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Diocese of Winona Social Concerns
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"To promote and support parish social action through education"
Our committee meets on a monthly basis to discuss the issues of Social Concerns within our Diocese, and to plan opportunities to learn and explore issues of concern. Updates and information are available below. Feel free to contact us by responding to this newsletter or through our Facebook page with any questions or feedback.
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This is the seventh of eight installments of our Catholic Social Teaching series. This month we will be looking at the CST theme of
Solidarity.
Each edition of our Social Concerns newsletter will feature another installment. Please share these articles and join in the conversation!
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How is God Calling you to Serve the Poor?
Understanding Poverty
Join parishioners from across the diocese, as we strive to go from knowing to doing, in a day dedicated to exploring and raising awareness of the circle of poverty.
October 29, 2016
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
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Registration fee for the day is $10.00 per person (includes lunch), payable to Catholic Charities. Parishes and religious communities may register more than 5 participants together for a maximum total of $50.00. If you are a member of Catholic Charities’ Spirit please indicate that and your registration fee will be waived.
To register by email click the button below.
Please send registration information (including name(s), contact information - email and or address, and home parish) and indicate whether you plan to bring your payment along on the day or send it to the address below.
You may also register by sending your registration information and payment to:
Catholic Charities
PO Box 379
Winona, MN 55087
Please register before October 21st, 2016
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Conversations with Friends (CWF) is a dedicated, all-volunteer group that visits, writes cards and letters to, and provides safe release and accompaniment to people detained in immigration custody in Minnesota.
October 15, 2016 @United Methodist Church of Albert Lea, 9am-1pm.
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Support
Our Lady of Guadalupe Free Clinic, who help provide health care for our uninsured brothers and sisters in SW Minnesota, on Friday, October 28th at Round Lake Vineyard. This will be a special evening as with their volunteers and donors gathering together for an evening of fellowship, entertainment and fundraising. This event is $75 and includes dinner and entertainment with Tony Melendez. Tickets are available by contacting
kathylesnar@gmail.com.
You are also invited to their Tony Melendez Concert the following evening. Details below.
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The DOCAT, organized in question and answer form, is an adaptation of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church. Summarizing the Social Teaching of the Catholic Church, the book discusses "love, the Church’s social mission, the human person, principles of the Church’s social teaching, family, work, economic life, political community, the international community, the environment, peace and love in action. These chapters are patterned after the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church."
This new resource written for the youth, but a fantastic tool for Catholics of all ages!
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Small Group Faith Study Leadership Training
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Interested in starting/participating in a small group Catholic study with your friends, family and fellow parishioners?
Catholic Charities and the Catholic Rural Life is offering small group leader training. They will come out and train leaders to lead small group studies. They can suggest study guides and materials or you can choose your own. You don't need to be an expert on any of the readings, letters or documents, but simply bring a desire and heart to learn more about the teachings of Christ and his Church. Learn together, with and from each other, as a community of believers.
Please contact Nicole Henrichs (nhenrichs@ccwinona.org)
or Deacon Chris Walchuk (
CWalchuk@ccwinona.org
) for more information.
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The month of October Respect Life Month but it is also the month dedicated to the Rosary. What a wonderful time to reconnect with our Holy Mother through this beautiful Scripture-based prayer!
Further your prayer practice, try praying the Rosary with one of these pro-life intentions:
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Dorothy Day: A Servant of God.
A champion for the poor, for the unborn, for the downtrodden and suffering . A champion for non-violence and peace. A champion for solidarity. A candidate for sainthood....champion for Christ! Dorothy Day was many things and challenges us to follow in her footsteps.
When she said "Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed so easily,” she was not down playing what it means to be a saint. She was highlighting that people write off sainthood and shirk their responsibilities to their fellow humans with the “they are a saint…I could never do that” mentality. Day begged to differ. We are ALL called to sainthood, all called to solidarity with our brothers and sisters and all called to love each other, especially the poor and vulnerable. She could and would take care of her neighbors. Her famous quote is a challenge to us all. She, like us, was a person. She was not perfect. She was human but she did great things with love and so can we all.
How can we begin? LOVE! Build a “Christ room” in your heart, in your home, in our parishes….a place not only for our friends, but also for strangers, for the poor, for those who are unborn, for those who suffer the agony of abortion and addiction, for ALL of Christ’s children.
Learn more about Dorothy Day and her work.
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