Catholic Social Teaching

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  Reflections on Laudato Si’, the Encyclical by Pope Francis

  September 28, 2021

  Laudato Si’ – Encyclical on Ecology and Care for God’s Creation September 2015 “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord.” These are the words Pope Francis used to open his encyclical on ecology and care for God’s creation. These words are originally from the first line of Saint Francis of Assisi’s […]

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  Reflective Voting Guide: Creating Communion at the Intersection of Racism, Migration & Climate Crisis

  September 17, 2020

  On virtually every question of human life and dignity the growing culture of exclusion in our nation reinforces and propels cleavages that are highly destructive to all the goals that lie in the center of Catholic social teaching. For this reason, many faith-filled Catholics believe that in this election cycle the most compelling issue that […]

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  Sisters produce a 2020 voting guide; 11 justice-and-peace groups urge reflection

  September 17, 2020

  Global Sisters Report’s Soli Salgado interviewed Brigid Clingman, OP, about the new 2020 voting guide for an article published September 10, 2020. An excerpt from that article appears below along with a link to the full article in Global Sisters Report. The Reflective Voting Guide that 11 congregational justice and peace promoters created and circulated […]

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  Can We Talk?

  November 27, 2019

  I attended a conference last October where the speakers discussed the way we talk to one another. They used phrases like “language creates reality,” “brutalization of language,” and “crisis of conversation.” We often equate an opinion with the person and somehow question the person’s right to even exist. This is contrary to Catholic Social Teaching […]

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  “Justice” is a Ministry of the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids

  July 25, 2019

  As vowed women religious and as a Congregation, it is the Gospel and Catholic Social Teaching that have called the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids to bear witness to the dignity of every human person. The Direction Statements of our Congregation guide our preaching and teaching; all based in the Gospel call. In the days ahead, we […]