Catholic Social Ministry Gathering

 Promoting Human Life and Dignity in the Year of FaithWe are very grateful to our 16 national Catholic partner organizations, and all of our participants, sponsors, and exhibitors for a successful and enriching 2013 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering.  We hope that you will enjoy the highlights of the Gathering provided on this page.  You are invited to join us in extending the mission of CSMG to your diocese or state by participating in a District Visit.  Then mark your calendar to join us for CSMG 2014 from February 2-5, 2014 at the Omni Shoreham hotel, Washington, D.C.  Registration will open during Fall 2013.

Highlights from CSMG 2013: "Promoting Human Life and Dignity in the Year of Faith"

• Listen to the Opening Plenary Presentation by Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap.,  Archbishop of Boston (click here for text)
  
  
• Listen to Catholic Social Thought and Our Current Economic Policy Challenges by Dr. Charles M. A. Clark, Professor of Economics, St. John's University (click here to view accompanying presentation slides)

• CSMG 2013 Program Book
  
  

Connect – Learn – Pray – Advocate at CSMG 2014

Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C., February 2-5, 2014

Each year the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering provides and excellent opportunity for Catholic leaders to Connect – Learn – Pray – Advocate!   Exciting plenary presentations, briefings, workshops, and strategy sessions address current topics essential to our various ministries, and better prepare you and your colleagues for the challenges of our mission.

Connect in person with social ministry colleagues from across the United States–an opportunity to share best practices, plan for emerging needs, and identify areas for more effective cooperation.  Expand these opportunities by joining the Gathering’s virtual community on Facebook and Twitter.

Learn about the larger picture of Catholic social ministry, and pressing current domestic and global challenges relating to human life and dignity, and justice and peace.  Inform others with the experience and perspective of your own diocese, organization, or faith community.   

Pray together to renew our spirit and vision for mission.  Wonderful liturgies will mark our gathering on Sunday afternoon and our sending forth on Wednesday.  Opportunities for daily Mass will add to this time of spiritual as well professional enrichment.

Advocate for policies that will protect and support people suffering poverty and injustice.  In this defining experience of the Gathering, the renewed purpose of our meetings and our prayer flows directly to Capitol Hill, where as one faith community we bring to legislators our concerns and proposals about policies affecting the most vulnerable among us, both locally and globally.  Then continue this effort after the Gathering in Washington through CSMG District Visits in your own community.

We look forward to seeing you at CSMG 2014!

The Planning Committee