Resource for Teaching Environmental Justice

Seattle University just unveiled a brand-new resource on teaching environmental justice! Last year, the University’s Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability supported Environmental Studies professor Dr. Trileigh Tucker and her exploration of the teaching of environmental justice around the country. The result is a robust resource, highlighting syllabi, unique classroom and field exercises, popular teaching texts, and a searchable database connecting themes to resources. This compilation was designed with the intention of helping others integrate environmental justice into their courses, and with the hope that it will enhance others’ teaching experiences.

See the teaching resource here.

Catholic Social Teaching Resources

Catholic Social Teaching is an essential element of our faith. Its roots can be found in the Hebrew prophets who announced God’s special love for the poor and called God’s people to a covenant of love and justice. It is a teaching founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ. On the page below you will find various documents from the Vatican, the USCCB, and other sources detailing different aspects of Catholic Social Teaching, as well as recording of a webinar the Catholic Apostolate Center hosted back in June. Feel free to use these sources to bring more awareness of Catholic Social Teaching to your campuses!

Click here for Catholic Social Teaching Resources, courtesy of the Catholic Apostolate Center.

Economic Justice Resource for Catholic Students

Faith in Public Life has developed a new resource geared toward college students and Millennial age Catholics called In This Together: Catholic Teaching and a Moral Economy. They have created a brief pamphlet/guide that addresses such issues as living wages, unions, role of government, budgets, taxes, etc. from the perspective of Catholic teaching.  The tone aims to be accessible for young people, framing the resource in a way that contextualizes issues within current moral/political debates.

You can order free copies of the guide or download it here. Along with the guide, these issues are covered in more depth on the In This Together web site.

Video on Immigration and the Catholic Church

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor: Immigration and the Catholic Church is a video by USCCB Migration and Refugee Services that highlights the Church’s long history of pastoral care for immigrants and advocacy on immigration issues. Share the video to help Catholics and non-Catholics alike become informed about the Church’s important work in these areas.