Here are some resources to learn more about the Gospel-based principles of Catholic Social Teaching. This page will be updated regularly, so check back often.
What is Catholic Social Teaching?
Sister Marcelline Koch presented more about CST to the associate formation class in December 2020.
Learn more about CST
Here are additional resources to help you dig deeper into Catholic Social teaching
CST 101: A series of brief videos useful for learning and teaching others from Catholic Relief Services.
Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching: This list from the USCCB includes copious links to the ways CST is rooted in scripture and tradition, including linked references to Vatican documents.
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church: From the Vatican website, perhaps the most comprehensive overview, available in 17 languages.
Pope Leo XIV's address to a foundation dedicated to the cause of social justice.
The mission of CHA is to advance the Catholic health ministry of the United States in caring for people and communities.
New Ways Ministry is a Catholic outreach that educates and advocates for equity, inclusion, and justice for LGBTQ+ persons, equipping leaders to build bridges of dialogue within the Church and civil society.
PFLAG is the nation's largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an urgent call for action by all countries—developed and developing—in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.
Justice for Immigrants: Uniting and mobilizing a growing network of Catholic institutions, individuals, and other persons of goodwill in support of immigration reform.
CLINIC provides training and support to a dedicated network of more than 400 Catholic and community-based immigration law providers in 49 states. By supporting approximately 3,000 network employees, CLINIC ultimately serves nearly 500,000 immigrants a year, making it the largest nonprofit immigration law organization in the country.
ICIRR is dedicated to promoting the rights of immigrants and refugees to full and equal participation in the civic, cultural, social, and political life of our diverse society.
SIAN is a grassroots advocacy organization that protects the rights and promotes the well-being and inclusion of Springfield’s immigrant and refugee community through advocacy, education, and assistance.
Alliance to End Human Trafficking (AEHT), founded and supported by Catholic Sisters, is a collaborative, faith-based national network that offers education, supports access to survivor services, and engages in advocacy to eradicate human trafficking. They work to inform the public, prevent this assault on human dignity, and assist survivors to live fulfilling lives.
Talitha Kum is an international network of Catholic Sisters against human trafficking.
Catholic Climate Covenant envisions a world in which all humanity shares in both the responsibility and joy of our common home and all creation thrives with wholeness, abundant life, dignity, and justice.
The Laudato Si' Movement inspires and mobilizes the Catholic community to care for our common home and achieve climate and ecological justice, in collaboration with all people of good will.
The mission of Catholic Charities is to provide service to people, families and communities in need, to advocate for justice in social structures and to call the entire church and all people of good will to do the same.
The mission of Catholic Charities is to provide service to people, families and communities in need, to advocate for justice in social structures and to call the entire church and all people of good will to do the same.
The Catholic Labor Network is a place for Catholics who find inspiration in Catholic Social Teaching on labor and work, and wish to share it with the world. They promote the cause of workers and Catholic social teaching in labor unions, parishes and other organizations.
Arise Chicago organizes the collective power of working-class immigrants in partnership with faith communities to uplift all workers.
The ALCU works in courts and communities across the country to protect everyone’s rights.
The League is a political grassroots network and membership organization that believes the freedom to vote is a nonpartisan issue. For more than a century, they've worked to empower voters and defend democracy.
A Springfield, Ill.—based coalition of faith communities, community organizations, and individuals working together to promote racial equity, civic engagement, a fair economy, and participatory decision-making.
The mission of Black Lives Matter Springfield is to represent, nurture, protect, and empower the Black community.
