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Our youth pro-life team organizes prayer for our parish community when an execution takes place.At St. Catherine of Siena, our Youth Pro-Life team meets monthly to engage in pro-life issues from “womb to tomb,” including abortion, human trafficking, euthanasia, and the death penalty. Our youth team takes the lead in organizing prayer for our parish community whenever an execution is taking place in the state of Texas. The youth lead all who gather in praying the Rosary for Mercy. Praying together helps our

As the nation faced unrest after the Ferguson and New York City court decisions, we held a candlelight vigil and mass to pray for peace, justice and an end to racism. Our students care about promoting unity by embracing cultural and ethnic diversity on our campus and in our nation. Following the national unrest after the court decisions in Ferguson, MO and New York City, The Black Students’ Alliance of The Catholic University of America led an effort, in partnership with Campus Ministry to hold a candleligh

Our seminarians follow the path of migrant workers from south Florida to Virginia's outer banks, accompanying them and hearing their stories.Over the past twenty years, several dozen of our seminarians have followed the path of migrant workers, traveling from south Florida to the Virginia outer banks. They accompany migrant workers who spend 12-hour days doing back-breaking work in the fields.  Our vocations office partners with the Richmond Diocese’s Office of Justice and Peace to find volunteer placements