E Pluribus Unum:
Spiritual Exercises "to form a more perfect union"

Catholic Charities USA is committed to eradicating poverty and racism - overlapping threats to the common good.

In 2008 CCUSA launched its paper, Poverty and Racism: Overlapping Threats to the Common Good; Pobreza Y Racismo: Amenazas superpuestas contra el bien commun, on the national holiday to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit, Michigan. This year CCUSA launched on the national King holiday its new Web site, E Pluribus Unum (Latin for “out of many, one”).  This Web page promotes, facilitates the much needed conversation on poverty and racism.

Our national conversation promotes the value of the Common Good in a society of diversity.  President Barack Obama in his famous campaign speech dealing with racism challenges everyone to have faith in God and faith in the American people.  Together, we can overcome centuries of racial division “to form a more perfect union” – in the words of the Declaration of Independence.

Begin the Parish Dialogue on Poverty and Race

CCUSA's "E Pluribus Unum" parish dialogue program aims to educate and to form enlightened consciences on the connection between poverty and racism.  The outcome of these spiritual exercises is to raise up voices which will advocate for programs and policies that promote the Common Good through the elimination of racism and and the reduction of poverty in our nation.

Parish Dialogue Circles facilitate the spiritual exercises by using our faith as a resource to illuminate the work of healing and hasten our journey as we "form a more perfect union."