"You have been told, O man what is good and what Yahweh asks of you, simply this: to act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly with your God."  Micah 6:8

Social Justice, based on the 7 themes of Catholic Social Teaching, is concerned with finding permanent solutions to situations in the world that create imbalances in relationships, power structures, living conditions, and nature.

Micah's Path is a group of individuals who are striving to bring about greater awareness of these injustices.

Social Ministry has two main aspects:  social service which we call Christian Outreach (also known as Charity) and social action which is also called social justice. 

 Social action is correcting the structures that perpetuate the need.  Through the lens of social justice, we begin to take a look at the problems and issues facing us in our own commmities, the nation, and finally the world, and we begin to ask questions such as, "Why is there so much unemployment in our area?"  "How will deforestation of our rain forests affect our global climate?"  "Why are we allowing sweatshops to continue?", etc. Very often when you are performing social service, you also become involved in solving the problem which created the need in the first place, and the two are closely related and often blend together.