Patrick Edrey graduated from St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota with a major in peace studies in 2004, and he's worked on the issue of...
Peace & Justice
Reported stories and first-person essays about Catholic social teaching and how Catholics are living out the call to work for justice.
When he was at the University of St. Thomas in the early 1990s, Stephen Bauer combined his entrepreneurship major with a justice and peace studies minor, which...
Many recent peace studies graduates, like Erin Hivner, spend a year or two volunteering with programs such as the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, Catholic Relief...
Want to learn more about peace studies? Here are some resources recommended by people interviewed in Will work for Peace. Publications: Bitter Fruit: The Story...
The first Catholic college to launch a peace studies program was Manhattan College in New York, which opened its Pacem in Terris Institute in 1965, offered its...
Already graduated college? You can still return to school for a master’s or Ph.D. in peace. While most peace studies programs are at the undergraduate...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Just one day after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, the Claretian Missionaries religious order in Santo...
Inspired by the people featured in our Catholic workers story, but still can’t think of where you might want to get involved? The U.S. Catholic editors...
Some Catholics aren’t so sure about the bishops’ push for comprehensive immigration reform, but this Catholic activist says it’s time for the...
Not long after Rich Salazar moved to DeKalb, Illinois from California, he found himself knocking at the door of St. Mary’s Church. The then-college...
