A Guide to CTA’s Advent Activities
Welcome to your one-stop guide to Call To Action’s Advent 2020 activities! This hub of events, news, and calls to action is a living document that we will update throughout the month.
Archbishop, editor: Angelus News minimizes systemic racism
With your leadership, may the Angelus come to exemplify a media platform for balanced reporting of contemporary issues and voices by authors and media sources with foundational journalistic credentials.
To dismantle racism, Catholics must hold our bishops (and ourselves) accountable
For the past few months Call To Action’s Lobbying Team has been working on an initiative to build relationships in the work for racial justice, increasing accountability and transparency in the relationship between bishops and the laity.
Bishops: Relevant Radio is not faithful to Church teaching
Using your leadership position at Relevant Radio, may you encourage their programming to portray the Catholic Church as a voice for unity, with sincere, open dialogue and action on critical issues in our nation and world.
Act against Catholic polarization
These apostolates skew the rich breath of Catholic thought and social doctrine into a narrow theological pedigree, in what has been described as a synergy of money, politics and religion. Take action!
Church & Colonization Series
Using the themes of Advent (faith, hope, joy, and love), Re/Generation participants and leaders reflect on aspects of how colonization in the United States has been intertwined with Christianity, and the Catholic Church in particular.
2020 Year-end Report and Appeal
Forty-four years after bishops convened the first CTA conference in 1976, what has endured and indeed flourished? The following reports on CTA now through this lens.
Bishops, clergy: End affiliation with the Napa Institute
Given the nature, message and objectives of the Napa Institute, we ask that you reconsider and dismiss your affiliation with this organization.
Climate justice films released
Youth v Gov follows the constitutional equal protection case of 3 Catholic youth (including one CTA member), several Indigenous youth, and more, 21 kids in total who have been seeking protection of life for all.
Liturgy of Lament
Join Call To Action’s Alternatives Working Group for the Liturgy of Lament, a liturgy for Catholics who have been disenfranchised from their parish communities because of an abuse of power. Here we will express our pain and grief together, finding comfort and hope in our sharing.
Queer & Trans Led Liturgies
During these ecumenical liturgies held over Zoom, we will reflect on topics including darkness, lament, waiting, resilience, queer joy, and family. We welcome queer and trans folks looking to nourish their spiritualities in a life-giving and alternative way throughout this Advent season.
Toolkit: A People’s Advent for Ordination Justice
Join us on the first Sunday of Advent, November 29th, as we canvas prophetic messages around key Catholic dioceses. How much longer must Catholics wait for the Church to recognize priestly people of all genders?
Advent of Liberation: Calendar of Reflections
This Advent calendar brings together voices from across faith perspectives to share their experiences of Emmanuel — God with us. Subscribe today!
Answering the Call: An Advent Retreat for 2020
For those seeking a restorative space to reconnect to: organizing for social justice, spiritual practice and self-care, and cultivating community within a faith-based space, we invite you to participate in this three-part Advent retreat.
A Virtual Border Experience
Join us to get a pulse on what’s happening on the border now and to explore what the future may hold for a comprehensive immigration policy that honors the dignity of each person.
Help us fight loneliness. Build inclusive Catholic communities.
If you’re able, will you chip in right now to help our Re/Generators continue their work building Christian community?
Vocations Awareness Week: November 1-9
The USCCB has designated November 1-7, 2020 to be National Vocations Awareness Week. Join our friends at Women’s Ordination Conference in calling for a more inclusive celebration of vocations!
As a Mexican Catholic, I'm outraged
Judge Barrett — a Mike Pence Catholic — must not become the face of Catholicism in America.
October and November Working Groups
Since June, our four strategy working groups have been building toward Advent. We are now entering the home stretch of our National Campaign. In these final months of Ordinary Time, we invite you to step into our work for justice.
Appeal: A new season of church reform
As summer comes to an end, we at Call To Action once more look back and look forward—at what we have cultivated and at what has emerged organically. We invite you to plant your resources and grow our Church with us, through our campaign for vital, coordinated church reform.