History

• The two Anti-Racism Teams, The Pastoral Center and the Catholic Schools began their work with an intensive training process (over eight months) conducted by Crossroads Ministries. *

• Training helped the Anti-Racism Team members to understand the nature and history of institutional racism, to understand and accept a common analysis of institutional racism, and to become proficient in creating a strategic plan to eliminate racism in the church and society.

• The work of the Anti-Racism Team is a direct response to the Cardinal's Pastoral Letter, which challenges Catholics to understand the nature of institutional racism as essentially sinful and to work to eliminate it.

• The Church's mission is to work against racism in the world.

• The goal of our anti-racism work is to look outward, not inward. The ultimate goal being to transform our society and our world.

*Crossroads Ministry, founded in 1986, is an Interfaith Ministry for Racial Justice that educates and trains organizations to analyze racism and to develop and implement strategies to dismantle racism and build anti-racist Multicultural Diversity.