Catholic Charities USA

New resources have been added to the Parish Social Ministry Resources page on the Catholic Charities USA website, and a new subsection, Catholic Identity Integration, has been created.

The Catholic Identity Integration subsection includes the following new resources:

United in Love: Leading Self and Others through Catholic Culture

Engaging the Diaconate – How Catholic Charities Dallas Equips Deacons to Integrate Faith and Service

CCUSA Primary Resource: Catholic in Charity & in Identity: Resources to Enhance the Legacy.

The following new resource may now be found in the Community Health subsection:

Trauma-Informed Care and Trauma-Informed Social Action in a Parish Context

Finally, please note the following upcoming opportunity:

The Theology of the Good Samaritan:

Putting Fratelli Tutti into Action

This webinar will explore Pope Francis' new encyclical, Fratelli tutti, and its invitation to renew our commitment to caring for our neighbors and global society through actions of justice, solidarity, and dignity. It will incorporate participants' personal experiences to embrace key topics at the center of the encyclical and the Catholic Social Teaching tradition. Particular focus will be given to the encyclical's meditation on the parable of the Good Samaritan. The webinar will incorporate the methodology of see, judge, and act to discern the "signs of the times" in the service of solidarity, the promotion of justice, and pursuit of the common good. Participants will appreciate their vocation as missionary disciples by responding to community needs and questioning those structures that inhibit human development. Presenter: Mr. Yohan Garcia, Catholic Social Teaching coordinator for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Department of Justice, Peace, and Human Development. Date: Nov. 11, 2021. Time: 3 PM EST. Register in advance for this webinar here.