You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That’s how prayer works.” -Pope Francis
Our Committee’s Mission: To promote and act upon the Principles of Catholic Social Teaching at Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart parish.
Committee Information: The Committee meets September - April on the 2nd Monday of the month from 6:30 - 7:30pm in classroom 3. All parishioners are invited to attend.
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Committee Blog on the Catholic Social Teachings
WAY PARISHIONERS CAN GET INVOLVED
| AMOS | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Ankeny Love Lunches | Mary WooleverThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Bread for the World | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Catholic Charities | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Catholic Worker House | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Connection Cafe | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Don Justo Coffee | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Fair Trade Gift Market | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Habitat for Humanity | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
What is Catholic Social Teaching?
From the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops: “Catholic social teaching is a central and essential element of our faith. Its roots are 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, who came "to bring glad tidings to the poor . . . liberty to captives . . . recovery of sight to the blind"(Lk 4:18-19), and who identified himself with "the least of these," the hungry and the stranger (cf. Mt 25:45). Catholic social teaching is built on a commitment to the poor. This commitment arises from our experiences of Christ in the eucharist.”