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Analyzing the 2008 Food Crisis

By: Bill Griffin, CFX
Source: Center of Concern

World Food Crisis- The Center of Concern's Education for Justice project has prepared a resource designed to provide a clear overview of the current food crisis and the conflicting economic forces at work behind the scenes.

Pentecost Sunday, Cycle A

By: John Bucki, SJ
Source: Center of Concern

Pentecost Sunday

May 11, 2008

 

Readings

Acts 2:1-11

1 Corinthians 12:3-7,12-13

John 20:19-23

 

Calendar

May 11: Pentecost

May 15: International Day of Families

 

Quotes

 

The Church herself will never cease putting questions,
trusting in the help of the Paraclete, the Spirit of truth.

Seventh Sunday of Easter, Cycle A

By: John Bucki, SJ
Source: Center of Concern

Seventh Sunday of
Easter [a]

 May 4, 2008

 

Readings

Acts 1:12-14

1 Peter 4:13-16

John 17:1-11a

 

Calendar

May 8: World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day

[See: http://www.redcross.org/news/in/easles/030502WRChistory.html
]

May 11: Mother's Day in the USA and some other countries as
well

May 11: Pentecost

Ascension, Cycle A

By: John Bucki, SJ
Source: Center of Concern

Ascension [a]

Thursday, May 1, 2008 or Sunday, May 4, 2008

Forty Years Ago: Death and Resurrection

By: Rabbi Arthur Waskow
Source: Shalom Center

In 1968, a young Jewish activist politically active in the peace movement was devastated by the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In a moving reflection, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, an internationally renowned Jewish leader in the global struggle for justice, recounts "how my deadened Jewish soul was reborn out of the death of Martin Luther King. Now when I praise the God Who "gives life to the dead," I mean it."

A Feminist Political Economy Framework

By: Maria Riley, O.P.
Source: Center of Concern

Feminist Political Economy focuses on the provisioning of human needs and human well-being. It employs gender as a defining category and focuses on the actual lived experience of women, men and families and what it means to be a human person.

Iraq War Resources

Iraq War resources: Fact Sheet, Talking points, Questions, Resources, Policy paper, Recent Church statements on Iraq, Article: False Sectarianism and the Battle for Oil: Monopolizing Power in Iraq (Raed Jarrar)

International Relations: Voting the Common Good

International Relations: International Relations and the Global Common Good, Talking points, Questions, Multilateral Institutions, Nuclear non-proliferation, Bulletin Inserts

Immigration Resources

Immigration Resources: Immigration Issue Paper, Immigration and the Law, Educational materials on Human Dignity, Catholic Bishops 5 Points on Immigration, Bulletin quotes, Talking points, Questions for candidates, Challenging the Immigration Rhetoric, Powerpoint on Immigration

Common Good Framework Resources

Common Good Framework Resources: Election 2008: Voting the Common Good (a framework paper), A Vision for Engaging: Election 2008, Educational materials on Common Good, A press release (for your local media), Talking points, Questions for candidates, A group process, A draft blog entry (for you to personalize), A church bulletin insert


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