WORKERS4JUSTICE MINISTRY

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IMPORTANT MEETING INFORMATION
Meetings will continue to meet on Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. via Zoom. Email Kim and Axel Oaks Takacs for more information.

NEWS

• Pope Francis has promulgated a new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti. We hope to organize a reading group around this new document soon. For now, here is the link to it on the Vatican website. 
  
  
• If you were unable to attend Seton Hall's Center for Catholic Studies event on Faith and Racial Justice, visit this page to watch any of the lectures that occurred during the four-day symposium.
  
  
• SJW4J will be leading a book discussion of M. Shawn Copeland's Enfleshing Freedom: Body, Race, and Being. Explore the book here, and let Kim and Axel know if you wish to join. Our first meeting will be sometime in September (TBD) (Posted: Aug 12, 2020)
  
  
• St. Joseph's Workers for Justice have been meeting regularly throughout the summer and have developed a Catholic Call to Antiracism Work. (Posted: Aug 5, 2020)
  
  
• Sign the Open Letter to US Bishops on the March for Black Lives (Posted: Aug 6, 2020)

THE FOUR PILLARS THIS GROUP IS BUILT UPON

• Justice
• Solidarity
• Liberation
• Love
  with Jesus Christ being the Cornerstone.

​This group is open to all who seek a better understanding of Catholic Social teaching regarding racial, economic, and gender justice and who wish to practice that teaching in works of transformative justice in our community and beyond. St. Joseph’s two most well-known titles are “the Worker” and “the Just”. The first one refers to his profession as a carpenter; St. Joseph the Worker is celebrated on May 1st to coincide with International Labor Day, thus honoring the dignity of work. The second title is celebrated on March 19th, and commemorates his just and righteous disposition. Drawing inspiration from St. Joseph, this group will be dedicated to learning and working for justice in our unjust world in the context of Catholic Social teaching, Theology, and History.

There will be a specific focus on racial, economic, and gender justice. If interested in joining, contact: Axel and Kim Oaks Takacs.