Promoting Social Justice in Southwest Kansas

Catholic Social Service works to promote Social Justice throughout our rural southwest Kansas communities in the following ways:

• Parish Support - Catholic Social Service works to support parish ministry in Southwest Kansas in two ways. 
  
  
  • JustFaith is a parish based program that strives to provide faith formation processes and resources that emphasize the Gospel message of peace and justice, Catholic social teaching, and the intersection of spirituality and action.
  
  
  • Communities of Salt and Light - Through the Communities of Salt and Light program, Catholic Social Service can help provide a general assessment of social ministry in individual parishes to help identify both strengths and weaknesses in efforts to integrate the Church’s social mission into various aspects of parish ministry. The general assessment can lead to further discussions by those responsible for each area of ministry.


• Justice for Newcomers - Justice for Newcomers is Catholic Charities call for immigration reforms. It is the response of the Catholic Charities network to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) campaign for immigration reform, Justice for Immigrants: A Journey of Hope.



• Human Development - The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) was established by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops with a two-fold mandate to fund low-income controlled empowerment projects and to educate Catholics about the root causes of poverty within the context of Catholic social teaching.



• Disaster Response - The disaster response of Catholic Charities was established in 1990 with an agreement between the US Conference of Bishops and Catholic Charities USA to provide assistance with a disaster occurs.



• Advocacy - Believing in the inherent dignity of every human being, and the responsibility of society to safeguard that dignity, Catholic Social Service works to advocate for the most vulnerable throughout our southwest rural Kansas communities, particularly children, the elderly, the disabled, and the immigrant.