8th Day Center for Justice
8th Day Center for Justice is a Roman Catholic non-profit organization based in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1974 by six congregations of religious men and women. Currently the center is advocacy-centered (primarily around Catholic Social Teaching) and is associated with over 40 religious communities, allowing the congregations to pool their resources for the work.[1]
According to its mission statement, the center exists to promote "a world of right relationships in which all creation is seen as sacred and interconnected. In such a world all people are equal and free from oppression, have a right to a just distribution of resources, and to live in harmony with the cosmos."[2]
The center and its staff have sponsored weekly silent peace vigils since 2001's September 11 attacks.[3][4] Over the years since its founding, 8th Day Center has also been involved in issues of homelessness,[5][6] human trafficking,[7] nuclear disarmament,[8] labor rights,[9] inclusive language,[10] and LGBT rights.
8th Day Center for Justice has a special consultative relationship with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.[11]
References
- ^ Massaro, Thomas. Living Justice: Catholic Social Teaching in Action. p. 174. ISBN 0742559963.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Mission statement". 8th Day Center for Justice. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Lederman, Josh (April 20, 2010). "Silence sends the strongest message at Catholic peace vigils". Medill Reports. Northwestern University. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Zivan, David (September 2005). "Voices in the Church: Sister Dorothy Pagosa". Chicago Magazine. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Hombs, Mary Ellen (1982). Homelessness in America: a forced march to nowhere. Washington, D.C.: Community for Creative Non-violence. p. 82.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Pagosa, Dorothy (December 22, 2005). "Catholic laity and religious on poverty: an account of how the preferential option for the poor manifests itself in the lives of some Catholics". Conscience. Catholics for a Free Choice. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Greninger, Howard (April 20, 2010). "Human Rights Day: At least 14,000 people are trafficked into U.S. each year". The Tribune-Star. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Freund, Ronald (1982). What one Christian can do to help prevent nuclear war. Chicago: Fides/Claretian. p. 16. ISBN 0742559963.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Ashby, Steven K. (2009). Staley: the fight for a new American labor movement. University of Illinois. pp. 146–147. ISBN 9780252034374.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Priests for Equality (1997). The Inclusive Psalms. Walnut Creek, CA: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. xxii. ISBN 0759107653.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ http://www.8thdaycenter.org/action/un.html