'Just Books' opens chapter on social justice

Jim McLaughlin reported Special to your Catholic Herald on Catholics for Peace and Justice's book discussion group, Just Books. The demographics are no surprise.

Students at Marquette University and middle-aged adults in the Milwaukee-area are opening a new chapter in their ministries for social justice.

I suspect some of those "middle-aged" are, in fact, AARP-eligible.

Member Debra Schneider described the discussions.

Schneider said, "We dwell a lot on charity, which is good," but the trouble is that it becomes a ministry of niceness instead of justice. She said nonviolence should be a part of the catechism in church teaching, but it’s not.

Maybe CPJ needs a book discussion on the Catechism.