Justice & Peace Ministry
Office for Human Dignity
Diocese of Joliet
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Justice and Peace

Office for Human Dignity

Catholic Diocese of Joliet

 

Blanchette Catholic Center

16555 Weber Road

Crest Hill, IL 60403
Desk: (815) 221-6252

 peace@dioceseofjoliet.org 

dioceseofjoliet.org/peace

Thomas L. Garlitz, Director
Office for Human Dignity 
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Join the Conversation on Economic Justice

  

 

Taxpayer unrest, labor tensions, immigration, and globalization are all aspects of the growing income gap between the very wealthy and the poor, and the diminishing middle class. Income inequality has been a central theme of Pope Francis' papacy. It is also receiving much attention from others as well. Standard & Poor's recently issued a report asking the following questions:

 

The topic of income inequality and its effects has been the subject of countless analysis stretching back generations and crossing geopolitical boundaries. Despite the tendency to speak about this issue in moral terms, the central questions are economic ones: Would the U.S. economy be better off with a narrower income gap? And, if an unequal distribution of income hinders growth, which solutions could do more harm than good, and which could make the economic pie bigger for all?

 

While there is no denying these are economic issues, as people of faith, we are compelled to consider the moral, as well as the financial, dimensions of our personal economic actions and our government policies. You are invited to join your sisters and brothers in faith in an online conversation to help shape your response to the questions confronting us.

 

Support for economic justice is an essential element of Catholic social teaching. To help form our consciences and enable us to participate in public discourse on this very important topic, the Justice and Peace Ministry of the Office for Human Dignity and the Joliet Diocese Social Justice Coalition are launching a year-long initiative centered in Economic Justice for All: A Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy issued by the United States Catholic Bishops nearly 30 years ago.

 

Each month for the next eight months (except December), we will email you a portion of Economic Justice for All (about 10 pages), along with a few discussion questions and perhaps some other related readings. You can then post your response to all or some of the discussion questions on Pax Blog and comment on what others have to say. Sign-up today to receive these emails.


Economic Justice for All

 

 

 

 

Economic Justice Touches Everyone and Everything

The growing income gap in the United States is a threat to all of us


Joliet Diocese Office for Human Dignity and the Diocese Social Justice Coalition invite you to participate in a workshop to discuss this important issue 


Saturday, October 4, 2014

9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

 
Blanchette Catholic Center

16555 Weber Road * Crest Hill, IL 60403

 

Come, learn more about Economic Justice for All: Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy  written by the U.S. Catholic Bishops nearly 30 years ago and how this document speaks to us about the realities of U.S. economic life today & the global significance of our actions. 

 

Featuring Tom Mulloy, policy adviser in the Department of Justice, Peace, and Human Development at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

 

 

 


Tom advises the bishops on economic, labor, housing, and social welfare policy, and has over seven years of experience in federal policy-making and advocacy.

 

Also, 2014 Catholic Campaign for Human Development grantees will make brief presentations about their efforts to address economic justice.

 

For more information and to register call (815) 221-6251.

 

Download the flier 

 


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Thomas L. Garlitz, Director of the Office for Human Dignity
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