All Faiths United

CHARITY AND JUSTICE Many people view charity as very different from justice in that charity equals social service and justice equals social change.   Also, charity is directed at the effects of injustice, its symptoms; while justice promotes social change in institutions or political structures.   All this is true.   But there are some ways that charity and justice are in close relationship to each other and effect each other. Many people are involved in individual charitable acts that help their neighbor or community.   With these charitable acts they are hoping for social change.   Christian churches have social services that they offer to the public.   Catholic Charities, Lutheran Social Services, Methodist Mission Social Services, and Baptist Community Services are just a few Christian social organizations offering charitable services to the public.   These organizations do not directly separate social service from social change. The way I see it is that by actin

Thoughts on Faith as Protest Sr. Ann Hayden, MM – July 10, 2020 FAITH is a journey of learning how God’s active presence touches our everyday communal lives.   It is the energy that opens our hearts to listen for God’s sustaining love in the people among whom we live, their traditions, and in the events of life we encounter in solidarity. Living our faith is the daily effort to connect the mysteries and wonders of this life to God’s deep relationship of care with, for and among us all.     God sees there is MUCH NEED for us to cry out for and with the poor, the immigrant, the trafficked, the sick, and the marginalized of our world. There is much in our society that we need to protest against and transform. When we hear the call to participate more deeply in this God/Human/Spirit Relationship as a communal quest, then our faith becomes a labor of   love and wisdom expressing itself within our life experiences.   Protest, and the work for policy change that must follow, r