Youth and Young Adult Programs

Resources

These resources and activities provide ways to incorporate justice education, including Scripture and Catholic Social Teaching, with your existing curriculum.

• Our Catholic Faith in Action Campus Web Site  [URL]: /campus/

  (College and High School)

• Catholic Social Teaching Scripture Guide  [PDF]: 2010-02-22-cst-scripture-guide.pdf

  (College and Young Adult) NEW

• Ending Poverty in Community (EPIC)  [URL]: youth.shtml

  Ending Poverty in Community (EPIC)  [External]: https://www.usccb.org/cchd/epic/www/index.html an interactive, interdisciplinary curriculum for youth ministry programs and high school classrooms. ( Read more [External]: https://www.usccb.org/cchd/epic/www/index.html)

  (High School)

• Poverty in America Student Action Project  [URL]: youth.shtml

  Poverty in America Student Action Project  [PDF]: SAPv5.pdf: - K-8 lesson plans and activities ( PDF [PDF]: SAPv5.pdf)

  (Grades K-8)

• Catholic Call to Justice  [URL]: youth.shtml
• Justice and Peace on Campus brochure (PDF)  [URL]: youth.shtml
• The Multi-Media Youth Arts Contest  [URL]: youth.shtml

  The Multi-Media Youth Arts Contest has a PDF Contest Packet [URL]: contestmaterials.shtml that includes lessons and activities for exploring the Causes of Poverty, CCHD, Catholic Social Teaching, and the Two Feet of Social Action. ( Read more [URL]: contestmaterials.shtml)

  Catholic Call to Justice  [PDF]: 5-239.pdf an activity course for young people that leads participants through six major themes of Catholic social teaching. Available here as a ( PDF [PDF]: https://www.usccb.org/cchd/5-239.pdf [External]: https://www.usccb.org/cchd/5-239.pdf)

  (Grades 7-12)

• Models of Catholic Social Teaching  [URL]: youth.shtml

  Models of Catholic Social Teaching

  Jesus the Good Shepherd  [External]: https://www.usccb.org/cchd/jesus_shepherd.shtml: Model of the Preferential Option for and with the Poor and Vulnerable. ( Read more [External]: https://www.usccb.org/cchd/jesus_shepherd.shtml)

  The Saintly Life of Edith Stein  [External]: https://www.usccb.org/cchd/edithstein.shtml and Solidarity ( Read more [External]: https://www.usccb.org/cchd/edithstein.shtml)

• Young Advocate Directory  [URL]: youth.shtml

  Young Advocate Directory [External]: https://www.usccb.org/sdwp/youthadvocresources.shtml Web resources are meant for those who want to spread the news about "the best kept secret of the Catholic Church": Catholic social teaching. ( Read more [External]: https://www.usccb.org/sdwp/youthadvocresources.shtml)

  The Justice and Peace on Campus brochure  [PDF]: https://www.usccb.org/cchd/justice_and_peace_on_campus.pdf [External]: https://www.usccb.org/cchd/justice_and_peace_on_campus.pdf offers ideas on how to share the Gospel of Justice on Campus. ( Read more [PDF]: https://www.usccb.org/cchd/justice_and_peace_on_campus.pdf [External]: https://www.usccb.org/cchd/justice_and_peace_on_campus.pdf)

  (Elementary through Young Adult)

• Resources on Domestic and International Issues:  [URL]: youth.shtml

  Resources on Domestic and International Issues: Resources for Parishes [External]: https://www.usccb.org/sdwp/forparishes.shtml

  Resources for Educators [External]: https://www.usccb.org/sdwp/foreducators.shtml

  Faithful Citizenship Young Catholics page

Multi-Media Youth Arts Contest

The cycle of poverty in the United States can be broken... and you can do something to help. First, learn about CCHD and its mission to address poverty in the United States by empowering low-income people to work for change. Then, use your artistic talent to illustrate for others how people living in poverty are working together with their churches and communities to create lasting, long-term solutions.

Contact your CCHD diocesan director [External]: https://www.usccb.org/cchd/director.shtml to find out if the diocese is participating in the contest and surf our website to learn more about CCHD [External]: https://www.usccb.org/cchd/index.shtml and its approach to eliminating poverty in the United States. The deadline for national entries is March 31.

Internships
Internships are available for Catholics in the United States who are interested in gaining experience working with and on behalf of those living in poverty.

• CCHD Internship Information and Application  [URL]: internship.shtml
• Frequently Asked Questions  [URL]: internship/faq.shtml#intern
• Check out the Photo Gallery of CCHD Interns  [URL]: interns10.shtml

• Current CCHD Interns Only - Final Report [URL]: FinalReport.DOC (Word doc) to be filled out by those interns currently serving in CCHD offices.