In the wake of the right-wing campaign targeting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Call To Action’s Vision Council and Anti-Racism Team release a statement in support of the sisters and the LGBTQIA+ community.

On May 26, outgoing CTA Executive Director Donna Tarney announced her departure from Call To Action. The Vision Council released a statement announcing Lauren Barbato as the permanent executive director. Read Donna’s letter and the Vision Council statement.

Our statement on the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the powerful conservative intellectual often embroiled in scandal.

CTA calls on American Catholics to unite to protect pregnant people and others who will face increased threats of violence and criminalization from this decision.

Vision Council member Lauren Barbato in Sojourners: “As a Catholic, and a woman who had an abortion, I believe we need to give people that space to move through these experiences on their own terms. Why do we want to traumatize people — including people of faith — even more?”

In a spirit of gratitude and anticipation, we write to share that in the summer of 2022, Executive Director Zach Johnson, Re/Generator Coordinator Claire Hitchins, and Communications & Activities Coordinator Abby Rampone will each transition out of their staff roles with Call To Action. 

The Vision Council, Anti-Racism Team, and wider Call To Action community mourn and pray for the victims, families, and all impacted by the horrific, white-supremacist massacre in Buffalo, New York on Saturday May 14, 2022. Anti-Black racism must end now.

This most recent, devastating news represents another turn toward state-sponsored violence, racism, and misogyny in the United States. We invite Catholics to lean into the conversation. We cannot remain silent.

Register here for a Zoom with CTA leaders this coming Wednesday. Join leaders from CTA’s committees for programming strategy, communications, anti-racism, development (fundraising), finance, personnel, and governance.

Call To Action’s Vision Council strives to implement a governance model that reflects our mission, especially through transparency, accountability, and justice. The seven Vision Council committees are open to our entire membership.

“Many shared that they were passing the baton to me and the other young adults. My response is that I am passing the baton back and that we need to share it; the work of justice requires all of us to be active in the now.”

We, the members of the Call to Action’s Vision Council, affirm the sacredness of our trans siblings and call our communities to take action against transphobia in all its forms.

White silence is violence. Today, we say “no more.”

With the recent deaths at our southern border, reports about the horrifying conditions inside multiple U.S. government immigration facilities, and the deplorable actions of many border patrol and ICE agents, we at Call To Action believe that this is a time that Catholic Social Teaching calls all Catholics to stand in solidarity with immigrants.

In a small Pennsylvania town, chalk on the path into the park reads, “When Black Lives Matter, then all lives will matter. Love guides justice. Silence is consent. Don’t be quiet.”