Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you. --Deuteronomy 16:20The Parish and Good Works.
A parish is . . . the place where all the faithful can be gathered together for the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist. The parish initiates the Christian people into the ordinary expression of the liturgical life: it gathers them together in this celebration; it teaches Christ's saving doctrine; it practices the charity of the Lord in good works and brotherly love. -- #2179 Catechism of the Catholic Church
New Website to Help Uninsured in Alameda County
http://achealthcare.org This website is an information resource for uninsured Alameda County residents seeking free or low-cost health care. Please help spread the word. The website also has links to other services, such as child care, domestic violence, emergency housing and senior services.
Catholic Social Teaching: Care for God’s Creation.
All of creation is a gift from God and should be respected as such. We show our respect by the way we care for the earth as stewards of all that has been entrusted to us. We need to examine how our excessive consumerism and poor environmental practices are exploiting the earth and take measures to correct our destructive patterns. -- Sharing Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges and Directions, U.S. Bishops, 1998.
Learn more from the US Bishops (http://tinyurl.com/BishopsSocialTeaching) and the Vatican (http://tinyurl.com/CatholicSocialTeaching).
Holiday Waste Reduction Tips from California: Buy Gifts Made from Recycled Materials.
Would you like to pursue a social justice project?
The St. Michael Parish Social Concerns Ministry would like to help you to help others! Call Joanne, 443-1422.
The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. --Psalm 33:5
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