The cost for a parish to register for a JustMatters Module for 2008 is $100.00 each (except for New Wine Skins) For more information about using JustMatters modules in your parish or church, download our JustMatters flyer.  When the registration form is received for a module, an order form for the additional course materials will be sent.

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Living Solidarity: Government, the Federal Budget and the Common Good

The goal of this eight session popular education curriculum is to engage the question: “What kind of society do we wish to become?”  It is vital that all of us engage this question by bringing our values - not our opinions - to the many conversations about the economy and the federal budget.  The budget is a moral document!

The Gospel and Catholic social teaching remind us that we are responsible for both ourselves and the common good.  One of the ways in which we do this is through government, taxes and the federal budget.  To the extent there are things we don’t like about any one of the three, we together are responsible for fixing them. Being informed about and engaged with these issues is part of our responsibility as citizens and as people of faith. 

Registration for the module is $100; additional costs include a per person cost of $25.00 for books and a per group cost of $21.00 for a DVD. For more information, contact Mary Wright: mary@justfaith.org.

A flyer for the module is available HERE. A registration form is available HERE

Crossing Borders: Migration, Theology, and the Human Journey

Immigration is a complex issue that is reshaping the cultural, economic and political landscape of the planet.  Anyone who speaks of simple solutions either does not understand it or is not listening.  Each group in the immigration debate makes rightful claims to issues like economic stability, American jobs, cultural integrity, fiscal constraints, national security, human rights, property rights, labor rights, law and order, and many other issues.  Many are divided over this issue precisely because it creates fault lines between many values that are important to us.  Finding common ground amidst the fractious debate is not easy, which is the reason why it has become such an incendiary, political issue. 

This eight session module provides participants a chance to find common ground and to discover more about themselves, our God and the millions of people who are on the move in every part of the world. 

Registration for the module is $100; additional costs include a per person cost of $50.50 for books and a per group cost of $85.00 for DVDs.   For more information, contact Mary Wright: mary@justfaith.org.

A flyer for this module is available here. A registration form is available HERE.

God's Creation Cries for Justice.  Climate Change:  Impact and Response  

The approach to global climate change by the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change and the Catholic Bishops’ Environmental Justice Program has been to focus on the themes of prudence, poverty and the common good, as well as Catholic social teaching.  This eight session module expands and explores these principles and has a strong emphasis on how climate change will impact the poor at home and abroad.  It draws out arguments for and against action and demonstrates - through both faith and science - the hazards to poor people of doing nothing.  

This module also includes action items for stopping further global warming (mitigation) and what will be needed to help those who are poor both at home and abroad  - i.e., those who will be most impacted by climate change (adaptation).

Registration for the module is $100; additional costs include a per person cost of $3.50 for books and a per group cost of $127.00 for DVDs. For more information, contact David Horvath: david@justfaith.org.

A flyer for the module is available HERE. A registration form is available HERE.

Prison Reform: The Church of the Second Chance -

This module was designed and written by Jens Soering, someone on the “inside,” and does not try to soften the gritty truth of prison reality.  Soering introduces the “radical” Christian principle of restorative justice, points out the critical need for comprehensive prison reform, and provides a strong critique of the U.S. prison system.  At the same time, he focuses throughout the module on the power of centering prayer and the Christian messages of reconciliation and redemption.  This six session module, while focusing on the factual background for prison reform, is grounded in a deep spirituality and sense of humanity.  It highlights interviews with long-term inmates and ministers from the “outside.”   

Registration for the module is $100; additional costs include a per person cost of $23.00 for books and a per group cost of $62.00 for DVDs.   For more information, contact Mary Wright: mary @justfaith.org.

A flyer for the module is available here. A registration form is available HERE.