Recommended Resources

Father Barron on "Caritas in Veritate" 

Access these Recommended Resources

• Catholic Charities 
• Related Organizations 
• Social Justice Topics & Issues  
• Columns 
• Short Pieces 
• Documents & Sites 
• Movies  
   

Columns

Noted advocates of service and justice like Fr. John Dear, SJ with his blog & RSS feed, Fr. Tad Pacholczyk with his monthly column and Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI with his weekly column. 

Short Pieces

St. Francis of Assisi’s classic Sermon to the Birds as well as Leo Tolstoy’s, The Three Hermits are excellent pieces of literature. You can also consult article “The Dark Night of the Soul … A Contemporary Interpretation” (110kb PDF) by Fr. Ron Rolheiser. Also discover how Jean Vanier sees how disabled people contribute to the Church and humanity here . 

Documents & Sites

• In Canada, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops maintains a website for the Episcopal Commission for Social Affairs which has resources related to service and justice, as does the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development & Peace.
• In the USA the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops maintains a website for Justice, Peace and Human Development. Also containing important resources are Catholic Relief Services the organization for Fair Trade Resources and the Center of Concern.
• Internationally there is the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), Trocaire and Pax Christi. 
• Noted Catholic author, teacher, and theologian Peter Kreeft has articles, mp3's and other resources on his website.
• Francis J. Beckwith is a professor of philosophy and Church - State studies at Baylor University. Visit his website.
• Visit the website for the Western Conference for Social Justice – an informal network of all of the diocesan social justice missions west of Ontario: here.
• Discover what the Economy of Communion means at this website .
   
• Visit Caritas Internationalis 
•  The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace  is sponsored by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
   

Movies

• The Price of Sugar  **
• The Mission  **
• Mother Teresa: The Legacy  **
• Where Love Is  **
• Entertaining Angels  **

Economy

• The Secret History of the Credit Card  *
• ENRON: The Smartest Guys in the Room 
• On Human Trafficking 
   

Labour

• The Story of Stuff  *
• China Blue 
• Life and Debt 
• El Contrato 

Stewardship of Creation

• One Water 
• Winged Migration 
• Who Killed the Electric Car? 
• Manufactured Landscapes 
• Eduardo's Story of life 
   

Promotion of Peace

• The Fog of War 
• War Photographer 
• No End in Sight 
• Taxi to the Dark Side
• The Human Behavior Experiments

Disclaimer: some films are not suitable for children. This listing is not an endorsement of the movie’s content.

* = available free on-line.

** = available from the Archdiocesan Library.

Videos may also be available from your public library or neighbourhood store.