All Are Equal in God's Eyes
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Prayer for HealingGod of justice, in your wisdom you create all people in your image, without exception.
Through your goodness, open our eyes to see the dignity, beauty, and worth of every human being. Open our minds to understand that all your children are brothers and sisters in the same human family.
Open our hearts to repent of attitudes, behaviors, and speech which demean others.
Open our ears to hear the cries of those wounded by discrimination, and their passionate appeals for change. Strengthen our resolve to make amends for past injustices and to right the wrongs of history.
And fill us with courage that we might seek to heal wounds, build bridges, forgive and be forgiven,
and establish peace and equality for all in our communities.
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Facing The Heart of the Matter
"We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life."
~ Pope Francis, general audience June 3, 2020
To see the full text of the Pope's message, CLICK HERE"I am slowly learning how to overcome my fear of reflecting on some issues regarding this topic that are very painful for me to ponder. Fr. Massingale is such an excellent presenter and I learn a lot from him about expressing challenging convictions in a way that not only does not offend or turn people off but actually invites us to enter into a conversation."
~ Fr. Roman Mueller, SDS
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Diocese of Sacramento
...has a Black Catholic Ministry! CLICK HERE to go to their website.
Click here for info. on the Sacramento Diocese Anti-racism Campaign
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Open wide our hearts - pastoral letter on racism
United States Conference of Bishops letter addressing Racism in the Catholic church. Click here for Open Wide Our Hearts.
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What can I do?As Christians, we are called to be united with those who suffer injustice.
Their pain should be our pain. We can be the ones to affirm the worth of those rejected by others.
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Resources
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For Children
Message from Jen Shaver, Coordinator for Children's Faith Formation at Divine Savior (download message)
Talking to Kids About Racism by Age (mother.ly)
Talking About Race (National Museum of African American History and Culture)
Sesame Street Town Hall on Racism (cnn.com)
Talking to Kids About Race (National Geographic)
Children's Book List about Race
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For Teens
Talking to Kids About Racism by Age (mother.ly)
A Conversation About Growing Up Black (5-minute video)
Equal Opportunity? Different Starting Lines
(4-minute video)
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For Adults
Stations of the Cross led by California Bishops to seek God's help in eliminating racism
Educational Books about Fighting Racism (download list)
Films about Racial Issues (download list)
Seeing White by John Biewen, an 18-minute video talk about the origin of racism and distinguishing between "black" and "white"
Racism and Housing article
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Divine Savior Catholic Church makes every attempt to carefully screen the material we present as additional outside resources on these topics, both for accuracy and for its alignment with official Catholic teaching. We do not endorse the organizations nor the authors or speakers; we provide this information for reference only and we encourage careful discernment by all our website visitors.
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