Domestic Social Development

This office, as part of the Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development, assists the bishops, collectively and individually, in advancing the social mission of the Church  within a culturally diverse community through education, poverty awareness, capacity- and constituency-building, outreach, policy development, advocacy, and the organization of low-income communities. The committee advises the bishops on issues of human dignity, development, and poverty, building the capacity of the Church to defend human life and dignity and protect God's creation. This mandate includes applying Catholic social teaching to significant domestic issues, advocating public policy that protects poor and vulnerable people, and sharing and promoting the social teachings of the Church.

WHAT'S NEW?

Have you seen our new Poverty USA Spanish website? ¡Visite www.PobrezaUSA.org!

January is Poverty Awareness Month! Use this calendar throughout the month to pray, learn and act to help address poverty in the U.S. (en español).  Also check us out on Facebook and Twitter!

Letter to Congress on Budget Deliberations
Bishop Stephen Blaire and Bishop Richard Pates, December 14, 2012

More information about who we are.
Learn about our current advocacy efforts.
Find background materials on specific issues.
Get involved by utilizing our action alert center.

Visit www.PovertyUSA.org for education on economic justice, essential facts on poverty as well as key conduits for action. Para más información en español, visite www.PobrezaUSA.org. 

For information on religious liberty, see the ad hoc committee's website.