Catholic Commission for Social JusticeSaturday 24 October 2015 – Saturday 31 October 2015
Theme: Let’s Build Inclusive Communities
All Archdiocesan Departments, Catholic Schools and Catholic organizations are encouraged to plan activities to observe Justice, Peace and Community Week (JPCW). Please use the Prayer Supplement that will be published in Catholic News for JPCW.
“…you should all agree among yourselves and be sympathetic; love the brothers and sisters, have compassion and be self-effacing. Never pay back one wrong with another, or an angry word with another one; instead, pay back with a blessing. That is what you are called to do, so that you inherit a blessing yourself” (1 Pet 3: 8-9).
The CCSJ invites the faithful to start planning activities to observe Justice, Peace and Community Week (JPCW) which will be observed from October 24–31. The theme, Building Inclusive Communities, is linked to the sentiments expressed by Pope Francis in his encyclical Laudato Si. ‘Integral ecology’ includes building the common good, which is “the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more easily and more fully” (Gaudium et Spes, #26).