CTA House Party
Call To Action would like to invite you to open your homes and support CTA.
Immokalee Workers: The Power of Perseverance
The Southwest Florida chapter of Call To Action has been actively trying to assist those who pick tomatoes since 1993.
20/30 Young Adult T-Shirts for World Meeting of Families & Call To Action Conference
The 20/30 young adult community is selling t-shirts for those interested in wearing progressive Catholic shirts to the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia or the Call To Action Conference in Milwaukee this fall (and hopefully to other events, too!).
Media Web-briefing for Pope Francis' U.S. Visit
On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 7:00 pm CT Ryan Hoffmann, Director of Communications, will offer a webinar (online meeting) to explore messaging and communications opportunities while Pope Francis is in the U.S.
Mary of Magdala
Just last week, July 22, 2015, was the feast day of Mary Magdalene. The Call to Action chapter in La Fayette, California took the opportunity to gather, prayer, and celebrate.
Equally Blessed: Lay Catholics Applaud Boy Scout Decision to End Discrimination Against Gay Scout Leaders
Equally Blessed, a pro-LGBT organization in which Call To Action participates, issued a statement on the Boy Scouts’ decision to open up scouting to the LGBT community.
Vision Council Member Featured in The New York Times
Lui Matsuo is featured in “Gay and Transgender Catholics Urge Pope Francis to Take a Stand,” here!
Postcards for the Pope
We will continue to collect Postcards for the Pope until the 2015 Synod of the Family in October, so send your postcard to the Call To Action office.
CTA Signs on to Letter Asking Pope Francis to meet with LGBT Catholics
"We are writing to request that you meet with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Catholics and their family members during your visit.”
Declaration on Women in the Catholic Church
As the Catholic church strives to cultivate a faith rooted in human dignity and equality, we are aware that women in the church are neglected, cast aside, abused and dismissed.
Forum on Women in the Catholic Church
A one-day forum examined and discussed Pope Francis’ changes and reform in the church with a focus on the largely ignored concern, the role of women in the church. Speakers included experts in church history, Catholic theology and the lived experience of Catholic women
Margie & Andrea
After eight years of exemplary service, Margie Winters was recently fired from the Marcy Waldron Academy after someone complained about their same-sex marriage.
Ecology and Feminism
Interweaving Pope Francis’s latest encyclical on the environment, “LAUDATO SI: On care for our common home” and women’s issues, Radford Ruether’s topic for the day will be “Spirituality, Ecology, and Feminism.”