The San Gabriel Region Social Justice Event

Holy Family Church,

September 7, 2013

Tony Fadale, a.fadale@verizon.net

• What is JustFaith?  JustFaith Ministries forms, informs, and transforms people of faith by offering programs and resources that sustain them in their compassionate commitment to build a more just and peaceful world.  www.justfaith.org

Mission Statement

•IMMERSION EXPERIENCES

•SPEAKERS

•VIDEOS

•RETREATS

•SUBSTANTIAL PRAYER

•DISCUSSION

•COMMUNITY BUILDING

•SMALL GROUPS

• READ BOOKS

•FELLOWSHIP

How do we invite people to be transformed?

•COMMUNITY FACILITATORS

•JOURNALING

• READ THE BIBLE

•DISCERNMENT

ELEMENTS OF JUSTFAITH PROGRAMS

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JustFaith Ministries Programs

• CROSSING BORDERS: MIGRATION …

• ENGAGING OUR CONFLICTS: WITH NONVIOLENCE…

• FAITH ENCOUNTERS THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS

• GOD’S CREATION CRIES FOR JUSTICE. CLIMATE CHANGE : IMPACT AND RESPONSE

• IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE CRUCIFIED: TORTURE …

• JUST PEACEMAKING INITIATIVE: … NONVIOLENCE ... IN OUR TIME

• SOLIDARITY: GOVERNMENT, THE FEDERAL BUDGET AND THE COMMON GOOD

• NEW WINESKINS: FORMING MISSION BASED COMMUNITIES

• PRISON REFORM: THE CHURCH OF THE SECOND CHANCE.

• SANCITY OF ALL LIFE: THE CONSISTENT ETHIC OF LIFE

Are you interested in engaging in dialogue about a current topic based on faith values, not political

ideology?

PHASE ONE: OUT TO THE LIGHTPHASE TWO:

INTO THE DARK

PHASE THREE:

ENGAGING THE EARTH

OPENING RETREAT: JUST AWAKENING

IMMERSION EXPERIENCE SACRED PRESENCE

COMMISSIONING DAY: BEING SENT TOGETHER

WHAT DOES “JUSTFAITH CATHOLIC” DO?

Engages the Mind

Engages the Heart

Engages the BodyExploration of

poverty issues……immersion experiences with those on the margin

Draws from books and videos that expose the deeper implications of poverty in the world.

WHAT DOES JUSTFAITH CATHOLIC DO?

Phase 1: Making Space for Compassion; Making an Option with the Poor

Phase 2: Uncovering the Systems of Poverty: at Home and Globally

Phase 3: Looking in the Mirror: Poverty, Power, and Privilege

Phase 4: Making Way for the New: Simplicity, Nonviolence,

and Forgiveness

To schedule an information meeting for your parish contact:

Tony Fadalea.fadale@verizon.net

310-542-9696

Or go to JustFaith.org for more information about our

programs.