WORKERS4JUSTICE MINISTRY

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IMPORTANT MEETING INFORMATION
We are having our first meeting of 2021 on Monday, Jan 25, at 8 p.m. Email Kim and Axel for Zoom details. 

NEWS

• Visit our page honoring Black History Month at St. Joseph's. We will be sharing short biographies of prominent Black and African American figures, with a focus on Black Catholics and their contributions to the Catholic spiritual and intellectual traditions and social doctrines (1/27/2021).
  
  
• Voice of the Faithful-NJ is hosting a webinar on Racism in the Catholic Church. Visit here for details and to register (Sunday, January 24, 2021
  4:30 to 6:00 p.m. on Zoom)
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• 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.

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.