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    Domestic Social Development

     

    This office, as part of the Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development, assists the bishops, collectively and individually, in advancing the social mission of the Church  within a culturally diverse community through education, poverty awareness, capacity- and constituency-building, outreach, policy development, advocacy, and the organization of low-income communities. The committee advises the bishops on issues of human dignity, development, and poverty, building the capacity of the Church to defend human life and dignity and protect God's creation. This mandate includes applying Catholic social teaching to significant domestic issues, advocating public policy that protects poor and vulnerable people, and sharing and promoting the social teachings of the Church.

    WHAT'S NEW?

    Joint Letter to Senate Agriculture Committee on the Farm Bill
    Bishop Stephen Blaire, Bishop Richard Pates, Rev. Larry Snyder, Dr. Carolyn Woo, Mr. James Ennis
    May 9, 2013

    Joint Letter to House Agriculture Committee on the Farm Bill
    Bishop Stephen Blaire, Bishop Richard Pates, Rev. Larry Snyder, Dr. Carolyn Woo, Mr. James Ennis
    May 9, 2013

    News Release: Bishop Blaire Welcomes Repeal Of Death Penalty In Maryland

    CNS Interviews Kathy Saile, director of Domestic Social Development, on effects of sequestration

    Letter to Senate on President's Budget Proposal
    Letter to House of Representatives on President's Budget Proposal
    Bishop Stephen E. Blaire and Bishop Richard E. Pates, April 22, 2013

    Letter to Senate Leadership on Gun Violence Legislation
    Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, April 18, 2013

    Letter to Senate on Gun Violence
    Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, April 8, 2013

    Letters to Congress on FY 2014 Budget Resolution
    Bishop Stephen E. Blaire and Bishop Richard E. Pates, March 18, 2013

    Have you seen our new Poverty USA Spanish website? ¡Visite www.PobrezaUSA.org!

    More information about who we are.
    Learn about our current advocacy efforts.
    Find background materials on specific issues.
    Get involved by utilizing our action alert center.

    Visit www.PovertyUSA.org for education on economic justice, essential facts on poverty as well as key conduits for action. Para más información en español, visite www.PobrezaUSA.org. 

    For information on religious liberty, see the ad hoc committee's website.

    Earlier content related to domestic issues can be found on our previous website.


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