This prayer was composed by Bishop Ken Utener of Saginaw, for a homily by Cardinal John Dearden in 1979. The words of the prayer are often attributed to St Oscar Romero, perhaps because they beautifully summarise his philosophy, but they were never spoken by him.
St. Oscar Romero was a Catholic Archbishop who worked towards Social Justice.
St. Oscar Romero is a patron saint of Caritas Internationalis.
Reflection
The Project Compassion prayer with beautiful images from the Philippines, Samoa and Malawi. Use as a daily or weekly prayer for students or staff, at an assembly or with your parish groups during Lent.
Pray, parish, school
Watch the inspiring stories featured in Project Compassion 2024.
Ronita from the Philippines, Leaia from Samoa and Memory from Malawi.
This calendar highlights key social and ecological justice days within each month throughout the year. The days are linked to a range of Caritas Australia social and ecological justice resources for primary schools to support these key dates. Use this easy one-page calendar as a reference for planning and integrating a Catholic perspective across the curriculum and school events.
Planning, social justice date, ecological justice dates, environment dates, Catholic church calendar
This Social Justice Calendar highlights key social and ecological justice days within each month throughout the year. The days are linked to a range of Caritas Australia social and ecological justice resources for secondary schools to support these key dates. Use this easy one-page calendar as a reference for planning and integrating a Catholic perspective across the curriculum and school events.
Secondary schools, social justice, environment days, planning
This calendar highlights key social and ecological justice days within each month throughout the year. The days are linked to a range of Caritas Australia and other online social and ecological justice resources to support these key dates. Use this easy one-page calendar as a reference for planning and integrating a social and ecological justice with your parish community.
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