CTA Denounces Bishops: “Transgender Catholics deserve a church that will listen”
It is horrifying that the authors of this letter would choose to spend their energy attacking people who already experience marginalization and exclusion in our church.
Year-end appeal: invest in the future
The 20/30 Project will mentor, empower and educate a diverse cohort of young adult Catholic leaders throughout 2018.
Awaiting the Birth of Justice
Throughout Advent, members of Call To Action's Anti-Racism Team will be writing weekly reflections based on that Sunday's liturgical readings.
2017 Regional Conferences
In 2017, over 500 faithful Catholics gathered in Baltimore, Denver and Detroit for Call To Action's Regional Conferences!
Midwest Regional Conference 2017
Conference goers also learned from some of Detroit’s leading social justice organizers, including members of Keep Growing Detroit and clean water activist, Rev. Bill Wylie-Kellerman.
Eastern Regional Conference 2017
On October 20-21, nearly 300 people attended CTA’s East Coast Conference in Baltimore, titled “Justice and Mercy Under a Trump Administration.”
Rocky Mountain Regional Conference
On September 8-9, nearly 100 people gathered in Golden, Colorado (outside Denver) for CTA’s Rocky Mountain Regional Conference.
CTA Affirms, Challenges USCCB’s “Committee Against Racism”
Call To Action Vision Council member Debra Brittenum said “To be effective, this committee must include people with lived experience of racist oppression–including those who do not have theological degrees.
The Church After Charlottesville
“The pictures of Protestant, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders standing up to neo-Nazis in Charlottesville were so inspiring,” you told us. “But where were our priests, bishops and cardinals?”
Responding to Charlottesville: Don’t be quiet!
In a small Pennsylvania town, chalk on the path into the park reads, “When Black Lives Matter, then all lives will matter. Love guides justice. Silence is consent. Don’t be quiet.”
Special appeal
Bridging this generational divide by interpreting our Vatican II Catholicism for the movements of justice happening today is the work of Call To Action.
Theresa Orlando Honored as a Jefferson Award Winner
Theresa Orlando, a Call To Action member for over 20 years and one of the original members of the CTA Anti-Racism Team was named as a finalist for the 2016 Pittsburgh Jefferson Award winners for the Most Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award.
Letter to the Church
As we take our first steps forward in the comfortable shadow of the past 40 years, hope and reflection feel like good themes for CTA’s first new project.
Thank you David Saavedra!
From Jan. 1-April 1, David Saavedra served as the transitional Executive Director for Call To Action.
Call To Action Announces New Executive Director
Call To Action is pleased to announce the selection of Zachary “Zach” Johnson as its new Executive Director.
2016 annual report
Our most profound gratitude to everyone who helped make the Catholic Church more just and loving in 2016.
Winter 2016 Newsletter
“I had the honor this past September of working with the Equally Blessed pilgrims as they journeyed to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families (WMF)”.
2016 Annual Appeal
this year's annual report, including financial overview and donor listing