News

  • Coming Soon: Global Solidarity Sunday
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    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
    Sr. Margaret Galiardi

    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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  • Mary DeLorey's Annual Dinner presentation
    Mary DeLorey

    At the OCSJM Annual Dinner in October, guest speaker Mary DeLorey (Strategic Issues Advisor at CRS) shared experiences and insights from her work with international issue of human trafficking.

    We are pleased to be able to share a transcript of her presentation from that evening.  The talk is packed with information and analysis that will be helpful to anyone who is concerned with this profound abuse of human rights and dignity.

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  • Two Feet of Love in Action

    Is your parish or Social Justice Committee looking for a way to share the message of social justice with your community? Are your community members struggling to see the connection between social justice and their lives as Catholics?

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The Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry of the Archdiocese of Hartford advances Catholic social teaching by educating and preparing parishes to work for social justice.