Catholics for the Common Good
Religious InstitutionsCalifornia, United States2-10 Employees
Catholics for the Common Good is a small religious organization based in Petaluma, California, organized as an apostolate to evangelize culture through Catholic social teaching and Christian anthropology, inspired by Blessed John Paul II. Its advocacy arm informs and mobilizes citizens on public policy issues where Catholic teaching provides clear guidance for well-informed Catholics. It also sponsors the Marriage Reality Movement, which focuses on marriages and family life. Its education and formation efforts are coordinated through the Catholics for the Common Good Institute, which leads a major project to promote the central role of marriage in family and society. The initiative emphasizes applied Christian personalism, the personalistic norm, and a synthesis of Thomism and phenomenology as a basis for reality-based thinking. Formation activities are delivered through a network of Faith and Action Circles—small parish or community-based groups organized under local leadership—alongside conferences, trainings, and other events for lay formation.