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A prayer service attended by over 700 people at St. Barnabas in January in solidarity with the people of Minnesota marked the reconvening of Southside Catholic Peace and Justice. Since then parishioners from St. Barnabas, Christ the King, St. John Fisher, St. Cajetan and other parishes have met to plan programs and activities grounded in Catholic Social Teaching, which we feel allows us the opportunity to live the values Jesus demonstrates in the Gospels.

Southside Catholic Peace and Justice works to fight injustice, poverty, and violence by raising awareness of and acting upon the Principles of Catholic Social Teaching.

Southside Peace and Justice is a multi-parish collaborative to help us better understand and appreciate the church’s teachings on social justice issues and explore what we can do as a community to prevent poverty and injustice, as well as to minister to those who suffer their effects. Catholic teachings ask us to question the causes of an injustice and to act to change those causes.

Please join us at our next meeting on Tuesday April 7 at 7:00pm in the Church Hall (Basement). If you have questions, please contact David Hibbs -[email protected], or Cathi Hogan - [email protected], or John Fleming via text at 773-392-0927, or email at [email protected].

The Seven Pillars of Catholic Social Teaching

Life and Dignity of the Human Person: We believe that people are more important than things and that the measure of every institution is whether it threatens or enhances the life and dignity of the human person.

Call to Family, Community and Participation: How we organize our society—in economics and politics, in law and policy—directly affects human dignity and the capacity of individuals to grow in community.

Rights and Responsibilities: Human dignity can be protected and a healthy community can be achieved only if human rights are protected and responsibilities are met.

Option for the Poor and Vulnerable: In a society marred by deepening division between rich and poor, we are instructed to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first.

Economic Justice: If the dignity of work is to be protected then the basic rights of workers must be respected—the right to produce work, to decent and fair wages, to organize and join unions, to private property, a to economic initiative

Global Solidarity: We are one human family, whatever our national, racial, ethnic, economic, and ideological differences.

Care for God’s Creation: We are called to protect people and the planet, living our faith in relationships with all of God’s creations.

The Southside Catholic Peace & Justice Committee will meet on Tuesday, April 7 at 7pm in the St. Barnabas Church Hall (basement). The Committee has been meeting for the last couple of months and we have prayerfully decided to form working group around the following issues:

Most Important Issues to Members—based on survey

Peace
Economic Justice
Immigration
Racial Equity
Building Bridges

We hope to see you there. If you have questions, please contact John Fleming via email at [email protected] or via phone or text at 773-392-0927, or David Hibbs - [email protected], or Cathi Hogan - [email protected]

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

_{At St. Barnabas, we believe we see God in all people and that we belong to each other. Therefore, we are committed to fostering an inclusive community in which each person feels a sense of value}_{and belonging. Doing so will create a welcoming community where all voices have power and diversity is celebrated.}

_{Within our school and the larger parish community, as part of the principles of Catholic Social Teaching, we commit}_{to confronting and challenging societal biases and racism. We must march along a path toward greater equity and justice with humility, authenticity, and compassion.}