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PODCASTS: Catholic Social Teaching | Issues Podcasts | Novena

Calling all Catholics!

The election is over, but the call to faithful citizenship continues. Pray the Novena for Faithful Citizenship for justice, peace, and life.

See the Prayer for Before an Election and Prayer for After an Election on the General Prayer and Reflection Resources page.

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Options for praying the Novena for Faithful Citizenship:

Start the Novena on any day of the week, whenever people gather, and pray on that day every week.
Create any combination that works for you and your community—and feel free to pray the Novena more than once (1 Thes 5:17).

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Novena Podcasts
Novena Intro Novena Day 1 Novena Day 2 Novena Day 3 Novena Day 4	Novena Day 5 Novena Day 6 Novena Day 7 Novena Day 8 Novena Day 9

The music on these Podcasts comes from the collection Hear the Prayers that Rise, published by OCP Publications.

“Dona Nobis Pacem” (Grant Us Peace) © 1994, Gregory Norbet. Published by OCP Publications, 5536 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 97213. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
“Lead Us To Act Justly” Music © 2004, Michael R. Prendergast and Joseph B. Sullivan. Published by OCP, 5536 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 97213. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

Elections 2008: The Issues Podcasts

To help Catholics understand their obligation to participate in the political process, the bishops issued "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship," designed to help voters understand Church teaching on key issues.

In these brief Podcasts, experts at USCCB each discuss aspects of how these issues relate to Faithful Citizenship. The issues discussed correspond to articles on our Media Resources page.

The Need for Immigration Reform -- J. Kevin Appleby
The Importance of Forming Conscience -- Fr. J. Brian Bransfield
The Missing Voice of the Poor in the Climate Change Debate -- Cecilia Calvo
Poverty and the 2008 Elections -- John Carr
Moral Questions Regarding Iraq in an Election Year -- Stephen Colecchi
A Decade Later: Time for a Dose of Reality on Stem Cells -- Richard Doerflinger
Gay Marriage: Locating the Question -- H. Richard McCord
Abortion and Faithful Citizenship -- Dierdre A. McQuade
Bringing Facts and Principles to the Health Care Debate -- Kathy A. Saile
The American Workplace: Economic Policy, Moral Dimensions -- Thomas Shellabarger

Catholic Social Teaching Principles Podcasts

Catholic social teaching is a rich treasure of wisdom about building a just society and living lives of holiness amidst the challenges of modern society. Modern Catholic social teaching has been articulated through a tradition of papal, conciliar, and episcopal documents, and the depth and richness of this tradition can be understood best through a direct reading of these documents.

In our Catholic Social Teaching Principles Podcasts, Paulist Father Larry Rice reflects briefly on the major themes of Catholic social teaching, and how they should shape our lives as citizens of the world and as people of God.

About Father Larry Rice, CSP

Father Larry Rice is the Director of the St. Thomas More Newman Center, the center for Catholic Campus Ministry at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. His work at the OSU Newman Center includes responsibility for the overall mission and vision of the Center’s staff of sixteen and the campus’ Catholic community, and maintaining a professional focus on ecumenical and interfaith dialogue. Since 2000, Fr. Rice has been a weekly contributor to Catholic Radio Weekly (www.catholicradioweekly.com), the flagship radio program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Fr. Rice earned a Masters of Divinity from the Catholic University of America (1989), and a B.A. in General Arts and Sciences from the Pennsylvania State University (1983). He entered the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle (the Paulist Fathers) in 1983, and was ordained a priest in 1989.

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