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St. Jude Small Church Communities
HOW TO DISCERN AN AREA OF JUSTICE TO PURSUE
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Adding the Service Discernment to Your Small Church
- Add an action component to the end of each meeting. Ask “So what?” Is God calling you individually or as a group to do something? Hold yourselves accountable.
- Pay attention to complaints and concerns that keep coming up in the group. Turn those complaints and concerns into commitment.
- Contact St. Jude Social Justice Committee for Ideas in the Parish.
- Contact Annette Calloway if you want further assistance(317) 780-7591
or acalloway@stjudeindy.org
Observe / Judge / Act Process Worksheet
Office for Social Justice from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is loaded with information, including a reflection/action guide suited for use in a small church community. The reflection guide is a PDF file and the link is on the left side of the site.
Reflection/Action Guide under Extras on the left side of site
Praying the News
Each week, a different Carmelite Sister will offer her reflection on the news of our world.
Sojourners
Sojouners mission is to articulate the biblical call to social justice, inspiring hope and building a movement to transform individuals, communities, the church, and the world.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
U.S. bishop's Web-page on social justice. The USCCB is an assembly of the Catholic Church hierarchy who work together to unify, coordinate, promote, and carry on Catholic activities in the United States; to organize and conduct religious, charitable, and social welfare work at home and abroad; to aid in education; and to care for immigrants. The bishops themselves constitute the membership of the Conference and are served by a staff of over 350 lay people, priests, deacons, and religious.
Catholic Charities
Here you can find the latest information about the Catholic Charities Secretariat as well as well as link to our six agencies that are spread throughout central and southern Indiana.If you need to contact us, check out our information down below.
Justice for Immigrants
This website is designed to help achieve the goals of the Justice for Immigrants Campaign. It provides tools and information for diocesan and community-based organizing, education, and advocacy efforts. You will find information about Catholic teachings that underpin this Campaign, as well as proposals from the Catholic Bishops to achieve reforms in our nation’s immigration laws and policies that better reflect our values as a nation of immigrants. (St. Jude SCC groups should check to see what the faith formation office already owns, if you are looking for some of the study materials.)
Link to Justice for Immigrants