Solidarity Cafe

Traditionally, participants bring an ethnic dish to share and a few dollars for coffees, teas and mochas.

Beans and bombs global justice game in process at

Solidarity Cafe.

It begins with a coffeehouse setting, the Solidarity Cafe, in which the community is invited to experience justice teachings through creative arts: through visual arts and environment, drama skits, music, keynote address, prayer and ritual, and a global simulation justice game in which all participate. This evening cafe features opportunities for self expression in justice theology by youth and young adult leaders. We traditionally have for refreshments, the Global Potluck in which guests are asked to bring their favorite ethnic potluck dish to share and fair trade coffees and teas are served. These coffeehouses provide young lay leaders, as well as justice leaders in the community, the opportunity to share their gifts and to learn justice teachings in a fun, entertaining and prayerful way, using many intelligences and gifts, involving more of the whole person. These events can also be adjusted to an intergenerational workshop event.

Immersion Day
The workshop day begins at with a breakfast social and community building time, a full day of hands on workshops and justice exploration, and closes with a parish justice mass in the evening.
See below for what to bring.

What is the Justice Immersion?

The second part of the event is the immersion day in which youth and young adults, or in the case of intergenerational, families and parishioners, come and experience many prayerful times, more role playing and simulation games, witness talks, reflection, partner interviews and much more. In our immersion, teachings are build on experiencing first, then drawing forth feelings and understanding in group reflections/discussions as well as in private reflections. This stimulates real and deep learning, as the participants discover the Catholic Social Teaching tenets themselves, through what they experience, and then share it with each other. The last part of the immersion experience is a sending forth movement where the participants are invited to take what they have learned and turn it into action in the community. This culminates with the Justice community mass. The mass reflects the learning that has taken place, and sends all forth into the community to share what they have and have discovered.