Welcome to the Official Website for the Office of Social Action of the Diocese of Davenport.

Mission Statement

To support communities of faith in our Diocese in acting upon Catholic Social Teaching Principles.

History of the Two Feet of Social Justice.
The Two Feet of Social Justice logo was the inspiration of Msgr. Marvin Mottet, the first director of  the Social Action Department in the Diocese of Davenport.  

• Two Feet - English
• Two Feet - Spanish                                 
• Social Action Brochure - English - Aug - 2017
• Social Action Brochure - Spanish - Aug - 2017
• Social Action Newsletter

Davenport Diocese joins Pope Francis in global migration campaign:

Mobile Stations of the Cross, called “One on the Journey: A Solidarity Prayer Walk,” are available on loan to parishes around the diocese. 

Please Contact Kent Ferris at ferris@davenportdiocese.org or call (563) 888-4211 to reserve the traveling prayer walk.

Pope's Share The Journey (Two Year Campaign):

On September 27, Pope Francis will officially announce a two-year global migration awareness campaign entitled Share the Journey. The campaign website at https://www.sharejourney.org/ has a parish toolkit (https://www.crs.org/resource-center/global-migration-campaign-parish-toolkit-week-prayer-and-action) with resources for the October 7 Week of Prayer and Action that officially launches the campaign. These include:

• Printable prayer and commitment sheets that can be downloaded, printed and placed in the pews at Masses over the weekend of Oct 7-8.
• General intercessions to pray for immigrants and refugees.
• Homily notes that can be used to connect respect for all human life with our commitment to our brothers and sisters who have fled from their homes.
• Bulletin inserts about the Global Migration Campaign and Church teaching regarding immigrants and refugees.

 
We hope your parish will join Pope Francis, Caritas International is, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Charities USA, and Catholic Relief Services to walk in prayer and support with the millions of God’s children who flee war, persecution and poverty. Let’s all Share the Journey.

· Week Eight: April 28, 2018 - Pathway to power.
 
All eight sessions will be taught by the Gamaliel Foundation.
St. Ambrose University will issue a Certificate to all graduates of the program.
We will assign a mentor to any participant who is interested.
 
Registration for the 2017-2018 is now closed.  

If you will like to recieve information for next year please contact Loxi hopkins at mottetinstitute@gmail.com or 563-940-2580.

The Diocesan Social Action Office has a variety of tools to keep you informed of relevant issues and activities. One of these is our Two Feet Newsletter which is distributed monthly via email. If you would like to read previous issues you will find those at http://bit.ly/TwoFeetNewsletter.  You can subscribe from that page if you choose or you can contact Amy Kersten at kerstena@diodav.org who will add you to our list of subscribers.