Justice Related Links

Community and the Common Good

  • Campaign for Human Development -This anti-poverty program sponsored the US bishops funds projects that focus on empowering the poor and supporting grassroots efforts to reclaim political and economic power.
  • L'Arche - Provides a description of communities devoted to simple lifestyles and serving the disabled and the weakest in society.

Human Rights and Social Responsibilities

  • Quixote Center - A faith-based organization worked to promote structural change in society and in the church. Special focus on international justice issues; also extensive background on death penalty and prison concerns

Option for the Poor

  • Catholic Worker -Comprehensive site on the origins of the Catholic Worker movement, bibliographies, contemporary issues and analysis.
  • Center of Concern -Emphasis on Catholic social thought, social analysis, and resources, particularly on human rights and issues affecting women.


Economic Justice

  • Jubilee USA Network -A coalition of religious and secular social justice organizations, formed to advocate for significant debt relief for the world's poorest nations.

Solidarity

Peace and Disarmament

  • Pax Christi USA -Current resources include background on Christian nonviolence and peace issues, plus material for prayer and reflection with faith-based groups.
  • School of the Americas Watch -Profiles the use of US tax dollars to fund human rights abusers , and action steps to confront US sponsorship of this program.