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Ben Shedlock

https://www.cceasternwa.org/blog
Ben Shedlock is the communications coordinator for Catholic Charities Eastern Washington. Before working as a writer, he served Catholic Charities as a refugee resettlement caseworker. Ben’s career has emphasized Catholic Social Teaching’s themes of solidarity and an option for the poor. He is a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church. You can reach him at [email protected].
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Ride for Refugees: Suspense

This morning, after months of fundraising dollar by dollar, of training mile by mile, I waited with belly and jaw stiff in the World Relief Spokane parking lot for the caravan to leave for Seattle.
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Why I Ride For Refugees

This week, I will raise funds for refugee resettlement and call attention to refugees’ stories by participating in World Relief’s Sea-Tri-Kan bike ride.
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Interfaith Partners Serve Exploited Youth

When a young person in Spokane County leaves a human trafficking situation, one of the first people to find out is a victim advocate.
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Catholic Social Teachings: Dignity of all People

The first principle of these doctrines of Catholic Social Teaching anchors the other six: “The Catholic Church proclaims that human life is sacred and that the dignity of the human person is the foundation of a moral vision for society,” writes the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
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Guided by Catholic Social Teachings

How can I take the deeply spiritual Eucharist into a determinedly secular world? For Catholic individuals and institutions, the answers lie in Catholic Social Teaching, a body of doctrines heralded and formed by centuries of prayer, discussion among leaders, debate at councils and official writings by popes.
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