Catholic Social Action

The Catholic Social Action Office and Commission seek to empower Catholics in the Archdiocese to celebrate and realize the Gospel call for life, human dignity, and care for God’s creation through Catholic Social Teaching formation, organized social ministries, and opportunities for public advocacy and action.  We have organized ministries for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Catholic Relief Services, and Catholic Rural Life Conference as well as for such current issues as respect life, immigration, care for God’s creation, poverty, international peace, and more. The office also coordinates and provides staff support to regional justice collaborative networks of parishes and other Catholic organizations: the Cincinnati-area Advocates for Justice Parish Collaborative, Dayton-area Weavers of Justice, and the Springfield Catholic Social Action Committee.

The CRS collection will help in situations like this in 2012-13 This is how your gift to Catholic Relief Services helps families around the world.  Women are carrying home water in Miel, Abala district, where CRS is helping improve the village wells which now must serve local people and Malian refugees.  Thousands of Malian refugees have fled to safety in neighboring Niger since January 2012 due to conflicts in northern Mali.

Advocate for the poor, vulnerable and religious freedom. The U.S. bishops are working to shape a federal budget that places a “Circle of Protection” around the most vulnerable, those impacted by proposed cuts to SNAP (Food Stamps), Emergency Food Assistance, the Child Tax Credit, and more.  To learn more, click here. We are also encouraging people of faith to weigh in to the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services on their new proposed rule regarding the contraceptive mandate and religious freedom.  To submit a comment, please click here.

Check Out Our Current Respect Life and Social Justice Priority Issues! Throughout the Archdiocese, the Catholic Social Action Office has organized ministries to respond to a variety of issues relating to Catholic Social Teaching.  These include abortion, the death penalty, immigration, the environment and more!  To learn more and download helpful resources, visit our Social Justice Priority Issues page!

Catholic Campaign for Human Development Interested in learning about the incredible work that CCHD does to defend human dignity in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati? Or, are you an organization looking for funding? Learn more

Catholic Relief Services Visit our CRS page to learn about our work in the Archdiocese to support the poor and vulnerable around the world through Operation Rice Bowl, Fair Trade and more! Find out more…