Group  Faith Formation Resources

Prayer and Reflection Resources

Collections of Justice-Related Lesson Plans

 

General Justice Education Web Resources

 

Justice and Peace Periodicals on the Web

 

Foundational Church Document

• U.S. Bishops, Sharing Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges and Directions, 1999

 

Do you have a question to ask, a favorite website to include or an idea to share?

Contact Pat Slater at pslater@richmonddiocese.org or (804) 622-5128.