Dare to Care

Published Weekly, Dare to Care represents
news and actions you can take regarding the province's five commitments!

Dare to Care - Then to Act

Dare to Care - June 12th 2024

This week in Dare to Care learn about a new plaque at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., read about big changes concerning Haiti, and prepare for the upcoming Feast Day of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha.

Dare to Care - June 21st 2024

This week in Dare to Care take action and use your Voter Voice and join a dialogue circle this summer building community with our Beyond Borders Family!

Dare to Care - June 14th 2024

This week in D2C learn about World Refuge Day and the "Family Graduation Program" used by Beyond Borders in Haiti, in Science Mag.

Dare to Care - June 7th 2024

This week we remind you to register for the film "Common Ground" and to get ready for June 12 and World Day Against Child Labor.

Dare to Care - May 31st 2024

This week in D2C read an article by Ralph Moore calling for Catholics to stand up for the “saintly six” and register for Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life online, to explore how this history shapes our current choices and how faith calls us to an active commitment to resist racism and ensure that we continue to honor and protect the essential freedoms that the Civil Rights Act enacted for all Americans 60 years ago.

Dare to Care - May 24th 2024

This week in D2C the Addressing Climate Change, Dismantling Racism, End Human Trafficking, Haiti Collaboration Committee, and Justice for Immigrants committees invite you to find the cross-connections of our province commitments in an article by Reverend Mark Seitz, Bishop of El Paso.

Dare to Care - May 17th 2024

This week in D2C, the Addressing Climate Change Committee invites you to commemorate Laudato Si' Week on Monday, take time to join a compassionate community of Israelis and Palestinians, and learn how sixth graders in Sarasota held an auction to raise money for Haiti.

Dare to Care - May 10th 2024

This week in D2C listen to our own Sister Ethel Howley interviewed on the CP Podcast "Unscripted" and learn more about immigrant repatriation in Guatemala. Listen, learn, and take action!

Dare to Care - April 26th 2024

In this week's Dare to Care join the Dismantling Racism Committee in the third and final in a series of questions in a “Racial Examination of Conscience” written by Mark Schmidt and learn about Bill 41, Protection from Coerced Debts, and how a bill becomes a law in Ontario.

Dare to Care - April 19th 2024

In this week's Dare to Care grab Sister Theresa Dougherty's Earth Day Prayer and join us in prayer for our planet and all who inhabit it and check out the rest of this week's Dare to Care!

Dare to Care - April 12th 2024

In this week's Dare to Care attend the final webinar in the AEHT series about the link between human trafficking and forced migration, and join the Dismantling Racism Committee in a “Racial Examination of Conscience” written by Mark Schmidt, director of the Respect Life/Social Justice Office of the Archdiocese of Dubuque.

Dare to Care - April 5th 2024

In this week's Dare to Care hear from the Haiti Collaboration Committee, and read Ending Human Trafficking: Alliance newsletter!

Dare to Care - March 22nd 2024

In this week's Dare to Care learn about Sister Judy Bourg's work near the border in Arizona, take Voter Voice actions and more!

Dare to Care - March 15th 2024

This week there is much to learn and do as you Dare to Care! From energy transition in Canada and Pope Francis's Lenten Message to Voter Voice actions and our ending human trafficking social media campaign... let's go!

Dare to Care - March 8th 2024

This week learn about forced labor in Canadian supply chains and how AI can be used to help combat climate change.

Dare to Care - March 1st 2024

This week find out about recent actions on H.R. 5856 and an upcoming webinar on immigration court and children's court. Read about the Land Return Movement and an update on our Beyond Borders partnership.

Dare to Care -February 23rd 2024

This week learn about a new resource guide on combating human trafficking, listen to an interview with Camille Dungy, author of Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden and register for “How Immigration Courts Can Protect Vulnerable Children from Trafficking”, the second in the trilogy of webinars by the Alliance to End Human Trafficking (AEHT) and the National Advocacy Center (NAC).

Dare to Care - February 16th 2024

This week learn about National Human Trafficking Day in Canada, enter our Prayer Room for Peace and check out our stats, and look back at the role of religion in the 2020 US presidential election.

Dare to Care - February 2nd 2024

It is time to apply to the Gospel Fund of the Atlantic-Midwest Province which assists in the financing of projects whose goals are consistent with the SSND congregational mandate to reverence all creation and make the concerns of the poor our own. The maximum amount granted to any one project is $5,000 in a fiscal year.

Dare to Care - January 12th 2024

This week join the EHT and JFI committees on January 23 at 7:00 pm to explore the intersection of human trafficking and forced migration, read the January Shalom News North America, and educate yourself on after-Christmas bargains and forced labor in the supply chain.