5 Things to Know
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5 Things to Know
5 Things to Know newsletter with information, action items, prayers, and resources
that can be used at your school or parish.
10 Days Until OneLife LA! We hope to see you at our 8th annual celebration of the beauty and dignity of life! Join us in person on Saturday, January 22, 2022!
Visit OneLifeLA.org to:
Register NOW for the 2022 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering!
Justice at the Margins
January 29 – February 1, 2022
Virtual Gathering
Scholarships are available to cover a portion of the registration fee. Apply now! The application deadline has been extended to January 17, 2022.
Don’t miss this transformative annual gathering for leaders in Catholic social ministry and advocacy! This year, we will pray, learn, and advocate together on our Catholic vision for the post-pandemic world and call to bring justice to the margins.
January is Poverty Awareness Month. Poverty is not a catchphrase—it is a serious reality that many are living. Over 37 million people live below the poverty line in the United States. Our faith challenges us to respond to the needs of those who are most vulnerable. Due in part to the advocacy of Catholics around the country, in 2020 the supplemental poverty measure – which takes into account programs designed to keep people out of poverty – dropped to 9.1, the lowest rate since 2009. Thanks to stimulus payments, enacted as part of economic relief legislation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, 11.7 million individuals were lifted out of poverty.
January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
February 8 is the World Day of Prayer, Reflection, and Action against Human Trafficking and Feast Day of St. Josephine Bakhita.
In the coming weeks, we can educate ourselves and our communities, seek to support anti-trafficking initiatives, and pray for an end to human trafficking.“The Catholic Church intends to intervene in every phase of the trafficking of human beings; she wants to protect them from deception and solicitation; she wants to find them and free them when they are transported and reduced to slavery; she wants to assist them once they are freed.”
Pope Francis Address to Participants in the World Day of Prayer, Reflection and Action against Human Trafficking, 2018The USCCBs' Anti-Trafficking Program aims to educate on the scourge of human trafficking as an offense against the fundamental dignity of the human person, to advocate for its end, and to provide training and technical assistance to support survivors.
Support for Healthcare Professionals As the pandemic continues, we keep healthcare professionals in our hearts and our prayers.
Visit the Office of Life, Justice, and Peace Catholic Healthcare webpage to participate in the retreats and prayer services offered in the past year for healthcare workers.
Additional prayers and reflections can be found through the Catholic Healthcare Association Prayer Library: Prayers During the Coronavirus Pandemic.
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