Racism
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Background
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development will not consider organizations which promote or support violence, racism, sexism, or other prejudices, in any form.Racism is the sin that says some human beings are inherently superior and others essentially inferior because of races. It is the sin that makes racial characteristics the determining factor for the exercise of human rights. It mocks the words of Jesus: "Treat others the way you would have them treat you." Indeed, racism is more than a disregard for the words of Jesus; it is a denial of the truth of the dignity of each human being revealed by the mystery of the Incarnation. U.S. Catholic Bishops Pastoral Letter on Racism, 1979
A Native Perspective on American Indian History
Chuck Sams, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
A perspective on the American Indian experience by discussing the significant events in American Indian history, with a focus on how four local tribes have faced racism at a great cost to ecological balance. Think: Celilo FallsLearn
EDUCATE YOUR PARISH
- February is Black History Month
- What Would Jesus Do?
- It Is Not What It Seems
- Saint Katherine Drexel (March 3): Patron Saint of Racial Justice
- St. Peter Claver (September 9): Patron Saint of Race Relations
- Saints Perpetua and Felcity (March 7): Patron Saints of Mothers and Expectant Mothers
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