Bulletin Material

JustPeace is a newsletter that contains a collection of reflections for your parish bulletins:

• Our Church
• Life
• Solidarity
• Care for God's Creation
• Agriculture and Rural Life
• Peace
• Parish Social Ministry
• Dignity of the Human Person
• Option for the Poor and Vulnerable
• Dignity of Work and Rights of Workers
• Call to Family, Community, and Participation
• Rights and Responsibilities
• Faithful Citizenship and Advocacy
• Religious Freedom

OUR CHURCH

• Forgiveness
• The Eucharist Becomes Fulfilling Only As Much As We Live the Eucharist
• How to Live Mercifully
• Guilt by Association? 
• Jubilee Year of Mercy
• Faith, Justice, and the Thief on the Cross
• Father's Day
• He Has Nothing, But He's Never Been Happier
• Office of Life and Justice and Peace
• Giving Witness: Elisa Harrigan
• The Eucharist and the Two Greatest Commandments
• Death, Then Life
• Recognizing Christ in the Eucharist
• Our Hearts Burn Within Us
• Letting the Wound Heal
• Water's Power: Quenching our Spiritual and Physical Thirsts
• Biblical or Legal Justice?
• Cooperation or Compromise?
• Christ is Our Light
• What's Got Our Attention?

Catholic Social Teaching: LIFE

• Physician-Assisted Suicide is not Compassionate 
• People with Disabilities
• The Unborn Child
• Till Death Do Us Part: End the Death Penalty
• The Importance of October 4 in Laudato Si'
• Each of Us is a Masterpiece of God's Creation!
• Labor and Drones and Consumers, Oh My!
• Culture of Life and Oregon's Death Penalty
• The Death Penalty: An Inconsistent Ethic of Life
• God's Love Shines Through Project Rachel
• Is There a Choice?
• 40-40
• Creation: God's Gift to Us
• Too Many People?
• We Are All Children of God

Catholic Social Teaching: DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

• February is Black History Month
• On Human Investment
• Papers Please
• We're Not Strangers, Just Friends Who Haven't Met
• Labor and Drones and Consumers, Oh My!
• Valentine Day: Fair Trade Chocolate for Your True Love
• No Longer Slaves But Brothers and Sisters
• It Is Not What It Seems

Catholic Social Teaching: OPTION FOR THE POOR AND VULNERABLE

• No One Should be Hungry
• "Have You Anything Here to Eat?"
• The Eucharist Becomes Fulfilling Only As Much As We Live the Eucharist
• Today's Temptations
• Christmas is for the Poor
• Not to be Served But to Serve
• Preferential Option for the Poor
• The Poor are the Center of the Church
• Poverty, Oregon 2014
• Sacrificial Giving
• The Kingdom of God is Open to Everyone
• Poverty, Oregon 2013
• Come to the Feast
• What's Got Our Attention?
• Advent: A Time of Hope and Light
• The Cleansing of the Temple: A Protest Against Economic Injustice
• Economic Snapshot of Oregon's Congressional Districts (2013)
• In The Eucharist We Honor Christ and the Poor
• Do We Need Another Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes?
• The 2012 Farm Bill: Hit Reset
• The 2012 (Food and) Farm Bill: Why People of Faith Care
• Who is CCHD?
• So Many In Poverty; What Are Our Options?
• How to be a Patriotic American
• Economic Justice: Jesus Cleanses the Temple and the System
• The Sears Christmas Catalogue
• Have Yourself A Merry Christmas
• The Morality of Our Economy
• Tax Day and the Earned Income Tax Credit

Catholic Social Teaching: SOLIDARITY

• Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: Solidarity
• Who Are Today's Lepers?
• Welcome, Stranger
• Charity: More Than Cleaning Out Our Closets
• Solidarity Alone?
• No Longer Slaves But Brothers and Sisters
• Love One Another: A Photo Essay
• Sin, Reconciliation and Catholic Relief Services
• CRS: Water Water Everywhere
• We're Not Strangers, Just Friends Who Haven't Met
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
• Valentine Day: Fair Trade Chocolate for Your True Love
• Fair Trade Coffee and Doughnuts
• The Catholic Church Supports a Humane and Comprehensive Solution to the Immigration Issue
• Appearances and Prejudices
• Unrecognizable Friends
• Loving Each Other As One Body of Christ

Catholic Social Teaching: RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God
• Entitled to What?
• What Would Jesus Do?
• Fortnight of Freedom
• The Mustard Seeds of Society

Catholic Social Teaching: DIGNITY OF WORK AND RIGHTS OF WORKERS

• Labor Day: A Reminder of Labor’s Long-Standing Support from the Catholic Church
• The Day Laborer and a Living Wage
• Job Quality = Food Quality
• Work is Sacred
• Labor Day and Wage Theft

Catholic Social Teaching: CARE FOR GOD'S CREATION

• Peace: Caring for Creation
• Peace Towards Creation
• The Importance of October 4 in Laudato Si'
• I Think of Nothing More Sarcastic Than to Praise a Bottle, Plastic
• Environmental Justice
• Columbia River Gorge: 11 Years Later
• Creation: God's Gift to Us
• Too Many People?
• Water's Power: Quenching our Spiritual and Physical Thirsts

Catholic Social Teaching: CALL TO FAMILY, COMMUNITY, AND PARTICIPATION

• We Are Family
• We Are A Part, Not Apart
• All in the Family
• Let Children Be Children

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 

Fortnight for Freedom 2015

• What Would Jesus Do?
• Fortnight of Freedom

FAITHFUL CITIZENSHIP AND ADVOCACY

• Whispers of Change
• Growing Season
• Saint Thomas More (June 22): Patron Saint of Politicians
• Three Letters a Week: ABC
• Democracy is Not a Spectator Sport
• Salt and Light: Voting Plus One
• Our Political Landscape
• Advocates for Justice
• How to Vote
• The Fresh Air of Democracy
• The Culture of Temptation
• A Voice for the Voiceless
• Unfunny Jokes
• Music to My Ears
• Another One?! Delete!
• Prayer, Persistence, and Politics
• God, Country and Notre Dame: Faith and Values
• The Legislative Process: An Overview
• Ground Rules for Civil Dialogue
• Conscience Is The Voice Of God In Our Hearts
• Catholics Care. Catholics Vote.
• Celebrating Elections

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LIFE

• Sowing Seeds
• Summer Food (Some Are Not)
• The Argument for Food Justice
• Farmers' Markets: 5 Reasons to Visit
• 6 Reasons to Shop at Farmers' Markets
• Strawberries and Squash: Learn more about CSAs
• Oregon Farmers and the Catholic Church
• Farmers' Markets and CSAs
• The Farm Bill and Farmers' Markets
• The Farm Bill: 7 Simple Thoughts
• The 2012 Farm Bill: Our Faith Bridges the Urban-Rural Divide
• The 2012 Farm Bill: Hit Reset
• The 2012 Farm Bill: Why People of Faith Care About Farming
• The 2012 (Food and) Farm Bill: Why People of Faith Care

PARISH SOCIAL MINISTRIES

• Discipleship
• Living the Jubilee Year of Mercy with the Works of Mercy
• Right Relationships
• Rules and Regulations
• No Rest for the Just
• Good Things Come in Threes
• Evangelizing through Facebook in 5 Steps
• The Arc of a Moral Universe
• 6 Ideas for Lent
• Why Parish Social Ministry?
• Parish Social Ministry: A Definition in 90 Seconds
• The Case for Social Justice
• A Social Invitation
• Charity at Christmas; Charity and Justice Always
• Is Bread Enough?
• When Bread Is Enough
• Salt and Light
• JustFaith and Good News People
• Social Justice for Kids: A Presentation Using Catholic Social Teaching

PEACE

• Peace: Nuclear Weapons
• Peace: Peace Pole
• May, The Month of Mary, Queen of Peace
• Peace: Caring for Creation
• Peace: Gun Violence
• Peace: Restorative Justice
• Peace Towards Creation
• Forgiveness
• If You Want Peace, Work for Justice
• Love, With Help From the Queen of Peace
• Peace Be With You
• Peace, It's Not Just a Good Idea
• A Day of Prayer for Peace in our Community