This week buy some fair trade candy, attend a seminar on Religion and Race and the Catholic Church by Georgetown University, and read the latest Kathleen Bonnette publication!
Did you know that 80% of your brain is water? Learn more and get a "How to Be An Anti-Exploitation Voter" eight-point checklist for candidate consideration in this week's GET WITH IT!
This week, more on Fratelli Tutti, Fair Trade Month and consider attending Kairos Canada’s virtual For the Love of Creation: Fall Forum Series (every Monday evening at 7:30pm EST)
Find the final resources for Season of Creation, learn about Fair Trade month, read the new Immigration Committee voter guide and review some of our recently shared links in this weeks GET WITH IT!
On Sept. 27, we celebrate the World Day for Migrants and Refugees and recommit to standing in solidarity with them. The theme this year is “Forced Like Jesus Christ to Flee.” Please make use of the resources below to learn, pray, and act!
During this 2020 Season of Creation (Sept. 1- Oct. 4), take some time to read and reflect on the resources that are being highlighted weekly in Get With It!
During this 2020 Season of Creation (Sept. 1- Oct. 4), take some time to read, reflect on resources that will be highlighted weekly by the JPIC office. Please click here for a running list, of resources that are new this week.
During this 2020 Season of Creation (Sept. 1- Oct. 4), take some time to read, reflect on resources that will be highlighted weekly by the JPIC office.
The Season of Creation begins on September 1! We invite you to view this SSND video and reflect on how you can celebrate the season, themed “Jubilee for the Earth.”
In this weeks Get With it, join Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service for its brand new Virtual Book Series, learn what Catholic sisters are doing to address the realities of human trafficking, and please view our resource series, “Racism and the AMSSND Commitments.
New resources and actions! Information on Race, Season of Creation, Dreamers and more! Get involved and make a difference, your voice matters in today's world.
On July 30, we will observe the World Day against Trafficking in Persons—a day to recommit ourselves to anti-trafficking efforts, to pray for the 40.3 million trafficking victims, and to honor the survivors of modern-day slavery.
Please consider joining the Catholic Climate Covenant for a webinar July 30th at 2:00pm (EST), entitled "Faithful Recovery in a Time of Climate Change."
On July 30, we will observe the World Day against Trafficking in Persons—a day to recommit ourselves to anti-trafficking efforts, to pray for the 40.3 million trafficking victims, and to honor the survivors of modern-day slavery.
This week use your Voter Voice to make change happen! Learn about the Vatican issued document entitled “Journeying for the care of the Common Home", and review our important work on social change and justice in "I Can't Breathe" and "A Sign of the Times".
This week's Get With It includes links to published articles, and our in-house produced resources. In “Signs of the Times: Through the Lens of the Pandemic.”, we call your attention to the educational inequality that pervades our social structures in the United States and Canada. Stay tuned next week for a resource on Environmental Justice, and check out the Racial Inequality and economic inequality resources if you haven’t done so already!
On Saturday, June 20, we honor the more than 70 million men, women, and children who have been displaced from their homes. We pray for resilience and restoration for refugees and their families; we celebrate their many gifts, and we urge the global community to embrace refugees and welcome them with open arms.
June 12 is World Day Against Child Labor, International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates there are 152 million children in child labor and 72 million of them are in hazardous work.
Over the past weeks, it has been difficult to view, much less absorb, the many levels of violence that continue to surround the killing of Mr. George Floyd of Minneapolis. However, denying, ignoring, or disregarding truth contributes to the perpetuation of untruths and the violence that is inevitably used to maintain them.
We invite you to make use of the following resources on World Environment Day, the effect of Coronavirus and global carbon emissions, and get an update on the Haiti Partnership, COVID-19, and Laudato Si’.
The Water Committee invites you to read and reflect on their latest resource, “Water in the Time of Covid-19 and learn more about the #Divestment movement!