Past Events

Every day we read new headlines about the lack of human dignity for migrants crossing our southern border to begin new lives in the United States, but what can we do about it? That was the topic of our recent community meeting, “Immigration Crisis: Lives at Risk at Our Southern Border.”

The Boston metropolitan area is one of the richest in the country with a median household income over $82,000 but it also the 7th most unequal city in terms of income inequality, according to Mary Jo Bane of the Harvard Kennedy School and moderator of our panel,...

“What difference has Pope Francis made in Catholic social teaching?” According to Thomas Massaro, S.J., Professor of Moral Theology at Fordham University, who led our April workshop at Saint Cecilia Parish Hall, Pope Francis has not only renewed the tradition of...

We live in a society in which we have lost the ability to disagree, in which differing perspectives have become synonymous with hatred and disrespect. As Father Peter Gyves said, “We live in a society that is broken… we are better people in this country than what we...

Would You Recognize a Prophet? “We are facing a moral crisis in this country,” began Father Peter Gyves, SJ, as he introduced Richard J. Clifford, S.J., Professor Emeritus at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, to lead our February workshop about the...

How do different religious traditions practice faith and justice in society? That was the question we asked in our first Community Meeting of 2019 with leaders from the Muslim, Christian and Jewish faiths. With a room of more than 200 people and viewers from across...

A Workshop presented by Sister of Notre Dame de Namur, Barbara Gutiérrez. On December 9, 2018, more than 80 people gathered at Boston’s Shrine of St. Anthony for a Spanish language mass said by Fr. Peter Gyves, SJ, MD, founder and president of A Faith That Does...

“We are richer, better, and economically thriving because of immigrants… we’re making it work as an immigrant city.” - Dr. Westy Egmont On the evening of October 16, nearly 100 Boston-area residents gathered for A Faith That Does Justice’s fall Community Meeting,...