Who are we?
We are a grass roots organization of Catholic laity dedicated to making the link between Catholic values and the choices facing us as citizens.

Pope Benedict reminded us in his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, that the lay faithful have the direct duty to work for a just ordering of society. We are called to take part in the political arena to promote the common good.

No single political program embodies the entire Christian law of love and justice, and we would hesitate to name any political party at all if it were not for the extraordinary claim of the Republican Party in the last decade that it alone stands for Christian values. When Ken Mehlman, chair of the Republican National Committee, declares that his party’s radical interpretation of “free enterprise and a strong national defense” is Catholic values, we must object. When criminalization of abortion and opposition to gay marriage are trumpeted as the dominant core of Catholic teaching, we must speak out.

In the present day we strongly believe that the platform of the Democratic Party more nearly reflects the totality of Catholic concern for the common good. As Catholics and Democrats, we seek to put the principles of our Faith into practice by supporting policies that will enable more Americans to make a decent living, that will provide for genuine national security without entangling our military in immoral and unnecessary conflicts, that will ensure dignity and a path to citizenship to the immigrant families in our midst, that will reduce abortions by supporting women in the avoidance of unwanted pregnancies, that will provide meaningful support for all families and children, and that will restore honesty and integrity to our government.

Our Mission
1. To support Democratic and other progressive politicians in our State and encourage their efforts to enact policies that further social justice and the common good.

2. To promote Catholic teachings concerning social justice and to increase awareness in the media and the electorate of the breadth of the Catholic vision of a just society, resisting efforts to reduce Catholic teaching to one or two issues.

3. To facilitate communication among Catholic organizations, Democratic organizations, and other advocates of progressive values, both by finding common ground and by finding new ways to approach issues on which views diverge.