The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 2018 Statement on Racism "Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love", is a challenging statement for our reflection and action. The following USCCB resources are excellent tools for the implementation of this document.

• The Call to Address Racism in our Hearts and our Communities
• Racism and Voting 
• Racism and Education
• Racial Economic Inequality
• Racism and Housing
• Racism and Employment
• Racism and the Criminal Justice System

America has a kairos moment right now. Indeed, a chance has arisen for broader social engagement in the response to racism, an opportunity to consider how we shall bring into practice the demands of Isaiah 58. The road ahead is uncertain, and the right path may be unclear (cf. Mt 7:13-14), but we must seek to exit from this “dark night of injustice," (Gustavo Gutiérrez, We Drink from Our Own Wells).

Prayer Resources

• Requiem for Black Children of God - Archdiocese of New Orleans
• Prayer Service for Justice and Peace - Duquesne Campus Ministry
• Prayer for Racial Healing - Catholic Charities USA
• Prayer for Racial Healing in Our Land - USCCB
• Stations of the Cross - Overcoming Racism - USCCB
• An Examen to Address Daily Racism - Jesuit USA Midwest Province

• "The Racial Divide in the United States: A Reflection for the World Day of Peace"  2015 Pastoral Letter and Study Guide with Most Reverend Edward K. Braxton, Ph.D., S.T.D
• "The Assumption of White Privilege" by Fr. Brian Massingale in June 2020 in his formative text: Racial Justice and the Catholic Church
• "One-Liners on Race From the Pope and Other Catholic Officials Won't Do Any Longer" Paulinus Odozor, C.S.Sp. in Church Life Journal, Sept. 8, 2020
• "A Letter from the only African-American Felician Sister" by Sr. Desiré Ann-Marie Findlay
• "The sound of gravel, the feeling of drowning, the chilling effects of racist acts" by Brian Broome
• "An Interview with Bryan Massingale"
• "White Privilege" by Richard Rohr, OFM
• "How To Be An Anti-Racist" by Ibram X Kendi
• "White Fragility - Why It Is So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism" by Robin Diangelo
• "Segregated by Design": An examination of how systemic racism affects housing in America
• "Performative Allyship is deadly (Here's what to do instead)" by Holiday Phillips
• "For Our White Friends Desiring to be Allies" by Courtney Ariel (from 2017, but relevant)
• "I don't need 'love' texts from my white friends" by Chad Sanders
• "Required Reading: A Black Catholic Syllabus"
• "Floyd's Murder Must Bring Change" by the Commonweal Editors
• "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin 
• "Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own" by Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. 
• The chapter on Race and Modernity in The Cornell West Reader
• Holy Peace - Race in America video by Phil Vischer
• Allegories on race and Racism video by Camara Jones / TEDxEmory
• How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion video by Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools

Spiritan Perspectives on Justice & Peace

• America and the Question of Race: A Personal Observation by Fr. Lazarus Langbiir, C.S.Sp.
• Black Lives Matter by Carol Serafin
• On the Death of George Floyd by Frs. Binh Quach, C.S.Sp., and Donald S. Nesti, C.S.Sp.
• The Cultural Virus of Racism by Fr. William Headley, C.S.Sp.