Social Justice

Justice is a call for right relationships - among humans, between humans and God, and between humans and our God-given world. Social justice involves right relationships among humans and within our human-created institutions.

Today Dominicans stand on the shoulders of St. Dominic, whose actions on behalf of the poor and marginalized serve as a model for preaching justice. The Dominican Order operates the International Dominican Commission for Justice and Peace and has an NGO (non-governmental organization) presence at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva. Through the Dominican Leadership Conference in the United States, Dominicans also have a presence at the UN in New York. Additionally, the Dominican Sisters of Peace join others in the Dominican Family in framing and implementing the Dominican Call to Justice, an annually-revised document that describes the most significant issues of justice and peace for North American Dominicans. The work of justice continues to focus our actions every day....