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Catholic Social Teaching Resources

Catholic Social Teaching Infographic

Use this inforgraphic of CRS Fair Trade and Catholic Social Teaching principles at your Sale.

Catholic Social Teaching Squares

Cut out and display Catholic Social Teaching principles at your Sale!

Chocolate and CST Lesson Plans

The Chocolate Project: Lesson plans for grades 1-12 on CRS Fair Trade and Catholic Social Teaching.

Fair Trade and Catholic Social Teaching

Pope Benedict XVI reminds us that consumers have specific social responsibility, that purchasing is always a moral, and not simply an economic, act. CRS Fair Trade creates opportunities for us to respond to this call in a small but significant way every day through the choices we make as consumers. As such, there is a strong connection between fair trade and the core principles of Catholic Social Teaching.

Just Like You: A Fair Trade Leadership Retreat

This leadership retreat experience is designed to help high school students learn the principles of Catholic social teaching, how the fair trade model works, and how fair trade practices embody CST principles, particularly the principles of solidarity and the preferential option for the poor.

Live Mercy: In The Marketplace

A faith-sharing resource for small groups that forms, inspires and prepares communities, as consumers in a global economy, to show Christ’s compassionate love to others.

My Fair Wedding Pre-Cana Flyer

Tips on how to include service in your wedding celebration. Make your marriage a vocation of service together!

Parish Budgets: Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is

Parish administrators often find themselves in the uncomfortable position of choosing between their desire to act in solidarity with low-income coffee farmers and their need to balance the parish budget. Fortunately, there are ways that even financially strapped parishes can do both.

Solving the Brewing Questions of Global Poverty

How can a simple mug of fair trade coffee make such a difference? Explore how fair trade helps promoting equitable development for all peoples.

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