Social Justice

The Social Justice Ministry’s mission is to raise awareness and facilitate activities supporting social justice at the community, local and national levels, both inside and outside the parish. The ministry’s goal is to work with the Beaverton Vicariate (St. Pius X, St. Cecilia, St. Juan Diego, St. John the Fisher, and Holy Trinity) to arrange for speakers and support other community efforts towards peace, justice, and reconciliation.
 

"Among our tasks as witnesses to the love of Christ is that of giving a voice to the cry of the poor."

Pope Francis

"The individual who is animated by true charity labors skilfully to discover the causes of misery, to find the means to combat it, to overcome it resolutely."

Blessed Paul VI 

“We are all equal – all of us – but this truth is not recognized, this equality is not recognized, and for this reason some people are, we can say, happier than others. But this is not a right! We all have the same rights. When we do not see this, society is unjust. It does not follow the rule of justice, and where there is no justice, there cannot be peace. I would like to repeat this with you: where there is no justice, there is no peace!”

Pope Francis

We are offering an 8-week program focused on nonviolence from a Christian perspective. Based on Jesus as model of nonviolence, the program takes participants through explorations from self-focused nonviolence to what nonviolence can look like on a national or global scale. Personal Nonviolence: A Practical Spirituality for Peacemakers by Gerald Vanderhaar will be studied.

Class will be on Monday evenings from 7:00-9:00pm (see schedule below for location).

To register, please call Laura at 503.523.6948.


Class Schedule:

February 18 — Chapel
February 25 — Fireside Room
March 4 — Fireside Room
No Class on March 11  — Special Guest Speaker on Thursday, March 14
March 18 — Cafeteria
March 25 — Fireside Room
April 1 — Fireside Room
April 8 — Fireside Room

Caring for Our Common Home - 

LAUDATO SI’    ENCYCLICAL LETTER OF POPE FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME
The Vatican has placed the new encyclical on the web.  Read it here.


FAIR TRADE

1. Consider holding a fair trade community order sale with your friends, co-workers or social group in October or November. Fair trade promotes dignity by ensuring fair wages and long-term trade partnerships, so when you organize a sale, you are standing in solidarity with our most vulnerable brothers and sisters in a fun and tangible way. Make your Christmas dollars work twice!
It is simple to hold a catalog sale in your home or work space. Shipping is free and customers receive 20% off craft items when an order is $300!
2. Purchase Fair Trade coffee, tea or chocolates for Halloween or Christmas.
For more information or to place an order, contact Eileen!