After a several year hiatus, the Peace and Justice Committee was reignited in the Fall of 2020.   Each year, the work of the Committee will be based on one or more Catholic Social Teachings.

 This year, 2024 - 2025, the focus will be on this Catholic Social Teaching:
 

• Call to Family, Community and Participation

• Call to Family, Community and Participation according to st. thomas a'becket volunteer

• Finding Peace and Justice at St. Thomas a'Becket

 

The person is not only sacred but also social. How we organize our society -- in economics and politics, in law and policy -- directly affects human dignity and the capacity of
 individuals to grow in the community. Marriage and the family are the central social institutions that must be supported and strengthened, not undermined. We believe people have a right and a duty to participate in society, seeking together the common good and well-being of all, especially the poor and vulnerable.

Human life is sacred, and the dignity of the human person is the foundation of a moral vision for society.

 

DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

Every person has a fundamental right to life and a right to those things required for human decency.
 

RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES