EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Rev. Msgr. Edward Sadie, V.F.
Phone: 304-342-8175
Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral
1114 Virginia Street East
Charleston, WV 25301

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Rev. Brian O'Donnell, S.J.
Catholic Conference
of West Virginia
1116 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, W.V. 25301
Phone: 304-380-0159

Links/Resources


This Land is Home to Me, 1975 Pastoral Letter of the bishops of Appalachia
PDF, 133k

Click here to view a video of the “thirty-years-after” panel discussion by some of those involved in creation of “This Land is Home to Me” (issued at Wheeling College Feb. 1, 1975) Wheeling Jesuit University Feb. 1. 2005.

At Home in the Web of Life, 1995 Pastoral Letter of the bishops of Appalachia
PDF, 264k

Voting for the Common Good, A Practical Guide for Conscientious Catholics
PDF, 407k

A Church That Heals, A Pastoral Letter on Well-Being in West Virginia
PDF, 183k




Faithful Citizenship:A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility:
http://www.usccb.org/faithfulcitizenship/bishopStatement.html
A Church That Heals: A Pastoral Letter on Well-Being in West Virginia
http://www.dwc.org/health/



DEATH PENALTY

A Good Friday Appeal to End the Death Penalty

A Statement of the Administrative Board of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
April 2, 1999:
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/criminal/appeal.htm

A Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 2005
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/penaltyofdeath.pdf



CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice A Statement of the Catholic Bishops of the United States 2000:
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/criminal.htm

Challenges for the Criminal Justice Process in the South
PDF, 96k

Wardens From Wall Street: Prison Privatization
PDF, 39k

"Suffer the Little Children..." - Juvenile Justice in the South
PDF, 132k

"I have come to heal..." - Restorative Justice
PDF, 132k

"For I was in prison and you visited me." - Prison Conditions
PDF, 52k

Post Release From Prison
PDF, 28k

Women in Prison
PDF, 24k

Call to Action
PDF, 24k



ECONOMIC JUSTICE

Economic Justice for All Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy U. S. Catholic Bishops, 1986:
http://www.osjspm.org/cst/eja.htm

A Decade after Economic Justice for All: Continuing Principles, Changing Context, New Challenges
National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1995:
http://www.osjspm.org/cst/ten-aniv.htm



PEACE

The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response -- Part 1 U.S. Bishops, 1983:
http://www.osjspm.org/cst/cp.htm

The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response -- Part 2 U.S. Bishops, 1983: http://www.osjspm.org/cst/cp2.htm

Toward a Responsible Transition in Iraq A Statement of Bishop Thomas G. Wenski Bishop of Orlando Chairman, USCCB Committee on International Policy January 12, 2006:
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/iraqstatement0106.htm



LIFE ISSUES

Living the Gospel of Life: A Challenge to American Catholics A Statement by the Catholic Bishops of the United States 1998:
http://www.usccb.org/prolife/gospel.htm

When I Call for Help: A Pastoral Response to Domestic Violence Against Women Issued by USCCB, November 12, 2002
http://www.usccb.org/laity/help.shtml



IMMIGRATION

Statement of Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick Archbishop of Washington on Comprehensive Immigration Reform March 1, 2006:
http://www.usccb.org/mrs/mccarrick.shtml



ENVIRONMENT

The Call of Creation: God's Invitation and the Human Response: The Natural Environment and Catholic Social Teaching Bishops of the United Kingdom 2002:
http://www.ofm-jpic.org/ecology/callofcreation.html

WATER, AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT FOR LIFE, A CONTRIBUTION OF THE DELEGATION OF THE HOLY SEE ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD WORLD WATER FORUM (Kyoto, 16th-23rd March 2003):
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/documents/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20030322_kyoto-water_en.html

WATER, AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT FOR LIFE AN UPDATE; A CONTRIBUTION OF THE HOLY SEE TO THE FOURTH WORLD WATER FORUM (MEXICO CITY, 16 - 22 MARCH 2006): http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/documents/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20060322_mexico-water_en.html



CLIMATE CHANGE

Global Climate Change:A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good A Statement of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops June 15, 2001
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/globalclimate.htm