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The Office for Social Justice (OSJ)…
What We Do
PROVIDE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND PARISHES ACTIVE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES
Contact the OSJ for questions or support in applying Catholic Social teaching in our communities.
EDUCATE CATHOLICS OF ALL AGES ABOUT THE CHURCH’S SOCIAL TEACHINGS
Bill Scholl is available to speak with your parish, school, or Catholic group on promoting an understanding of the Church’s Social Teachings.
The OSJ can help in developing curriculum for teaching Catholic Social Doctrine in your parish.
ADVOCATE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS, THE IMPRISONED AND THE POOR AMONG US
The OSJ is an archdiocesan point of contact for political action in the light of the Gospel and teachings of the Magisterium.
The OSJ can help your parish in its ministries to the poor, imprisoned, or otherwise marginalized.
PROMOTE GLOBAL SOLIDARITY BY ENGAGING PEOPLE IN THE EFFORTS OF CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES
The OSJ is the local archdiocesan contact for Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and can help your parish group get more engaged in our Gospel call to solidarity.
COORDINATE THE LOCAL EFFORTS OF THE JUSTICE FOR IMMIGRANTS CAMPAIGN
The OSJ promotes comprehensive immigration reforms that respect the needs of families and our Nation’s laws and is the local contact for the U.S. Bishop’s Justice for Immigrants campaign.
MANAGE THE CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (CCHD) INCLUDING LOCAL GRANTS AND HELPING LOCAL APPLICANTS WITH NATIONAL GRANTS
The OSJ works with local community development groups in funding projects that help the poor improve their lives by affecting sustainable, systematic change through the U.S bishops’ Catholic Campaign for Human Development.
Love your Global Neighbor by Learning about the lives of Refugees and Migrants
“The progress of our peoples… depends above all on our openness to being touched and moved by those who knock at our door. Their faces shatter and debunk all those false idols that can take over and enslave our lives; idols that promise an illusory and momentary happiness blind to the lives and sufferings of others” Pope Francis
POPE’S MESSAGE
JUSTICE FOR IMMIGRANTS
This is a great site to learn the immigration issue and why the U.S. Bishops advocate for comprehensive immigration reform
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES
Learn about how the US Church mobilizes the faithful to help refugees, victims of disaster, and economically disadvantged communities in over 100 developing countries around the world. There are more refugees now than anytime in history since World War II.
“But the problem is not that we have doubts and fears. The problem is when they condition our way of thinking and acting to the point of making us intolerant, closed and perhaps even – without realizing it – racist.” Pope Francis
Our Catholic Faith and the Immigration Issue
Learn what Catholic Social Teachings says about the immigration issue and how we as Catholics can help by visiting Justice for Immigrants.
LOOKING TO CATCH UP?
theSkimm has a good summary of all the past immigration news events to help you get current with the political events that are shaping the immigration and refugee debate. It’s called, No Excuses, Not to talk about immigration. This secular site has some good information that should help you and your friends get up to speed.
Office for Social Justice
MISSION:
Under the guidance of the Archbishop:
To lead and encourage Catholics of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas to grow in their friendship with Jesus Christ by working for a just society that is informed by the Church’s social teachings amidst the challenges of modern society.
