“You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That’s how prayer works.”
—Pope Francis
Our Committee’s Mission: To promote and act upon the Principles of Catholic Social Teaching at Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart parish.
Committee Information: The Committee meets September - April on the 2nd Monday of the month from 6:30 - 7:30pm in classroom 3. All parishioners are invited to attend. Meet the Peace and Justice Committee Members
Committee Blog on the Catholic Social Teachings: Catholic Social Teaching Blog
Ways parishioners can get involved
A quick glance at the areas that Peace and Justice Committee members are reaching out in Ankeny and Des Moines area. Click on the name of the person connected with the ministry to send them and email and get more information.
AMOS Jan Brown, Sara Doruska
Ankeny Love Lunches Jan Brown
Bread for the World Jeanette Bauer
Catholic Charities Kathy Avey
Catholic Worker House Jerry and Shelly Tegels
Connection Café Jane Alderman
Don Justo Coffee Jane Alderman, Jeanette Bauer
Fair Trade Gift Market Kathy Avey
Family Promise Rob and Natalie Francis
Habitat for Humanity Email the Parish Office
What is Catholic Social Teaching?
From the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops: “Catholic social teaching is a central and essential element of our faith. Its roots are in the Hebrew prophets who announced God's special love for the poor and called God's people to a covenant of love and justice. It is a teaching founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ, who came "to bring glad tidings to the poor . . . liberty to captives . . . recovery of sight to the blind"(Lk 4:18-19), and who identified himself with "the least of these," the hungry and the stranger (cf. Mt 25:45). Catholic social teaching is built on a commitment to the poor. This commitment arises from our experiences of Christ in the eucharist.”