Faithful Citizenship: Civic Responsibility for a New Millennium (USCC, 1/800/235-8722) The 1999 bishops' statement includes Church teaching about civic participation, as well as the Church?s position on issues such as capital punishment, education, euthanasia, family life, the environment, immigration and the mass media.

A Call to Faithful Citizenship (USCC, 1/800/235-8722)
This two-color brochure summarizes the bishops? statement, Faithful Citizenship: Civic Responsibility for a New Millennium and includes "Question for the Campaign" for voters and candidates.

Sharing Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges and Directions (U.S. Catholic Conference, 800/235-8722)
A statement of the U.S. bishops' urging that Catholic social teaching be incorporated into every Catholic educational program. Identifies seven key themes of Catholic social teaching.

A Leader?s Guide to Sharing Catholic Social Teaching (U.S. Catholic Conference, 800/235-8722) Step-by-step process to help catechetical leaders and other adults explore Catholic social teaching. Includes camera-ready handouts.

Leaven for the Modern World: Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic Education (National Catholic Education Association, 202/337-6232) A resource designed to help educators at the secondary level deepen their understanding of Catholic social teaching and explore ways to share it with young people.

Everyday Christianity: To Hunger and Thirst for Justice (U.S. Catholic Conference, 202/835-8722) The most important way lay Catholics work for justice and peace is through their choices and actions every day.

Brothers and Sisters to Us/Nuestros Hermanos y Hermanas (U.S. Catholic Conference, 800/235-8722) The U.S. bishops promote discussion and action against racism.

Called to Global Solidarity: International Challenges for U.S. Parishes (U.S. Catholic Conference, 800/235-8722) A bishops' statement and resource manual on the call to solidarity with people throughout the world.

The Challenge of Peace (U.S. Catholic Conference, 800/235-8722) U.S. bishops' landmark pastoral on nuclear weapons and the arms race.

Living the Gospel of Life: A Challenge to American Catholics (U.S. Catholic Conference, 800/235-8722) Calls
U.S. Catholics to recover their identity as followers of Jesus Christ and to be leaders in the renewal of U.S. respect for the sanctity of life.

Teaching Resources on Sweatshops & Child Labor (Archdiocese of Newark, 973-497-4000) A complete kit including video, background materials, and classroom exercises and handouts to help educators teach about sweatshops and child labor.

A Good Friday Appeal to End the Death Penalty (U.S. Catholic Conference, 800/235-8722) A brochure containing the U.S. bishops 1999 statement urging abolition of the death penalty.

Catholic Campaign on Debt Parish Kit (U.S. Catholic Conference, 800/235-8722) Includes materials on a research project and letter-writing campaign for middle and high school children.

Sharing the Tradition, Shaping the Future (Catholic Campaign for Human Development, 800/541-3212) Six themes of Catholic social teaching put into a small-group workbook.

Building Peace and Justice by Roberta Ann Lesky, C.S.B. and Lucianne Siers, O.P. (Center for Learning Network, 900/767-9090 Adult workshop format to develop social mission.

Educating for Peace and Justice: Religious Dimensions, Grades 7-12 and Grades K-6 by James McGinnis (Institutes for Peace and Justice, 314/533-4445)

Do It Justice! By T. Bright and J. Roberto (Center for Youth Ministry Development, 800/342-5850) A series published for adults who want to share the Gospel with youth.

Food Fast (Catholic Relief Services, 800/222-0025) Free materials include a detailed coordinator's manual with an outline for a 24-hour fast and activities that can be used in a classroom setting to explore issues of hunger and poverty.

Math for a Change/Math for a World that Rocks (Mathematical Teachers' Association, 847/827-1361) Two booklets that use situations of injustice to apply or illustrate mathematics for grades 8-12.

Offering of Letters Kit and other resources (Bread for the World, 301/608-2400)

Operation Rice Bowl (Catholic Relief Services, 800/222-0025) Lenten program of fasting, education, almsgiving and prayer. The free materials include a video and Religious educator's guide.

Poverty: Do It Justice edited by Thomas Bright (Center for
Youth Ministry Development, 800/342-5850 and Don Bosco Multimedia, 914/636-4425).

Sharing the Light of Faith: An Official Commentary (U.S. Catholic Conference, Department of Education, 800/235-8722) Chapter VII explores Catholic social teaching and guidelines on catechesis for social ministry.

As We Teach and Learn: Recognizing Our Catholic Identity (National Catholic Education Association, 202/337-6232) Six modules designed for faculty-meeting format that will help development in six different areas.

Communities of Salt and Light: Reflections on the Social Mission of the Parish and Parish Resource Manual (U.S. Catholic Conference, 800/235-8722) The bishops? statement and practical suggestions for weaving the Catholic social mission throughout parish life.

Confronting a Culture of Violence: A Catholic Framework for Action (U.S. Catholic Conference, 800/235-9722) This statement recognizes programs in dioceses, parishes and schools across the country.

Economic Justice for All: Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy by the U.S. bishops (U.S. Catholic Conference, 800/235-8722) Resources such as posters and suggestions for using the pastoral letters in the classroom.

Renewing the Earth (National Catholic Rural Life Conference, 515/270-2634) Study guides for children, teens and adults on the bishops? environment statement.

Materials for Classroom and Small Groups

From the Ground Up: Teaching Catholic Social Principles in Elementary Schools (National Catholic Education Association, 202/337-6232) A faculty preparation guide that includes a process for faculty development and sample activities for sharing the seven key themes of Catholic social in grades K through 8.

Excerpts from Sharing Catholic Social Teaching (U.S. Catholic Conference, 800/253-8722) An easy to distribute card summarizing the seven themes of Catholic social teaching. Also available as a poster.

That's Not Fair! (Tom Turner, Bishop Sullivan Center, 816-231-0984) A complete kit with exercises and handouts to teach middle schoolers about Catholic social doctrine, culminating in an advocacy/lobbying project on a social justice issue.

A Catholic Framework for Economic Life (U.S. Catholic Conference, 800/235-8722) A card containing ten key principles of Catholic social teaching on economic life.

Videos

Faithful Citizenship (U.S. Catholic Conference, 800/235-8722) Great for small groups and classes, an appealing video message about the Catholic tradition of political responsibility.

Communities of Salt and Light (U.S. Catholic Conference, 800/235-8722) A compelling video version of the bishops? statement on the social mission of the parish.

Global Solidarity (U.S. Catholic Conference, 800/235-8722) The U.S. bishops? message of solidarity with our brothers and sisters throughout the world.

Bring Down the Walls (U. S. Catholic Conference, 800/235-8722) A summary of key themes of Catholic social teaching.

Sisters and Brothers Among Us (Catholic Campaign for Human Development, 202/541-3212) A 16-minute video that tells the story of poverty through the faces and voices of the poor.

Web Sites

www.nccbuscc.org/sdwp -- The U.S. Catholic Conference, Department of Social Development and World Peace website offers background information and ?action alerts? on a variety of domestic and international issues, as well as general information on educating for justice and political responsibility.

www.catholicrelief.org/what/advocacy--Up-to-date information on international public policy issues and how you and your students can act.

www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/programs/advocacy---Up-to-date information on domestic public policy issues and how you and your students can act.

www.ncea.org--Click on Boards, then Other Resources, then Curriculum Ideas for Justice from the National Catholic Education Association.

www.osjspm.org --The Office for Social Justice of the Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis offers a variety of first rate resources for justice education, including an annotated bibliography and information on models and ideas from their Catholic Justice Educator?s Network.

www.stthomas.edu/cathstudies/cst/educ -- The University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN offers a clearing house of resources and models for weaving Catholic social teaching into education programs at all levels.

www.mcgill.pvt.k12.al.us/jerryd/cathmob.htm -- Offers the full text of many statements on Catholic social teaching from the pope and the bishops.

www.seattlearch.org--Offers lesson plans for sharing the seven themes of Catholic social teaching with grades K through 12.