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On-Line Courses:
The Virtual
Learning Community for Faith Formation at the University of Dayton
offers a certificate in social justice through online courses. The
Diocese of Richmond is a partner in this initiative; so the cost for
each course is only $40. Visit
http://www.udayton.edu/~vlc/.
Conferences:
In
February, there is an annual
National Social Ministry Gathering
held in Washington, DC that is convened by the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops and other national Catholic social ministry
organizations. To learn more about this annual program, you can
visit the website of the USCCB’s Department of Social Development
and World at
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/ or the Roundtable website at
http://www.nplc.org/roundtable/. Registration information is
published in the fall on both websites.
In
July, the Roundtable -- along with some other national Catholic
sponsoring organizations -- holds a
Social Action Summer Institute
at various
locations around the country. There is usually a three day segment
with two choices of in-depth courses and a few additional days of
workshops. You can attend one independently of the other or attend
the whole institute. The Summer Institute program is usually
published in the spring. You can find out more information about
the summer institute by visiting the website of the Roundtable at
http://www.nplc.org/roundtable/.
Reflections on Sunday
Scripture Readings:
St. Louis
University
http://liturgy.slu.edu/index.html
This website
offers many different perspectives on the Sunday readings. One of
the perspectives offered is “The Perspective of Justice.” Select
the Sunday from the home page, select “Spirituality for Sunday” and
then “The Perspective of Justice.”
Center of
Concern
http://www.coc.org/resources/lectionary-reflections
The Center of
Concern offers reflections on the Sunday readings from a justice
perspective. The resource also offers questions for faith sharing
groups.
Peace
Connections
http://www.garlitz.org/scripture.htm
This website has
peace and justice reflections for the Sunday readings for all three
cycles. The documents are available in Microsoft Word or pdf
format.
Justice Oriented Prayer
Resources:
CAFOD
(Catholic Organization for Overseas Development)
http://www.cafod.org.uk/resources/worship
Their worship resources includes prayers,
liturgies and services, quotes and reflections, Mass talks, biblical
texts and even some resources for RCIA and Confirmation.
Earth Ministry
http://www.earthministry.org/Congregations/worship_aids.htm#Prayers
This site has litanies, sermons
and other prayers for environmental justice. They also have a
Stations of the Cross for the environment.
Network
http://www.networklobby.org/resources/
There are several prayer
resources which are downloadable. Scroll down to
"Prayer/Reflection" resources.
Fellowship of Reconciliation
http://www.forusa.org/
They have a resource for quotes
about peace and for prayers for peace. The quote section is much
more extensive than the prayer section and arranged according to
person.
Quotes
http://www.forusa.org/quotes/default.html
Prayers and reflections
http://www.forusa.org/articlesandresources/prayers.html
The Web of the Cross
http://www.uq.net.au/cjpc/webcross.htm
This website provides a link to a website about a social issue to
form a global way of the cross.
e-zine Websites:
Salt
http://salt.claretianpubs.org/
This is a webzine which deals entirely with justice issues. Good for
background reading.
Sojo
http://sojo.net/
This is the online version of Sojourner’s magazine. Besides
providing an alternative voice to mainstream media, there are also
suggestions for many ways to get involved. It is an ecumenical
publication.
The
Other Side
http://www.theotherside.org
This Christian magazine, unfortunately, stopped publication because
of a lack of funding. However, they do have an archive of old
articles around issues such as disabilities, AIDS, Martin Luther
King, Jr., Jubilee, Death Penalty, Creative Arts, and Child Labor.
Click on resources to find these topics listed.
Multi-Week Study
Resources:
St.
Andrew Society
http://www.endhunger.org/study/
They offer a six- week Scripture study on hunger. You can order hard
copies at a cost, but it is a free download from the website. The
website has other information about hunger and about gleaning programs
and wasted food in our country.
Surefish - Act Justly
http://www.fish.co.uk/faith/actjustly/index.htm
This contains an Act Justly I and II which can be downloaded. Each
is a six session Scripture study linking the scriptures to justice
issues. There are also prayer resources on the website.
Mennonite Central Committee
http://www.gosecondmile.org/
These peace studies are meant for group sharing. There are samples
on the web page, but the actual materials need to be ordered. The
cost is minimal.
Sojourners on the Issues
http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=resources.discussion_guides
Discussion guides for four sessions each with articles from past
issues of Sojourner’s magazine. Cost is $14.95 for each packet.
Topics are Christian feminism, Christians and Nonviolence,
Christians and Politics, Christians and the Environment. There is a
sample available.
Handbook on Catholic Social Teaching
http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/resources/handbook_social.htm
This “handbook” provides information on Catholic Social Teaching and
some discussion questions.
Dominican Justice and Peace Workbooks
http://www.op.org/curia/JPC/booklets/
The Peace and Justice Commission of the Dominican Order has
produced five workbooks to assist their brothers and sisters, and
all concerned, to become more aware of the resources, the stories
and the techniques for pursuing justice and peace issues in our day.
It is easier to navigate the text using the individual books rather
than downloading the whole file which needs to be unzipped.
8th Day
Center for Justice
http://www.8thdaycenter.org/resources/publications.html
The 8th Day Center offers a downloadable guide for reflection
“Toward a Spirituality of Justice.”
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