Author: Digital Hill
Fleeing West: finding God among the poor and most vulnerable
Fleeing West: finding God among the poor and most vulnerable Submitted by Katie Warner on December 19, 2018 – 3:32pm [Image: “Refugees: La Sagrada Familia” icon by Kelly Latimore, contemporary iconographer] Melissa Marley Bonnichsen, Director, Leadership Formation, Institute for Social Concerns, December 2018. “In the poor [vulnerable], we find the presence of Jesus, who, though rich, became poor.. in […]
Appalachia Seminar
Appalachia Seminar Submitted by Cindy Voll on December 11, 2018 – 10:45am BY BRITTANY BENNINGER, NEW YORK, NY, ECONOMICS, CLASS OF 2019 Catholic social teaching (CST) has given me the language and mindset through which to take in and digest my experiences on Institute for Social Concerns seminars. Framing my week as a challenge to see […]
REALITIES OF RACE SEMINAR: ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO
REALITIES OF RACE SEMINAR: ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO Submitted by Cindy Voll on December 11, 2018 – 9:47am I met so many amazing activists and organizers in my trips to St. Louis and Chicago with the Realities of Race seminar. They were people who have fought and continue to fight for racial equality in a […]
URBAN PLUNGE 2018: PORTLAND
URBAN PLUNGE 2018: PORTLAND Submitted by Cindy Voll on December 11, 2018 – 8:36am A man I met on an Urban Plunge in Portland, Ore., told me nonchalantly during a conversation that he wasn’t homeless, even though he was planning on sleeping on the streets in his tent that night, just as he had the […]
ENVISIONING A JUST WAGE ECONOMY
ENVISIONING A JUST WAGE ECONOMY Submitted by Dan Graff on November 8, 2018 – 3:51pm Taking Catholic Social Teaching (CST) as inspiration, in particular Pope John Paul II’s claim that “a just wage is the concrete means of verifying the justice of the whole socioeconomic system,” the Higgins Labor Program at the Institute for Social Concerns is […]
HOW TO WAGE WAR ON LOW PAY
HOW TO WAGE WAR ON LOW PAY Submitted by Dan Graff on November 8, 2018 – 3:43pm When the stock market crash of 1929 ushered in the worst economic crisis in U.S. history, the American people and policymakers combined to remake the democratic capitalist order with workers and consumers at the center. The New Deal — the […]
WHAT’S UP WITH WAGES? NOTHING, AND THAT’S A PROBLEM (NOT A PUZZLE)
WHAT’S UP WITH WAGES? NOTHING, AND THAT’S A PROBLEM (NOT A PUZZLE) Submitted by Dan Graff on November 8, 2018 – 3:25pm We like to believe that a rising tide lifts all boats — canoe and cruise ship alike — but most Americans who don’t own a yacht have been drowning due to forty years […]
Solidarity, Because Love Demands It
Solidarity, Because Love Demands It Submitted by Cindy Voll on October 31, 2018 – 2:44pm Felicia Johnson O’Brien, Assistant Director, Summer Service Learning Program, Institute for Social Concerns, October 31, 2018. I have a love-hate relationship with the word solidarity. It’s a beautiful, inspiring principle. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ statement on solidarity boldly declares, […]
Building a global Catholic social tradition network
Building a global Catholic social tradition network Submitted by Cindy Voll on September 24, 2018 – 10:04am Bill Purcell, Senior Associate Director for Catholic Social Tradition, Institute for Social Concerns, September 24, 2018. The Catholic social tradition remains a true gift from the Church to the world. The Institute for Social Concerns is attempting to […]
A Greater Readiness: Attuning our Lives to Racial Justice
A Greater Readiness: Attuning our Lives to Racial Justice Submitted by Cindy Voll on April 13, 2018 – 8:58am Kyle Lantz, Social Concerns Seminars Assistant Director, April 13, 2018. “Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days […]