 Offices :: Peace and Justice
Mission
The Office for Peace & Justice holds the mandate from Cardinal George to coordinate Archdiocesan advocacy and ministry in the areas of the Social Teachings of the Church. This Office provides programs and services with special attention given to poverty issues, international affairs, and domestic and urban questions. Among those programs are the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform, Catholic Relief Services, Domestic Violence Committee and Parish Sharing Commission. In addition, as an agency of the Department of Evangelization, Catechesis, and Worship, this Office resources the other 17 Office Directors with ongoing awareness of the imperatives contained in the Social Teachings of the Church as each director engages the specific mission of his/her agency.
The United Nations remains a privileged setting in which the Church is committed to contributing her experience “of humanity”, developed over the centuries among peoples of every race and culture, and placing it at the disposal of all members of the international community. This experience and activity, directed towards attaining freedom for every believer, seeks also to increase the protection given to the rights of the person. Those rights are grounded and shaped by the transcendent nature of the person, which permits men and women to pursue their journey of faith and their search for God in this world. Recognition of this dimension must be strengthened if we are to sustain humanity’s hope for a better world and if we are to create the conditions for peace, development, cooperation, and guarantee of rights for future generations.
Benedict XVI Address to the United Nations 18 April 2008
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