The Office of Justice & Peace helps to build the capacity of parishes, schools, & campus ministries
to provide formation in Catholic social teaching and organize their local communities
to incarnate the Reign of God in their families, neighborhoods, and society.

Catholic Social Teaching in the  News:

Quick Links:
OJP Staff Chart
Parish J&P Resources
Catholic Teaching 
What You Can Do
JustFaith Education Programs 
Social Issues 
Just News 
Scripture 

OJP-Related Web Sites:
Haiti Outreach
Natural Family Planning
Prison Ministry
Refugee & Immigration Services
Virginia Catholic Conference  
Women's Commission  

Pope Call Hunger Unacceptable in Today's World
Vatican Calls for Human-Centered Trade & Development
Vatican Working Intensely to Stop Cluster Bombs
U.N. Hears of Church's Work Fighting AIDS
U.S. Bishops Issue Statement on Stem Cells


Parish Resource:

Diocesan Manual for Parish Justice & Peace/Social Ministry, Service: Following Christ in Charity and Justice


Upcoming Events:

October 3-4, 2008 Immigration Conference, "A Promised Land, A Perilous Journey: A Faith Perspective on Immigration," at Holy Family Parish in Virginia Beach.  Details to be announced.  For more information, contact Tim McCarthy at mccarthyt@aol.com.


New Educational Resource:

USCCB Study Guide, “Torture is a Moral Issue” Catholic Study Guide


Virginia Catholic Conference Materials:

Legislative Report on Outcomes of the 2008 Virginia General Assembly


November 2007 Pastoral Letter of the U.S. Bishops:

Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility



May 2008 issue of Just News on "Ecological Sustainability"
Roadmap to a Green Parish
Ecology Checklist for Parishes
 


Useful Resources:

 
List of OJP Presentations & Workshops
OJP retreat -- The Beatitudes: A Spirituality of Service & Justice:  Leaders Guide & Participant Materials
Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform
USCCB booklets: Catholic Social Teaching on Migration available in English and in Spanish
American Catholics have responded with generosity to the devastating twin disasters in Asia -- Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the Sichuan earthquake in China.   Catholic Relief Services is providing much needed assistance in both countries with local partners.  Click on the photo below to visit the CRS web site.
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the overseas anti-poverty and development agency of the U.S. Bishops.  CRS provices aid to people in more than 80 countries around the world.
 

WHAT YOU CAN DO!

Join Sowers of Justice

Join the Virginia Catholic Conference Action Alert Network

Learn about the JustFaith education programs on the justice tradition of our church

Learn about our diocesan TARGET program for parishes

Join the Families Against Violence Advocacy Network
& Take the Family Pledge of Nonviolence

 

ISSUES

Abortion
Abortion Healing & Reconciliation
Agriculture & Rural Life
AIDS
Criminal Justice
Death Penalty
Domestic Violence
Ecology
Economic Justice - Church Teaching & Resources
Economic Justice - Domestic
Economic Justice - International
Euthanasia
Everyday Justice
Fair Trade
Global Solidarity
Haiti
Health Care
Housing/Homelessness
Human Rights
Hunger
Labor
Legislative Advocacy
Media, Values, & Culture
Natural Family Planning (NFP)
Non-Violence
Poverty
Prison Reform
Racism
Refugees & Migration
Respect Life
Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)
Terrorism
War & Peace
Women
World Debt

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RESOURCES

Parish Justice & Peace Ministry


OJP Resources on Catholic Social Teaching (CST)


Other CST Resources


Scripture


Mountain top removal coal mining site in southwestern Virginia,
photograph taken from the air in October 2007. 
Flight provided by SouthWings
<http://www.southwings.org>.


Office of Justice and Peace

Catholic Diocese of Richmond
7800 Carousel Lane
Richmond, VA   23294-4201

(804) 359-5661