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Gun Violence

Growth / Learning Plan

Gun violence is rampant in our society today. As Christians we are called to be peacemakers -- a complex challenging call. Use the resources and assignments below to deepen your understanding, to soften your heart, and to be motivated to act. 

You are invited into personal faith growth and study. Choose a theme from the chart that appeals to you today. Click through on the link to access the free resource, and follow the simple “Assignment” steps. You’ll be amazed at how much you learn!

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After each component, be sure to click Claim Your Badge, fill out the form and within 24 hours you will receive a digital badge acknowledging your achievement, and $10 will be donated to St. Charles Faith Formation.

Theme

Resource + Assignment

Pray

Gun Violence Prayers

 

1. Click through on the five prayers above.

 

2. Pray them.

 

3. Reflect/Journal: compose your own prayer to end gun violence.

 

4. Claim your Badge

 

 

Learn

America’s Gun Culture – in Seven Charts, BBC

 

Relation between State Gun Laws and Mass Shootings, Research Paper

 

Catholic Social Thought and Gun Violence, Fred Kramer, SJ

 

A Mercy and Peacebuilding Approach to Gun Violence, US Catholic Bishops

 

1. Read the four articles linked above

 

2. Reflect/Journal: What’s your biggest take away from what you’ve learned here?

3. Reflect/Journal: How does all this make you feel?

 

4. Take what you’ve learned here and move to another segment in this learning module.

 

5. Claim your Badge

 

 

Watch

Homily – Feast of the Ascension, Fr. Jerry Graham, SJ

 

1. Watch Fr. Jerry’s homily from Ascension Sunday, May 29, 2022 (link above)

 

2. Reflect/Journal: What do you think of his characterization of evil as a black hole, an emptiness?

 

3. Reflect/Journal: What’s your biggest take away from his message?

 

4. Reflect/Journal: What is a Christian community, like St. Charles, called to do in the face of gun violence?

 

5. Claim your Badge

 

 

Reflect

Responses to the Plague of Gun Violence U.S. Catholic Bishops, November 2019

1. Read the remarks of the Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development linked above.

2. Reflect/Journal: What’s your overall take on these remarks?

 

3. Reflect/Journal: Does it comfort you or disturb you that the US Bishops have been speaking out on Gun Violence for several years?

4. Reflect/Journal: On p. 4 the Bishops write,” As a society, we have become less and less empathetic ourselves – a clear sign that, somehow, we all are becoming dangerous.” Do you agree or not?

 

5. Reflect/Journal: If you could address the US Bishops on this issue, what is your message?

 

6. Claim your Badge

 

 

Act

Three Ways Catholic Can Respond to Gun Violence

 

Urge Congress to Act on Gun Violence

1. Read the two short articles linked above.

2. Use the online dialogue box in the second article to compose and send your message to Congress.

3. Sign on to Oregon State Initiative Petition 17 from Lift Every Voice Oregon

 

4. Send these links to a friend and encourage them to act.

 

5. Claim your Badge

 

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      • Essential Elements >
        • Essential Elements - Results
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      • Finding LIfe's Purpose
      • Racial Reconciliation
      • Care for Creation
    • GIFT >
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