Francis Project

An urban justice and peace immersion experience for youth framed by Catholic social thought

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"When man thinks only of himself, of his own interests and places himself in the center, when he permits himself to be captivated by the idols of dominion and power, when he puts himself in God’s place, then all relationships are broken and everything is ruined..." ~ Pope Francis

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"It is necessary to apply merciful love to all human relationships: between spouses, between parents and children, within our communities, in the Church and also in society and politics." ~ Pope Francis
#mercy #love #PopeFrancis

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"All creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect, for all of us as living creatures are dependent on one another." ~ Pope Francis #LaudatoSi #PopeFrancis

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"It is essential to find a cure for this small but terrible virus, which has brought the whole world to its knees... We must also cure a larger virus, that of social injustice, inequality of opportunity, marginalization, and the lack of protection for the weakest." ~ Pope Francis

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"The pandemic is a crisis, and we do not emerge from a crisis the same as before: either we come out of it better, or we come out of it worse. We must come out of it better, to counter social injustice and environmental damage." ~ Pope Francis
#PopeFrancis #pandemic

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"Happy are you, happy is the Church of the poor and for the poor, for she lives imbued with the fragrance of her Lord, she lives joyfully proclaiming the Good News to the throw-aways of the earth, to those who are God's favorites." ~ Pope Francis
#SocialJustice #solidarity

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"It is in God that we find our neighbors and discover our responsibility to them.
We might even say that only in God does our neighbor become a neighbor rather than an infringement upon our autonomy, and that only in and through God does service become possible."
~ Henri Nouwen

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"At the center of nonviolence stands the principle of love. The nonviolent resister would contend that in the struggle for human dignity, the oppressed people of the world must not succumb to the temptation of becoming bitter or indulging in hate campaigns." ~ Martin Luther King

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"Let us be protectors of creation; protector of God's plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and protectors of the environment." ~ Pope Francis #LaudatoSi #PopeFrancis #CareForCreation

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"The pursuit of lasting peace is a mission that involves everyone. It calls for strenuous, constant and unceasing effort, because peace is like a delicate flower trying to blossom on the stony ground of violence." ~ Pope Francis
#peace #violence #PopeFrancis

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"It is sad that those who worship idols sacrifice other people while preserving themselves and their own interests. How many factory workers are being denied the right wages for the god of profit?"
~ Cardinal Chito Tagle (2008)
#idols #WorkersRights #FairWage

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"We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to #racism and exclusion in any form. At the same time, we have to recognize that #violence is self-destructive and self-defeating. Nothing is gained by #violence and so much is lost. Let us pray for reconciliation & peace." ~ Pope Francis

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“As peacemakers, we must resist all the powers of war and destruction and proclaim that peace is the divine gift offered to all who affirm life. Resistance means saying 'No' to all the forces of death, wherever they may be.” ~ Henry Nouwen
#peace #resistance

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"George Floyd was not just murdered by a rogue police officer. He was murdered by slavery, and its legacy of racism. He was murdered by those who turn their backs on racial violence."
~ Cardinal Seán O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston
#racism #GeorgeFloyd

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We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form. At the same time, we have to recognize that violence is self-destructive and self-defeating. Nothing is gained by violence and so much is lost. Let us pray for reconciliation and peace. @Pontifex #racism

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"From humanity's great trials, among which is the pandemic, we come out better or worse. We will not be the same. And that is why we open ourselves to the Holy Spirit today so that He might change our hearts and help us to come out better." ~ Pope Francis
#HolySpirit #pandemic

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"Let us pray together today for those who clean hospitals, streets, who empty dumpsters, who go to each house to remove trash. It’s a job that no one sees, but one that is necessary for our survival. May the Lord bless them." @Pontifex
#PrayTogether #PopeFrancis #gratitude

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"I urgently appeal for renewed dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet. We need a conversation which includes everyone, since the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all." ~ Pope Francis
#LaudatoSi #PopeFrancis

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"God is near to lowliness; God loves the lost, the neglected, the unseemly, the excluded, the weak and broken.”
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
#Bonhoeffer

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"For Jesus there are no countries to be conquered, no ideologies to be imposed, no people to be dominated. There are only children, women and men to be loved." ~ Henri Nouwen
@HenriNouwen #love