| Bread for the World |
| www.bread.org
Christian citizens movement seeking justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers. BFW Institute seeks justice for hungry people by engaging in research and education on policies related to hunger and development. |
| Campaign for Human Development |
www.nccbuscc.org
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is the domestic anti-poverty, social justice program of the U.S. Catholic bishops. Its mission is to address the root causes of poverty in the United States through promotion and support of community-controlled, self-help organizations and through transformative education. |
| Catholic Relief Services |
www.catholicrelief.org
Catholic Relief Services was founded in 1943 by the Catholic Bishops of the United States to assist the poor
and disadvantaged outside the country. The fundamental motivating force in all activities of CRS is the Gospel
of Jesus Christ as it pertains to the alleviation of human suffering, the development of people and the fostering
of charity and justice in the world. |
| Catholic Social Teaching |
www.osjspm.org
Modern Catholic social teaching is the body of social principles and moral teaching that is
articulated in the papal, conciliar, and other official documents issued since the late nineteenth
century and dealing with the economic, political, and social order. From the Office of Social
Justice in the Archdioceses of St. Paul and Minneapolis comes this extensive site of major documents,
notable quotations and helpful readings. |
| Center of Concern |
| www.coc.org
Since 1971, the Center of Concern has offered moral vision and provided effective leadership in the struggle to end hunger, poverty, environmental decline, and injustice in the United States and around the world. |
| Jesuit Conference (social/international site) |
| www.jesuit.org
Jesuit Social and International Ministries encourages and assists Jesuits and their colleagues throughout the United States in living out their call to promote justice |
| Jesuit Refugee Service |
www.jesref.org
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international Catholic organisation with a mission is to accompany, serve and defend the rights of refugees and forcibly displaced people. JRS undertakes services at national and regional levels with the support of an international office in Rome. |
| Paulist Press |
| www.paulistpress.com
Publisher's Web site where you can order books, videos, audio tapes and other materials online. |
| Pax Christi |
www.paxchristiusa.org
(USA) - Pax Christi USA strives to create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by exploring, articulating, and witnessing to the call of Christian nonviolence.
www.paxchristi.net
(International) - Pax Christi International is a non-profit, non-governmental Catholic peace movement working on a global scale on a wide variety of issues in the fields of human rights, security and disarmament, economic justice and ecology. |
| USCCB - Social Justice |
www.paxjoliet.org
From the Catholic Diocese of Joliet comes this informative site. Find information on relief initiatives and missions spanning the globe. |
