The Office for Social Concerns serves as a central diocesan resource for social justice education and advocacy.  We are the local liaison to state and national programs of the U.S. Catholic Bishops and responsible for the local implementation of those programs within the diocese.


 

We address issues in light of Catholic Social Teaching 
 

Human life & dignity, poverty, global solidarty, religious liberty,  immigration, criminal justice, environment, and disaster response to name a few. 
 

Our Programs

Our programs include Respect Life, Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Catholic Relief Services, Parish Social Ministry, Rural Life, Jail & Prison Ministry, Advocacy with Persons with Disabilities, and many local initatives.
 

What's New

USCCB Webpage on Fratelli Tutti
Includes links to read the encyclical, an overview, and summary.  learn more.

Coronavirus Response

FAITH, HOPE, and LOVE Amid the Coronavirus.  Visit our Coronavirus Response webpage for the latest messages from Bishop Brennan, basic information about COVID-19, ways to strengthen your faith, resources to get help, and opportunties to provide help.

Visit our website at:

www.columbuscatholic.org/coronavirus-response

Religious Freedom Week 2021: Solidarity in Freedom

“Solidarity means much more than engaging in sporadic acts of generosity. It means thinking and acting in terms of community” (Fratelli tutti, 116).

Religious freedom allows the Church, and all religious communities, to live out their faith in public and to serve the good of all.  Beginning June 22, the feast of Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher, the USCCB invites Catholics to pray, reflect, and act to promote religious freedom.  Learn more.

LATEST UPDATES

Latest Updates Newsletter:  Action Alerts, Resources, Events
Walking with Moms in Need:  A Year of Service
No Taxpayer Funded Abortion - Sign the petition
World Day of Peace Message - A Culture of Care as a Path to Peace - Pope Francis
World Day of the Poor Message - Pope Francis
Be in Solidairty with those in Prisons, Jails, Detention Cetner during COVID-19
CRS Rice Bowl Grants for Hunger Programs Available
Creation Care Tips
Suicide Prevention and Intervention
Responding to the Drug Addiction Epidemic

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