Get W.I.T.H. It!

Fair Trade is more than just food products!  Fair Trade clothing is also available.  Owners of Fair Trade certified factories provide safer working conditions, pay sustainable wages, and contribute resources back to the community. Support Fair Trade with your purchases!

Today (Oct. 11) we celebrate the Day of the Girl-Child! SSNDs are committed to facilitating the wellbeing of girls through education – and have been since 1833! Click here to read our JPIC office’s latest Just Act, “‘Little Girl, Arise!’” to get a sense of the importance of gender equality to the four commitments of our province (immigration, human trafficking, water accessibility, and development in Haiti).

October is Fair Trade Month in the United States! Learn about the history of Fair Trade and what difference the practice has made in the past 20 years!

Canada’s federal election is scheduled for October 21, 2019. Please explore KAIROS’s Election Resources, “With your vote on October 21, you can help shape the future of our country.” 

God of Life, We know that “each Christian man and woman, every member of the human family, can act as a thin yet unique and indispensable thread in weaving a network of life that embraces everyone.

On September 20 and 27, days before the UN meets for an emergency climate summit, people around the world will come together to call for climate action, in solidarity with young people who will be striking from school to convey the urgency of their cause.

As we begin the second week of the Season of Creation (Sept. 1 – Oct. 4), we would like to remind you of some of the resources available to you for the occasion.

The Season of Creation – a time designated by Christians around the globe for living our faith through care of creation – begins on Sunday, September 1.

We, SSNDs of the AM Province, have committed ourselves to foster education, action, and reflection on Four Commitments. Two of them, obtaining access to water and eliminating human trafficking, seem to be very different concerns. Yet, both are rooted in fundamental human rights.

Plastics are one of the leading contributors to global warming and planetary disfigurement, and they contaminate water systems and food chains. Please read about a new plant being built in Pennsylvania to produce more than a million tons of plastic, annually.