Stay up to date and learn how you can make a difference during Lent. |
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Office for Social Concerns
Catholic Diocese of Columbus
Information and Response NETWORK
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Lenten Updates
- Lent 2021 | Reflect. Repent. Restore.
- CRS Rice Bowl Video
- Health Care and Human Dignity Conference - April 24
- From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Hope Letters to the Incarcerated
- Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.
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As you continue your Lenten journey, consider the resources below to inspire you to live out your faith.
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CRS Rice Bowl during Lent |
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Learn how CRS Rice Bowl helps our neighbors in countries around the world and in our local communities. |
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Each Lent, Catholic families across the country unite to put their faith into action through prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Through CRS Rice Bowl, families learn about how our sisters and brothers across the globe overcome hardships like hunger and malnutrition, and how through Lenten alms, we have the power to make the world a better place for all. Your supports helps local hunger programs as well. |
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Converging Roads Medical Ethics Conference: Health Care and Human Dignity. Saturday, April 24, 2021, at the Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus. Presented by the St. John Paul II Foundation, the Diocese of Columbus, and the Catholic Medical Association of Central Ohio. Continuing education credits for healthcare professionals will be offered. Registration $69 - $149 based on CME/CNE inclusion. For more information, CLICK HERE.
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From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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Take Action
Act discriminates against people of faith and threatens unborn life
Everyone deserves to be treated with respect and dignity. The Equality Act, which is being voted on in the U.S. House of Representatives soon, in many ways does the opposite and needs to be opposed. Instead of respecting differences in beliefs about marriage and sexuality, the Equality Act would discriminate against people of faith.
Make Justice Your Aim: A Message to Congress (USCCB)
Provide Additional COVID-19 Relief that Meets the Needs of the Poor and Vulnerable
Provide additional COVID-19 relief that addresses peoples’ need for food, housing, health care, employment and income support, and safety in prisons and detention facilities. The aid provided in past legislation has been a lifeline to the record numbers of people experiencing hardship. Continue to work together to help and protect the most vulnerable for the duration of the COVID19 health and economic crisis.
Make Poor and Vulnerable People an International Funding Priority
Increase funding for international poverty-reducing development and humanitarian programs in Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations to save lives, address the root causes of conflicts, and reduce crushing poverty. Provide at least $20 billion in emergency spending in the next COVID-19 relief bill to respond to immediate and longer-term impacts of COVID-19 on poor and vulnerable people overseas.
Support Immigration Reform
Support bipartisan immigration reform that gives a path to citizenship to the undocumented, addresses root causes, protects farmworkers, upholds the rule of law, and restores due process for asylum seekers.
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Write HOPE Letters to the Incarcerated
ARCH - Accompanying Returning Citizens with Hope is participating in an ecumenical letter writing ministry to the incarcerated. HOPE Letters is a pathway to safely developing healthy mentoring relationships through correspondence with individuals who are experiencing some type of incarceration or temporary removal from the greater community. CLICK HERE to learn more.
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For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.... Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.
Mt 25:35-40
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Resources, Upcoming Events, Advocacy
For online resources, visit our website at
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Sent by
Jerry Freewalt
Office for Social Concerns
Catholic Diocese of Columbus
197 E. Gay Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
614-241-2540
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The Office for Social Concerns is the central diocesan resource for Catholic Social Teaching, reaching out through prayer, education, service, and advocacy. |
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