Resources
CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
- Introduction to Catholic Social Tradition, Part 1 and Part 2 (2-part video from the Sisters of Charity of New York)
- Catholic Social Teaching 101 video series (from the USCCB and Catholic Relief Services, also available in Spanish)
- Teaching Solidarity: See-Judge-Act Model (introduction and graphic from Franciscan Mission Services)
- The Pastoral Spiral-An Ignatian Approach to Action (slideshow introduction by Dr. Sandie Cornish)
- Two Feet of Love in Action(social action training facilitator’s guide from the USCCB)
- Laudato Si’: Animated clip for young people (video from Development and Peace, Canada)
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Feminist Action for Climate Change (basic information and conversation guide on gender and climate change from the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary-Loreto Generalate)
- Water & Sanitation: A People’s Guide to SDG 6 (human rights-based guide to implementation from the NGO Mining Working Group)
- Laudato Si’: Animated clip for young people (video from Development and Peace, Canada)
- 170 Actions to Combat Climate Change (produced by the Perception Change Project in partnership with IHEID Environmental Committee)
Prayers & Reflections
- Water Witness: A Reflection on Water offered by the Eco-Justice Committee of the Dominican Sisters and Associates of Peace
- Prayer on Care for Creation (from JCoR’s October 2023 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer on SDG6: Clean Water and Sanitation (in both English and Spanish, from JCoR’s January 2023 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer for the Earth as We Stand on Holy Ground (in both English and Spanish, from JCoR’s November 2022 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer on Climate Change (in both English and Spanish, from JCoR’s October 2022 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer about Water (in both English and Spanish, from JCoR’s May 2022 Global Community Hour)
GENDER JUSTICE
- Advocacy Toolkit for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Children (from the International Presentation Association)
- Making Uncomfortable Conversations Comfortable: Gender Stereotypes and Domestic Violence in India, United States and Zimbabwe (report published by the International Presentation Association)
- Policies for Gender Justice. Practices in addressing domestic violence and gender stereotypes (report published by the International Presentation Association)
- Women’s Human Rights Teaching, Learning, and Advocacy Resource (6-module curriculum from a team of volunteers from civil society and academia connected with the UN in New York
Prayers & Reflections
- Prayer for Women and Girls (in English, Spanish, and Portuguese; from JCoR’s August 2023 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer for Women and Girls (from JCoR’s February 2022 Global Community Hour)
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND RIGHTS
- Leaving No One Behind: Practical Guide for Indigenous Peoples (SDG introduction from Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact)
Prayers & Reflections
- Prayer for Ancestral Wisdom and Transmission of Knowledge (in both English and Spanish, from JCoR’s March 2022 Global Community Hour)
PEACE
- A Policymaker’s Tool for Effective, Nonviolent Strategies for Sustainable Peace (from Pax Christi International, also available in French and Spanish)
- Advocacy Guide: A tool for influencing opinions and decisions contributing to peace and human rights (from Pax Christi International, also available in French and Spanish)
- 198 Methods of Non-Violent Action (from the Albert Einstein Institution)
Prayers & Reflections
- Prayer to cultivate peace (in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French from JCoR’s September 2024 Global Community Hour)
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)
- Critical Hope for the SDGs (popular-education resource from the International Presentation Association)
- Why Should We Care About the Sustainable Development Goals? (Reflections on the Spiritual and Ethical Elements of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda from the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary-Loreto Generalate)
- About the SDGs (presentation introducing the SDGs and other related aspects from the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary-Loreto Generalate)
- Sustainable Development Goals Platform (website by the United Nations)
- Voluntary National Review Database (website maintained by the United Nations)
- Resource book for students, teachers and facilitators on UN advocacy, SDGs, and child rights (Submission by Edmund Rice International, PRATYeK, and NINEISMINE to India’s 2022 Universal Periodic Review)
- Video introductions to the Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals (part 1) and how civil society can get involved (part 2) from CAFOD and Caritas Internationalis
- Laudato Si’ and the SDGs (Resource collection highlighting links between Sustainable Development Goals and the papal enclyclical Laudato Si’ from the Francis of Assisi Academy for Planetary Health)
- Advocacy: Justice and the SDGs toolkit (from the TAP Network)
- Goal 16 Advocacy Toolkit on peaceful, just and inclusive societies and accountable institutions on peaceful, just and inclusive societies and accountable institutions (from the TAP Network also available in French, Portuguese, and Spanish)
- SDG Multipliers Handbook(train-the-trainers manual from Gaia Education)
- Human Rights Guide to the Sustainable Development Goals (Danish Human Rights Institute’s guide to the linkages between the SDGs and human rights, labour standards, and environmental treaties and instruments)
- Leaving No One Behind: Practical Guide for Indigenous Peoples (SDG introduction from Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact)
- The World We Want: A Future for All, a child-friendly introduction to the SDGs (from UNICEF, Save the Children, World Vision, and others; also available in French and Spanish)
- Mapping of National CSO coalitions on SDGs_Challenges & Recommendations (from Together 2030, March 2018)
Prayers & Reflections
- Advent Reflection on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (from the Union Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
- Lent Reflection on SDGs (by the Claretian Network for Development) also available in Spanish and French
- Prayer on SDG 1: No Poverty (in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French; from JCoRs January 2024 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer on SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals (in English, Spanish, and Portuguese; from JCoR’s June 2023 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer on SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities (in English, Spanish, and Portuguese; from JCoR’s 2023 May Global Community Hour)
- Prayer on SDG 9: Industries, Innovation and Infrastructure (in both English and Spanish, from JCoR’s 2023 April Global Community Hour)
- Prayer on SDG 7: Clean and Affordable Energy (in both English and Spanish, from JCoR’s February 2023 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer on SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation (in both English and Spanish, from JCoR’s January 2023 Global Community Hour)
UNITED NATIONS
- See JCoR’s dedicated webpage on UN Orientation Resources
- Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Time (film created by the United Nations on its 75th Anniversary and to mark five years since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals)
MISCELLANEOUS:
Prayers, Reflections, and Songs
- “This is My Song” music by Jean Sibelius, lyrics by Lloyd Stone
- A Leader’s Prayer from Jesuit Resource
- United in Your Love prayer adapted from the writing of Helen Weaver
- Prayer on Eradicating Human Trafficking (In English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French, from JCoR’s July 2024 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer on the Right to Health (in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, from JCoR’s December 2023 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer on Migration (in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, from JCoR’s November 2023 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer on Youth PowerPoint slides and text (in English and Spanish, from JCoR’s March 2023 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer on Social Justice and Social Policy to Eradicate Poverty: PowerPoint slides and prayer text in English, Spanish, and Portuguese (from JCoR’s September 2023 Global Community Hour)
- Economic Opportunity, Environment, and Gender Prayer (from March 2023 meeting of Religious at the UN)
- Prayer on Human Rights Day (in both English and Spanish, from JCoR’s December 2022 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer on Decent Work for All, Powerpoint and text (from JCoR’s September 2022 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer for International Youth Day (in both English and Spanish, from JCoR’s August 2022 Global Community Hour)
- Stations of the Cross (from JCoR’s April 2022 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer for New Beginnings in a New Year (from JCoR’s January 2022 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer on International Human Rights Day (from JCoR’s December 2021 Global Community Hour)
- Prayer for all souls: past, present, and yet to be (from JCoR’s November 2021 Global Community Hour)
- The Spirit of God is Always with Us at This Time, in This Space (from JCoR’s October 2021 Global Community Hour)