Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns
The Office of Public Policy & Social Concerns embodies the teachings found within the parable of the Good Samaritan by seeing injustice as a personal call to action, and making a commitment to relieving the needs of the suffering person. This Office provides education and advocacy on behalf of the unborn, the poor, the elderly, the imprisoned, the homeless, the disabled, and the marginalized in our society. It conducts programs – Justice & Peace and Catholic Campaign for Human Development (4,500 served with 72,000 receiving education advocacy outreach); Respect Life (9,700 directly contacted with 70,000 receiving education advocacy outreach); Parish Organizing & Leadership Development in the 96 Parishes of the Archdiocese; and Detention Ministry (21,000 served), and it provides representation to government officials, civic leaders, labor and community (3,200 direct contacts annually).
One Peter Yorke Way
