The Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry

Coming Soon: Global Solidarity Sunday

Did you know that four times each year, the calendar provides us with a FIFTH Sunday? Our Global Solidarity Team realized that, and is planning a new initiative called "Global Solidarity Sunday" to take advantage of this "bonus" Sunday each quarter!

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Retreat With Us on March 10th

Mark your calendar now for the Parish Social Ministry Lenten Retreat, offered annually by OCSJM for anybody who is interested or involved in social ministry.

This year's event will be facilitated by Sr. Margaret Galiardi, OP, the new Pastoral Discernment Leader of the Spiritual Life Center in West Hartford, CT.

Title: Justice for People and Planet: God's Dream and Ours

Date: Saturday March 10, 2012, 9am -2pm

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Unemployment and Poverty Advocacy

"In our Catholic parishes, schools, charities, hospitals and other ministries, the poor, the underemployed and the unemployed are not issues, but people with names and faces. It is an essential part of our work as Catholics to build a more just society and economy."

~ Archbishop Timothy Dolan, "Letter to Bishops on Economic Situation," September 15, 2011

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