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8th Day Center for Justice

Catholic non-profit organization in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Field	Value
name	8th Day Center for Justice
image	8thDayCenter-Logo.gif
formation	1974
dissolved	2017
type	Sponsored center
status	Not for profit
location	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
membership	Over 30 religious congregations
website	8thDayCenter.org (defunct)
remarks	Special consultative relationship with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

8th Day Center for Justice was a Roman Catholic non-profit organization based in Chicago, Illinois. Named after the Christian concept of an eighth day, it was founded in 1974 by six congregations of religious men and women. The center was advocacy-centered (primarily around Catholic social teaching) and was associated with over 40 religious communities, allowing the congregations to pool their resources for the work.{{Cite book | url-access = registration

According to its mission statement, the center existed to promote "a world of right relationships in which all creation is seen as sacred and interconnected. In such a world all people are equal and free from oppression, have a right to a just distribution of resources, and to live in harmony with the cosmos."{{cite web | access-date = April 29, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100416231109/http://www.8thdaycenter.org/aboutus/mission.html| archive-date= 16 April 2010 | url-status= live}}

The center and its staff sponsored weekly silent peace vigils beginning after 2001's September 11 attacks.{{cite web | access-date = April 29, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110930161314/http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=163235 | archive-date = September 30, 2011 | url-status = dead | access-date = April 29, 2010 | archive-date = March 23, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120323220533/http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/September-2005/Voices-in-the-Church/index.php?cparticle=2&siarticle=1 | url-status = dead | access-date = April 29, 2010}} human trafficking,{{cite web | access-date = April 29, 2010}} nuclear disarmament,{{Cite book

8th Day Center for Justice had a special consultative relationship with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.{{cite web | access-date = April 30, 2010}} In April 2010, the center was named a Human Rights Champion by the Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America.

8th Day Center for Justice closed in 2017.

Member congregations

Sponsoring members of 8th Day Center for Justice included:

Claretian Missionaries of the US Western Province
Divine Word Missionaries of North America
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Priests of the Sacred Heart
Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ

These members helped to staff the center. Longstanding staff included Sister Kathleen Desautels. In addition, 34 other congregations served as member friends or contributing members.

References

(2007-08-08). "Human Rights Champions Honored | Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America". Crln.org.
Araujo-Hawkins, Dawn. (2017-09-28). "As 8th Day Center for Justice enters final year, sisters shepherd center's conclusion".
"About the Walk {{!}} Walk for Justice Chicago".
"8th Day Center for Justice". Sisters of Providence.

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