Resources mentioned in Fr. Bill’s homily
- Forward Through Ferguson: A Path Toward Racial Equity: Forward Through Ferguson website or a direct link to the report
- Dwell in My Love: A Pastoral Letter by Francis Cardinal George
Resources related to institutional racism and white privilege
- The Disturbing History of the Suburbs: A six minute video which explains redlining, the racist housing policy from the Jim Crow era that still affects us today.
- Real Estate and Racism in St. Louis: An article from St. Louis American on wealth accumulation and housing in St. Louis
- The Making of Ferguson – Public Policies at the Root of its Troubles: An article by Richard Rothstein at the Economic Policy Institute on the making of Ferguson
- Martin Luther King Jr’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail : A n open letter written on April 16, 1963 which defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism
- The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (on Amazon)
- 13th by Ava DuVernay (on Netflix)
Catholic perspectives on racism
- Black Lives Matter’ A Stumbling Block or a Door Into the Gospels? : An Essay by Fr. Rosy
- The Unbearable Whiteness of American Lent: How Lent looks different from a black point of view
- A Racial Examination of Conscience : To reflect on how we may grow as persons and children of God in our hospitality, love, and mercy for all of our brothers and sisters, regardless of race or religion
Resources related to the teachings of the Catholic Church on solidarity and racism
- Teaching of the Catholic Church: Quotes from scripture, documents and Leaders. On Solidarity and Equality for Reflection: A compilation of excerpts from the resources below and a few others which directly relate to solidarity and racism
- Gaudium et Spes: The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World , was one of the four constitutions resulting from Vatican II. It begins “The joys and hopes, the grief and anguish of the people of our time, especially of those who are poor or afflicted, are the joys and hopes, the grief and anguish of the followers of Christ as well.”
- Centesium Annus: An encyclical which was written by Pope John Paul II in 1991 on the hundredth anniversary of Rerum Novarum (Of New Things), an encyclical issued by Pope Leo XIII in 1891 in response to the social conflict resulting from capitalization and industrialization in the late 19th century.
- Caritas in Vertitate: An encyclical written by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009, is concerned with the problems of global development and progress towards the common good, arguing that both Love and Truth are essential elements of an effective response
- The Catechism of the Catholic Church: The social justice section of the catechism
- USCCB – Racism: Resources from the United States Council of Catholic Bishops