We are happy to announce 2 new parish based grants from the Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry.
Visit our new Grants page for more information.
UPCOMING EVENTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2021 Social Justice Dinner and Awards
October 19, 2021 at 5:00 PM
October 19, 2021 at 5:00 PM
Our Social Justice Dinner and Awards will once again be held in person this year! We will return to the Aqua Turf where in addition to following CDC guidelines, we will be reducing the number of seats at a table so be sure to register early. As Pope Francis urges us to do and for the sake of the common good, we ask that attendees be vaccinated. You can register by using the button below.
Awards to be given at the event include:
Awards to be given at the event include:
- The Most Reverend Donnelly Award to an individual will be awarded to Mr. Kenneth Galdston. A community organizer and educator, Galdston has spent his career developing interfaith organizations across New England.
- Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut (CONECT) will receive the organizational award. CONECT is a broad-based organization made up of 36 religious and civic institutions: urban and suburban, multi-faith, and racially and ethnically diverse, in New Haven and Fairfield Counties of Connecticut
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Are you involved in your parish’s outreach programs? Are you interested in learning how your parish can respond to the needs of your community? Interested in addressing climate change, human trafficking, poverty and looking for some best practices? Our monthly Parish Social Ministry Gatherings are an opportunity to meet others and find a path towards effective social ministry. They are held the second Wednesday of the month on Zoom.
At our October gathering we will hear from a member of Christ the King Parish about how and why the parish became a member of the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance (GHIAA). GHIAA is a community organization which receives support from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD). You’ll also learn what you can do to help bring the good news of CCHD to your parish.
Gathering Dates:
October 13, 7:00 PM
November 10, 7:00 PM
If you would like to register for the Parish Social Ministry Gatherings, please call us at 860-242-5573
Lynn Campbell Ext. 2689
Agnes Dann Ext. 2680
At our October gathering we will hear from a member of Christ the King Parish about how and why the parish became a member of the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance (GHIAA). GHIAA is a community organization which receives support from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD). You’ll also learn what you can do to help bring the good news of CCHD to your parish.
Gathering Dates:
October 13, 7:00 PM
November 10, 7:00 PM
If you would like to register for the Parish Social Ministry Gatherings, please call us at 860-242-5573
Lynn Campbell Ext. 2689
Agnes Dann Ext. 2680
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Join us for our St. Joseph the Worker Virtual Series
Standing in Solidarity with
Domestic Workers
Tuesday, November 16th
7:00 PM EDT via Zoom
Join us to learn more about the struggles of domestic workers and how our faith calls us to protect workers and their families, and in so doing, “bring glad tidings to the poor.”
Domestic Workers
Tuesday, November 16th
7:00 PM EDT via Zoom
Join us to learn more about the struggles of domestic workers and how our faith calls us to protect workers and their families, and in so doing, “bring glad tidings to the poor.”
Registration is Free but required
BROKE IN AMERICA:
See, Understanding
and Ending US Poverty
Tuesday, November 30th
at 7:00 PM EDT via Zoom
Join us for A Conversation with the authors:
Joanne Samuel Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox
See, Understanding
and Ending US Poverty
Tuesday, November 30th
at 7:00 PM EDT via Zoom
Join us for A Conversation with the authors:
Joanne Samuel Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox
Colleen Shaddox Joanne Samuel Goldblum
|
Colleen Shaddox is a print and radio journalist and activist. Her publication credits include The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Public Radio, America, and many more. She left daily newspapers when an editor reprimanded her for “writing too many stories about poor people” and went to work in a soup kitchen. She has had one foot in journalism and one in non-profits ever since. In states throughout the country, Colleen has worked on winning campaigns to get kids out of adult prisons, to end juvenile life without parole and to limit shackling in juvenile courts. She is a frequently anthologized fiction writer. Her award-winning play, The Shakespeares, and other dramatic works have been performed around the country.
Joanne Goldblum is CEO and founder of the National Diaper Bank Network, encompassing more than 200 member organizations that provide diapers and other basic needs to families across America. In 2018, she founded the Alliance for Period Supplies, which provides free hygiene products to the one in four people for whom menstruation means difficulty attending school and work. Joanne has spent her career working with and advocating for families in poverty. She has written op-eds for The Washington Post, US News & World Report, and HuffPost. She has been an ABC Person of the Week and the subject of profiles by CNN, People, and many other outlets. Joanne is an inspiring and in-demand speaker. In 2007 she was chosen as one of ten Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leaders on the basis of her work to found the New Haven Diaper Bank.
|
Registration is Free but required
If you wish to purchase the book you can go to the BenBella site: https://benbellabooks.com/shop/brokeinamerica/
At checkout, the code AOHCT will get you 30% off the book.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The recordings of our 2021 Bishop Peter Social Justice Conference as well as the breakout workshops,are posted and can be reviewed on the
Social Justice Conference page
Social Justice Conference page
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you missed last year's Annual
Gathering & Awards Event and wish to see it, please CLICK HERE
for a link to the recording of the event on our You Tube page
Gathering & Awards Event and wish to see it, please CLICK HERE
for a link to the recording of the event on our You Tube page