St. Ann Social Justice Ministry

03/31/2026

Way of the Cross pilgrimage 4-6 pm on Good Friday.

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The Way of the Cross: A Spokane Pilgrimage Good Friday, April 3, 2026, 4 - 6 pm Begin at Salem Lutheran Church, 1428 W Broadway Ave. Spokane, WA 99201 Good Friday reminds us that we are called to die to the violence around us. Join us as we walk to places in Spokane where violence is imposed and as....

01/19/2026

What are you doing to honor and celebrate Martin Luther King day?

11/21/2025

Dignified Workday is revamping Redemption Church into New office space.

New owners of the former Redemption Church building, at 212 S. Division, are proposing a conversion project that will revamp the church into office and retail space, according to a change of use permit application under review with the city of Spokane.

Read more:
https://www.spokanejournal.com/articles/17683-redemption-church-building-to-change-use-to-office-space

09/29/2025

Cardinal Robert McElroy, Archbishop of Washington, DC, at the Mass for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees: “We are witnessing an unprecedented assault on our nation…this assault is intended to make life miserable for undocumented migrants…our government is engaged in a comprehensive campaign of fear at its core.”

“Our first obligation as a Church is to embrace in a sustained, unwavering, prophetic, and compassionate way the immigrants who are suffering so deeply because of the oppression they are facing."

https://adw.org/news/wdmr-homily-mcelroy-eng-25/

09/05/2025

The prophets cried out for justice, and so must we. In his Message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Pope Leo reminds us that environmental justice is about protecting life, dignity, and the common good, and that this is an urgent duty of faith for our time.

Read his full message here: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/messages/creation/documents/20250630-messaggio-giornata-curacreato.html

08/03/2025

Remembering Nagasaki & Hiroshima on August 9 at 10:30 am at All Saints Lutheran Church (314 S Spruce). Keynote speaker Michael McPherson, Veterans for Peace national executive director, music by the Raging Grannies.

Nuclear War in Real Time.

Join Veterans for Peace in remembering the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—80 years later—and reflecting on the urgent threat of nuclear war today.

🕊️ Story Hour & Origami

📍 Shadle Park Library

🗓️ August 6 | 1pm

Families are invited to learn, reflect, and fold paper cranes for peace.

🕯️ Commemoration Gathering

📍 All Saints Lutheran Church

🗓️ August 9 | 10:30am

With guest speaker Michael T. McPhearson, VFP National Executive Director

07/10/2025

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/jul/09/federal-funding-restored-to-spokanes-tree-equity-p/

There is apparently at least one diversity, equity and inclusion program the federal government is willing to fund: tree equity.

06/17/2025

World Refugee Day on June 21st.

05/24/2025

https://www.kxly.com/news/its-their-land-again-salish-school-accepts-land-transfer-from-catholic-charities-in-emotional-ceremony/article_6bcb7a8e-6e51-4887-a037-4657c871944b.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_4_News_Now&fbclid=IwY2xjawKd-1NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFFRGs0eDVTY0lOZ2ZOc2thAR6Ey8i3FgvBz-LoDovCnjrQsCTubm2fFrKEVukSHmdhwdiZbJfI8vSeldqnrg_aem_x3mddYtyrTpHna5UZqp14Q

SPOKANE, Wash. -- In a significant step toward healing historical wounds, Catholic Charities transferred ownership of land along the Spokane River to Salish School of Spokane Wednesday afternoon.

05/16/2025

Gonzaga University and the City of Spokane are calling on the EPA to rescind the agency’s May 2 notice to terminate a $19.9 million federal grant.

05/16/2025

The next S.J.M. meeting is on Wednesday, May 21 at 6:30 pm on Zoom.