Social Justice Resources
Knowing the issues that affect the most vulnerable in our society is the first step toward finding solutions and bringing justice to a community. These resources cover issues related to poverty, homelessness, social services and more.
2019 Election Guide
October 08, 2019
For Heaven's Sake, Vote! 2019 Election Guide
Your Guide to knowing what Catholic Social Teaching says about key social issues in the federal election. The Guide was developed in partnership with Novalis, publishers of ‘Living With Christ’. Our vote in the federal election matters, especially for the most vulnerable people in our communities. ‘For Heaven’s Sake, Vote!’ focusses on issues affecting Human Dignity: Poverty, Homelessness, Health Care, Indigenous, Newcomers, and the Environment. The Gospels and Catholic Social Teaching say the dignity of every person must be respected and protected. It’s what’s at stake when we vote.
Topics:
Community / Family Services, People with Special Needs, Seniors, Children & Youth, Young Parents, Poverty & Poverty Reduction, Housing & Homelessness, Mental Health Issues, Women: Violence & Abuse, Immigrants & Migrants, Environmental
Type: Advocacy News
2018 Election Guide
May 02, 2018
When you cast your vote in the Ontario General Election to elect members to Ontario’s Legislative Assembly you want them to create a more democratic society, robust economy, environmentally sustainable future and one that safeguards basic human dignity.
Topics:
Community / Family Services, People with Special Needs, Seniors, Children & Youth, Young Parents, Poverty & Poverty Reduction, Housing & Homelessness, Mental Health Issues, Women: Violence & Abuse, Immigrants & Migrants, Environmental
Type: Guides
Living Out Laudato Si
November 10, 2017
Living Out Laudato Si, issued by the CCCB on 1 September 2017 says Pope Francis' encyclical presents a vision of integral human development, where human dignity is upheld, the world’s poorest are attended to, and environmental, moral, social and political challenges are addressed in an integrated way. It reflects the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Indigenous teachings in which
all life comes from the Creator and how we must walk a path of responsibility in relation to it.
Topics:
Poverty & Poverty Reduction, Environmental
Type: Advocacy News
Encyclical Laudato Si - 'On Care for Our Common Home'
April 03, 2017
The Encyclical Laudato Si', 'On Care for Our Common Home', is Pope Francis' urgent challenge "to seek a sustainable and integral development" by calling on everyone, "the entire human family" to to protect our common home.
The style of this encyclical is one that challenges us to act now. The encyclical is already regarded as a significant source of Catholic Social Teaching similar to 'Rerum Novarum', the encyclical of Pope Leo XIII published in 1891. Laudato Si' is dated 24 May 2015, but was officially published at Noon on 18 June 2015.
Laudato Si' means 'Prase be to you'. It is a phrase derived from the medieval Umbrian dialect of Central Italy. It is also a recurring element in 'Canticle of the Sun', a hymn or chant composed by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century. The title of the encyclical and its opening quote from St. Francis’s Canticle establish its focus.
Topics:
Community / Family Services, People with Special Needs, Seniors, Children & Youth, Young Parents, Poverty & Poverty Reduction, Housing & Homelessness, Environmental
Type: Advocacy News