The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the relationship between Catholic women adult educators understanding of social justice and their engagement in anti-poverty activist practice with Hurricane Katrina survivors, in the context of a religiously-affiliated organization. The research design was a case study that blended elements of narrative and critical discourse analysis. Three research questions guided this study: (a) What is the social justice discourse of Catholic women with a sustained commitment to social justice?, (b) How does the social justice discourse of Catholic adult educator women align with how they describe their activist practice?, and (c) How does spirituality influence the meaning of social justice for Catholic adult educator women engaged in work with the poor? The key findings were one meta-theme, (a) predominance of the privilege discourse, and seven themes: (b) eyes opened with the two dimensions of people overlooked and injustice exposed, (c) acknowledging privilege with the two dimensions of unblamed and made and kept poor, (d) struggling together, (e) getting clean, (f) finding teachable moments, (g) called to walk against the grain with the two dimensions of touched emotionally and physically and sharing stories, and (h) tempered activism. While the privilege discourse was predominantly used by the eight activists interviewed, analysis also revealed that they understood social justice in multiple and layered ways. The first of three interrelated conclusions is that Catholic women adult educator activists enacted practice has a complexity that does not conform neatly to traditional adult education conceptualizations of social justice. The second is that Catholic women adult educators stress that their engagement in anti-poverty activist practice results in their own significant informal learning. The third conclusion is that an iterative relationship exists between Catholic women adult educator activists spirituality and their practice that informs what social justice means to them that, in turn, has shaped their spirituality.