Internship Available with Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)
The CCHD internship placement program combines practical work in carrying out the mandate of CCHD at the local level, opportunities to develop relationships with community leaders, reflection on Catholic social teaching, and opportunities for sharing the experience with other CCHD interns.
Requirements:
The internship is open to Catholics in the United States who have leadership abilities, community service experience, and effective writing/communication skills. An openness to the CCHD values of solidarity building, participation of the poor, and Catholic social teaching is essential.
Low-income people from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities:
Promotion of the CCHD Annual Collection
Project monitoring and evaluation of CCHD grants
Letter and article writing
Parish education, training, and outreach projects: including promotion of JustFaith
Research studies
Relationship-building with CCHD- funded groups, development of and networking with groups eligible for funding, and other community development projects.
The Position is about 10 hours per week, August through December, 2010.
Requires attendance at June 2-4 orientation in Washington, DC.
Apply:
Please send application and resume to Catarina Torres at: ctorres@central.catholiccharitiesdallas.org or fax to: 214-520-6595.
"According to the Christian message,
therefore,
man's relationship to his neighbor
is bound up
with his relationship to God...
Christian love of neighbor and justice
cannot be separated.
For love implies an absolute demand for justice,
namely a recognition of the dignity
and rights of one's neighbor.
Justice attains its inner fullness
only in love."
Synod of Bishops, Justice in the World, 1971
Newest Encyclical:
Please click here to read Caritas in Veritate (“Charity in Truth”),
Pope Benedict XVI.