Office > Social Ministries

Resource Library

Guest Speakers

• Diocesan Guest Speaker Approval Process

Catholic Social Teaching

• 7 Themes of Catholic Social Teaching
• Communities of Salt and Light
• Rerum Novarum
• Laborem Exercens

Parish Social Ministry

• Communities Of Salt And Light: Reflections On The Social Mission Of The Parish
• Communities of Salt and Light: Parish Social Ministry Tool kit.
• Catalyst & Collaborators in Social Ministry
• Renewing the Vision – 10 Steps towards Focusing Social Ministry at Your Parish

Global Solidarity

• CRS Rice Bowl
• Catholics Confront Global Poverty
• Ethical Trade
• Resources for Campus Ministries
• Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA)
• Missioners of Christ

Haiti Ministry

• CRS Humanitarian Work in Haiti
• CRS Parish Partnership Manual
• Vehicle Use Policy
• Richmond-Hinche Twinning Survey Data Summary

Migrant Farm Worker Ministry

• Parish Activities
• Pastoral Care of Migrants
• Migration and Refugee Services
• Quotes from Catholic Social Teaching – Migrants, Refugees, and Travelers
• Immigration
• Agricultural and Rural Issues
• Economic Justice

Prison Ministry

• Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration- A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice
• Map of VADOC Facilities
• Grace Inside
• See Prison Ministry for full list of resources

Poverty Alleviation

• Poverty USA
• Click here to learn about poverty in the surrounding counties in your area and beyond
• Catholic Charities USA
• A Simple House

Care for Creation

• Laudato Si’ Action Platform
• Earthbeat: Stories of Climate Crisis, Faith, and Action
• Catholic Climate Covenant
• Virginia Interfaith Power and Light Laudato Si’ Resources
• Yale Forum on Ecology and Religion
• Faith for Earth Initiative from the UN Environment Programme
• Laudato Si’

Respect Life Ministry

• Pro Life Day
• Family
• Life