St Josaphat 2009

7th & 8th graders directed by Sal Solo using highly interactive ice-breakers, games, small groups, songs, videos, reflection and prayer including two major presentations of The End or the Beginning and We Cry Justice - an all new presentation to Educate, Motivate and Ask, What can I do? regarding the Injustices in the world.

Resources for going deeper after We Cry Justice Live Presentation
Links for going deeper:
FiftyCentsaDay Website - http://www.fiftycentsaday.org/fiftycentsaday.org/Home.html
All donations to FiftyCentsaDay go to Catholic Relief Services.

Catholic Relief Services - http://www.CRS.org/

Faithful Citizenship for Catholic Youth - http://www.faithfulcitizenship.org/youth

Book Solidarity will transform the World by Jeffrey Odell Korgen
Published by Orbis Books, Maryknoll, New York 10545-0308
To learn more about Maryknoll and Orbis Books, visit http://home.maryknoll.org/maryknoll/

Download a 63 page Study Guide Companion for
Solidarity will transform the World
http://storiesofhope.crs.org/
The Study Guide has three goals: educational, formational and motivational.
Guide is written at the high school and college/university level.

Sharing Catholic Social Teaching Selected Resources
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/educresources.pdf

Catholic Social Thought
Religious Studies 204
This is a huge online resource.
http://www.saintmarys.edu/~incandel/cst.html

USCCB Ending Poverty In Community (EPIC): A Toolkit for Young Advocates
http://www.usccb.org/cchd/epic/www/index.html

Download a Study Guide A Window into Afghanistan
Lesson Plans for High School Educators found on www.crs.org
Copy and paste the link below into your browser
http://education.crs.org/resources/window_into_afghanistan/complete_afghanist...

Youth Minister Social Justice Resource Guide on Diocese of San Diego website.
Six page document in pdf format downloadable at
http://www.diocese-sdiego.org/OYYAM/Recourse%20List/YM%20Social%20Justice%20R...

Sharing Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges and Directions
From usccb Justice, Peace and Human Development
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/projects/socialteaching/socialteaching.shtml

Other websites that work for justice in various areas of social justice:

Food For The Poor - http://www.foodforthepoor.org

For poverty in the USA - http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org

Pro-life pregnancy centers - http://www.heartbeatinternational.org

National Right to Life - http://www.nrlc.org

Against euthanasia - http://www.euthanasia.com

Prisoner Visitation and Support - http://www.prisonervisitation.org

Catholics Against Capital Punishment - http://www.cacp.org

Catholic Adoption - http://www.catholic.adoption.com

To sponsor a child - Compassion International - http://www.compassion.com

Child Rights Information Network - http://www.crin.org/

FGC Education & Networking Project - http://www.fgmnetwork.org/index.php

Debt AIDS Trade Africa - http://www.data.org

Click FREE: The Hunger Site - http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1
Simply click to give a cup of rice to poor to help to give 200,000 cups daily

ONE Campaign to end poverty - http://www.one.org

Teach Against Genocide Campaign - http://www.teachagainstgenocide.org

World Fair Trade Association - http://www.wfto.com/

Human rights of workers - http://www.nlcnet.org

To remember the victims of 9/11 - http://www.project2996.com/

To help Hurricane Katrina victims - http://katrinavictims.org/

Catholic Peace Fellowship - http://www.catholicpeacefellowship.org

Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform - http://www.justiceforimmigrants.org

Click FREE to save habitat - http://rainforest.care2.com/

National Catholic Rural Life Conference - http://www.ncrlc.com

WE CRY JUSTICE! was produced by ACTS Evangelism & Worship - http://www.salsolo.com
and HeartBeat Records - http://www.heartbeatrecords.com

* from Sharing Catholic Social Teaching - Challenges and Directions, Reflections of the U.S. Catholic Bishops. 1998

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[imabruab]

Thank you for your comment and I really don´t want to seem bitter but inspite of my catholic upbringing, my pretty strict catholic parents, my children going to a catholic school, I live in Mexico which is 99% catholic, I don´t believe in Jesus, or the bible, or the Pope or anything that has to do with religion.

I guess I wasn´t really convinced. I´ve seen and heard a lot of things that should never happen in a catholic community since you´re supposed to live according to the bible.

[pauljosephherman]

@imabruab Thanks for being open about your beliefs. One thing you can be sure of is that God loves you right where you are. You don't have to be good, holy or want him to love you. He just does. And because he does he wants to have a relationship with you, which is the most awesome experience, speaking from my own personal experience. I will pray for you that the day will come when you will open the door of your heart and let him in. Your life will never be the same. Take care,

[imabruab]

@pauljosephherman Don´t get me wrong, I DO believe in God, He has given me much more than I deserve.

Twenty six years ago He blessed me with the best present I could ever expect... I have a 26 year old son. Then, 2 years later God blessed me again.. I have a beautiful daughter. And I thank HIM everyday.

[pauljosephherman]

@imabruab Consider that even the Devil believes in God. To be saved, one needs to confess he is a sinner and ask Jesus to save them from their sins. Ask Jesus to forgive your sins and to be Lord of your life. Then, aspire to be His disciple. You will be a new creation in Christ. That is the Good News of the Bible. You cannot earn salvation, it is a free gift of God who sent His only begotten Son to pay the debt of our sins.

[pauljosephherman]

@imabruab Thanks for being open about your beliefs. One thing you can be sure of is that God loves you right where you are. You don't have to be good, holy or want him to love you. He just does. And because he does he wants to have a relationship with you, which is the most awesome experience, speaking from my own personal experience. I will pray for you that the day will come when you will open the door of your heart and let him in. Your life will never be the same. Take care,

[imabruab]

Another day I was talking to my brother in spanish, I was asking him if he was going to his friend´s house after school or straight home so that we could walk home together, We weren´t saying anything bad about anyone. One of the nuns yelled at us: "YOU´RE IN AMERICA, SPEAK ENGLISH!!" that very day the same nun was talking to another nun in polish, my brother stoodup to them and said the exact same thing: "You´re in America, speak english". Nice memories.

[pauljosephherman]

@imabruab Thanks for sharing those stories. Anyone who went to Catholic school probably has a few. Although you don't have to be a nun to be a teacher who goes over board with the discipline. You can be a regular teacher and be just as over the top. We have laughed at some adults we occasionally work with who are overly strict and don't have a clue in how to relate to teens. I hope somewhere along the line you meet a nun who really knows Jesus and how to share his love.

[imabruab]

I went to St. Joe´s, from 1964 to 1972. I don´t know if there are still "nun-teachers" but let me tell you THEY WERE SCARY!! Man, they were really mean. My parents are mexican, I was born in Chicago. My father wanted us to have a good catholic education. BOY WAS HE WRONG!! One day, I really don´t remember what I did wrong, I used to be a very shy kid, hardly ever spoke, that day a nun screamed at me saying "GO BACK TO PUERTO RICO, WE DON´T NEED YOU HERE!" Talk about loving one another!