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Voices for Justice

Let your voice be heard.

Get involved two ways:

    1. Join a leadership team that provides resources and tools to empower our community to work for justice through education and formation.  

    2. Join an e-network and receive one or two e-mails each month inviting you to contact your elected officials about justice issues relevant to our community. You’ll also learn about upcoming justice activities related to our advocacy work.

Sign up for Voices for Justice e-mails.

Raise your voice for these issues:

•    Refugees and immigration

•    Education gap

•    Human trafficking

•    Health care reform

How does our faith connect to advocacy?

•    Catholic Social Teaching

•    Faithful Citizenship — United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Tools for Advocacy

•    Find my elected officials

•    Tips for contacting elected officials

•    Heading Home Hennepin

•    Downtown Coalition to End Homelessness (DCEH)

Advocacy Partners

•    ​Joint Religious Legislative Coalition (JRLC)

•    Archdiocesan Office for Social Justice (OSJ)

•    The Minnesota Catholic Conference

•    Bread for the World

Contact Janice 612.317.3477, with questions or to get more involved in advocating for justice.

Upcoming Events

Sep 19
2019
Boulevards Reunion
Thursday
at
6:00 PM
As we celebrate 150 years as a parish community, we would like to invite anyone who has participated in Boulevards over the years to get together for a reunion. Take time to reconnect with friends...
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Sep 22
2019
Food Drive
Sunday
at
(All day)
We will be collecting food items for our partner, Groveland Food Shelf, from Saturday, September 14 to Sunday, September 29.Collection bins will be near church entrances. Groveland is a non-profit...
House Door
Sep 22
2019
Family Homelessness in Minnesota
Sunday
at
11:00 AM
The Basilica is hosting a forum highlighting the Families Moving Forward (FMF) program at the Basilica. The Basilica is one of forty-three central Metro churches that partner with Beacon Interfaith,...
Basilica Serves_header
Sep 29
2019
Food Drive
Sunday
at
(All day)
We will be collecting food items for our partner, Groveland Food Shelf, from Saturday, September 14 to Sunday, September 29.Collection bins will be near church entrances. Groveland is a non-profit...
Oct 8
2019
ICOM Vigil at the Whipple Federal Building
Tuesday
at
7:30 AM
Whipple Federal Building1 Federal Drive, St. Paul Join members of the Interfaith Coalition on Immigration (ICOM) on the second Tuesday of every month. Raise your voice in prayer and protest about the...
Oct 8
2019
ICOM Vigil at the Whipple Federal Building
Tuesday
at
7:30 AM
Whipple Federal Building1 Federal Drive, St. Paul Join members of the Interfaith Coalition on Immigration (ICOM) on the second Tuesday of every month. Raise your voice in prayer and protest about the...
Oct 12
2019
What Happens After Prison or Jail? A Mental Health Forum
Saturday
at
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Basilica School, Lower Level What do we encounter, why do we care, and what should we do when a person is released from jail or has a persistent mental health issue?  Learn from our committee and...
Oct 12
2019
What Happens After Prison or Jail?
Saturday
at
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
What do we encounter, why do we care, and what should we do?  How do we answer those questions from different perspectives when we meet and work with people who have been incarcerated and have mental...
Register
Hello Butterflies
Oct 27
2019
Disability Awareness Ministry Fair
Sunday
at
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Following the 9:30 and 11:30am LiturgiesTeresa of Calcutta Hall Come learn about resources and organizations in the Twin Cities to help those with disabilities.
You are the key to ending homelessness
Oct 27
2019
One Long Table: Align to End Homelessness
Sunday
at
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Temple Israel, MinneapolisDowntown Congregations to End Homelessness (DCEH) has been working collaboratively with over fourteen interfaith congregations for more than twelve years. While the overall...