<p>The month of January has been designated by the U.S. Catholic Bishops as Poverty Awareness Month. Resources are available <a href="http://www.usccb.org/about/catholic-campaign-for-human-development/poverty-education/poverty-awareness-month.cfm">here</a>. Catholic Social Teaching focuses on poverty as an assault on human life and dignity <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/sites/loyno.edu.jsri/files/CSTandPoverty-Winter2009jsq_0.pdf">here</a>.&nbsp;</p>