“Faced with a world today where so many people are suffering from want, the council asks individuals and governments to remember the saying of the Fathers: “Feed the people dying of hunger, because if you do not feed them you are killing them,” and it urges them according to their ability to share and dispose of their goods to help others, above all by giving them aid which will enable them to help and develop themselves.”

— Documents of the Second Vatican Council, Gaudium et Spes (1965), par 69

“This culture of waste has made us insensitive even to the waste and disposal of food, which is even more despicable when all over the world, unfortunately, many individuals and families are suffering from hunger and malnutrition.”

— Pope Francis, General Audience on UN World Environment Day, 6/5/13

OVERVIEW

• Hunger, Food, Nutrition at USCCB
• One Human Family,
  Food For All Campaign Tool Kit
• La Campaña de Una Sola Familia Humana, Alimentos para Todos
• CRS Resources on Global Hunger

PRAYER

• One Human
  Family, Food for All Campaign Prayer
• La Oración para la Campaña de Una Sola Familia Humana, Alimentos para Todos

ACTION

• Connect work at parish Food Pantry with advocacy for justice on hunger issues
• CRS Rice
  Bowl (Formation, Prayer, and Giving around hunger and food sustainability)/CRS Plato de
  Arroz
• Bread for the World – Offering of Letters (Parish Advocacy), Action Alerts, and Education on Hunger Issues at home and
  abroad
• CRS Food Fast (Awareness Retreat for Youth)

PASTORAL CARE

• Catholic Charities of Orange County – Cal Fresh (Food Stamp) Program
  & Doris Cantlay Center (food distribution)
• See Housing & Homelessness for agencies that also provide local food assistance