We Conspire: The Spiritual Work of Justice
We Conspire is a series from the Center for Action and Contemplation featuring wisdom and stories from the growing Christian contemplative movement. Sign up for the monthly email series and receive a free invitation to practice each month.
In May’s We Conspire series, we share stories of spiritual growth and the work of justice. We highlight Neighbor-to-Neighbor’s holistic approach to social change, the Center for Spiritual and Public Leadership’s worshipful witness for immigrant justice, and Óscar Romero’s riveting transformation to a gospel that stands with people in poverty.
The Work Beneath the Work
Healing the inner lives of justice leaders
Dálida Rocha of Neighbor-to-Neighbor integrates spiritual and emotional care into community organizing, helping leaders sustain their work from a place of wholeness.
The Spirit’s Silent Witness
Worship as nonviolent, faith-rooted resistance
Michael Okińczyc-Cruz of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership (CSPL) helped organize a public Mass outside a Chicago Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center, revealing the power of nonviolent, faith-rooted resistance.
A Heart Converted by the Poor
From caution to courageous witness
For decades, Salvadoran priest Óscar Romero stood firmly on the sidelines — but in a few short years, he became one of the most powerful voices for the poor in Latin America, paying for it with his life.
We Conspire is a series from the Center for Action and Contemplation featuring wisdom and stories from the growing Christian contemplative movement. Sign up for the monthly email series and receive a free invitation to practice each month.