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August 2014
Monthly Reflection
PSM Office
CCUSA Social Policy
Around the Section
National Partners
Resources to Inspire
Position Openings
Monthly Reflection
"I see clearly that the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to
warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity. I see the church as a field hospital
after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about
the level of his blood sugars! You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything
else. Heal the wounds, heal the wounds....And you have to start from the ground up," Pope
Francis, August 2013, interview with Antonio Spadaro, S.J., La Civilita Cattolica.
PSM Office
Save the date for Blessings for Leaders, a one day retreat sponsored by the CCUSA Mission and
Ministry Division. Click here for an interview with our retreat director, Dr. Dan Ebener, former
Director of Catholic Charities, Davenport and Professor, St. Ambrose University (Davenport,
Iowa). The retreat will be in Charlotte, North Carolina on October 4, 2014, a day before the
start of the Catholic Charities Annual Gathering. All members of the Catholic Charities network
are invited, independent of job or volunteer title. For more information, contact Steve Herro.
And after the retreat, join Catholic Charities colleagues from across the country for the
2014 Annual Gathering.
Jean Beil, Sr. Vice President for Programs and Services, Catholic Charities USA, is a member of
the Faith Communites Task Force, National Action Alliance Suicide Prevention. The organization
is having a particular outreach to congregations the weekend of September 12-14, 2014. To
engage your parish, click here.
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CCUSA and CRS have started "You Did It For Me." Catholic parishes can receive a 100 word
story with graphics for its bulletin, Website, or newsletter detailing the good work of one of the
two organizations every week. For more information about these weekly "good news" stories,
contact Steve Herro.
Click here for directory of 2014 CCUSA Parish Social Ministry Leadership Team members. CCUSA
and other partners invite your continued participation in Caritas Internationalis' campaign "One
Human Family, Food for All." There is a working bibliography with references to items for personal
and group study, a checklist of personal action activities, and a resource list for prayer and
liturgy resources for your consideration.
You have probably noticed that CCUSA has revamped its Webpage
(www.catholiccharitiesusa.org), including how it relates to members of our Section. On the
bottom of this main page, there are links to Webinars and events (such as Parish Social Ministry
Regional Training weekends); click on either of these to learn more about PSM Webinars and
events. There is a page devoted to PSM (http://catholiccharitiesusa.org/mission-faith/parish-
social-ministry/ under the tab Mission & Faith. On the PSM page, you will find direct links to our
resources on the scribd site (http://www.scribd.com/collections/4305959/CCUSA-Parish-Social-
Ministry-Professional-Interest-Section), our PSM tool kit, PSM email address
(psm@catholiccharitiesusa.org), and signup form to our Section.
Become more connected with other PSM Section Members by joining the PSM linkedin group.
You will be able to send email to individual Section members and the group, read professional
profiles of PSM Section members, etc. To join the group, establish a free linkedin account and
contact the PSM Office. Because CCUSA has reorganized its linkedin groups, you must
resubscribe to the new subgroup by contacting the PSM Office.
CCUSA PSM has established a collection on scribd.com for valuable PSM resources. To access
the collection, click here. You will find back issues of this newsletter, prayer resources,
important invitations to Section sponsored events, etc. Contact the PSM Office if you would like
to add materials to the collection.
Help grow our PSM Section! Share our recruitment flyer and the sign up link to our free section
with colleagues, fellow parish social ministry committee members, etc.
Are you interested in joining between four and seven PSM colleagues for periodic conference
calls to discuss matters of common interest? Please contact the PSM office.
CCUSA Social Policy
Fr. Larry Snyder, President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, and Archbishop Thomas Wenksi,
Chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Domestic Justice
and Human Development, co-authored a July 7, 2014 letter to the United States Sentencing
Commission that recommended a repair of the U.S. federal sentencing guidelines for non-violent
drug offenses. Fr. Larry also addressed Congress on July 25, 2014, stating the CCUSA position
on the humanitarian crisis facing Central American refugees on the Mexico-Texas border.
Join CCUSA and 10 national partners to EDUCATE. INNOVATE. ACT to reduce poverty in the U.S.
Stay connected to CCUSA Social Policy by subscribing to its e-letter Washington Weekly,
following it on Twitter, and liking it on Facebook.
Around the Section
A multiple parish food drive on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ to benefit
food pantries of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Patterson was highlighted in July 10, 2014
The Beacon: Newspaper of the Diocese of Patterson, N.J.
Submit news--events, publications, new staff-- about you and your ministry to the PSM office.
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National Partners
USCCB Office of Justice, Faith and Human Development The African American Affairs' 50th
Anniversary Initiative commemorates the Freedom Summer and other civil rights events of 2015
and provides a platform for probing the impact of this historic moment on African American
Catholics, the Church and U.S. society today. Visit the website for more information and useful
resources; more resources will be added in the coming months.
Send news from your national organizations to the Parish Social Ministry office.
Resources to Inspire
"Bishop Pates to Secretary Kerry: United States Must Change Trade and Economic Policies, Stop
Drugs and End Arms Flow to End Border Crisis," United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops.
"Responding to the Migrant Crisis," Religion and Ethics News Weekly
"U.S. Religious Leaders Embrace Cause of Immigrant Children," New York Times
Have a favorite Website, article, monograph, or video related to our ministry? Send the citation
to the Parish Social Ministry office.
Position openings
CCUSA and Catholic Charities agency job openings are now posted here. Post your Catholic
Charities agency job opening here.
Associate Director of Restorative Justice/Detention Ministry, Associate Director of Social
Concerns, Director of Social Concerns (Diocese of San Bernardino)
Regional Organizer-Southern Hub, two positions; Regional Organizer--Easter Hub (Bread for the
World)
Relationship Manager--CRS Midwest; Relationship Manager (Oregon) (Catholic Relief Services)
Parish Outreach Manager (Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio)
Outreach Specialist (Catholic Charities Diocese of the Diocese of Arlington)
Education and Program Development Manager (NETWORK Catholic Social Justice Lobby)
Tau Volunteer Program Director (School Sisters of St. Francis, Milwaukee)
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