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

• SJW4J will be hosting on Sun, Sep 13 at 4:15 p.m. a Lawn Chat Discussion on Catholic Social Teaching and Racial Justice in the United States. Details here.
  
  
• Seton Hall's Center for Catholic Studies is hosting a Faith and Racial Justice Symposium (Posted: Sep 7, 2020)
  • September 21: Kelly Harris, Ph.D., director of the Africana Studies program in the College of Arts and Sciences
  • September 22: M. Shawn Copeland, Ph.D., Professor Emerita in the Department of Theology, Boston College
  • September 23: Gloria Purvis, host for the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)
  • September 24: Rev. Bryan Massingale, S.T.L., S.T.D., theology professor and James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics at Fordham University
    
    
• 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.