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UPCOMING EVENTS



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​​Save the Date! Sat. Sept. 17, 2022

Dreaming Together: Forming Disciples for Faith and Justice


The Center for Catholic Education & Formation and the Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry of the Archdiocese of Hartford will sponsor a joint conference on Saturday September 17, 2022 at the Omni New Haven at Yale. The theme, Dreaming Together: Forming Disciples for Faith and Justice takes its name from “Let us Dream” by Pope Francis, who encourages us to dream of a better future. The conference will include educational and practical pieces on faith formation topics such as lifelong formation, parent involvement and kerygma, social justice issues, and Catholic social teaching. Attendees will gain skills in integrating social ministry and Catholic social teaching into classroom, parish, and family life.

Announcing keynote speaker: Rev. James Martin, SJ
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Grounding Your Ministry in Prayer

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Additional details can be found at the Education and Formation Office website

Plan on bringing a team from your parish. Early bird registration begins in July.


Covid 19 Vaccinations will be required

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Monthly Parish Social Ministry Gathering 

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.
 

Our monthly Parish Social Ministry Gatherings are an opportunity to meet others from across the Archdiocese who are committed to living the Gospel and transforming the world.
We meet on the ​second Wednesday of the month, 7:00 PM on Zoom.

Sign on Here for All Future Meetings
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RECENT EVENTS

Leading on Climate: 
Religious Communities United on Climate Justice



April 11, 2022

Hosted by by the Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs, the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, and
the Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry of the Archdiocese of Hartford

Panelists:
 
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman, Temple Beth El, Stamford
 Senator Saud Anwar, CT State Senator - District 3 
 Sr. Elaine Betoncourt, Sisters of St. Joseph, West Hartford
 Elijah Harris, DEI Director, Jewish Youth Climate Movement
Rev. Kelcy G. L. Steele, Pastor, Varick AME Zion Church, New Haven


View Recording Here






​2021 Social Justice Dinner and Awards
October 19, 2021


 Our Social Justice Dinner and Awards was held in person this year at the Aqua Turf Club

Awards were presented to:​​
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  • 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​

​Click here to go to the Annual Dinner page where you can see photos from this event
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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
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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


Our Mission
To advance Catholic Social Teaching by educating and preparing parishes to work for social justice. 
​The Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry
of the Archdiocese of Hartford

467 Bloomfield Ave. Bloomfield, CT 06002
Phone: 860-242-5573 

  info.ocsjm@aohct.org
© 2015 The Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry
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