Dismantling Racism: Being Present to One Another
After our presentation (November 21, 2024) on the three Colored Schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore staffed by SSND at various times from 1871-1957 (click here for the recording), we seek opportunities to be in relationship with people from those parishes in our mutual efforts to dismantle racism.
The Racial Justice Committee at St. Mary’s Annapolis, has invited SSND, Associates, and colleagues to two events that may be of interest:
April 4, 7 pm - Stations of the Cross with a Racial Justice focus
April 5, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, All-day workshop: “Honest Conversations”
This workshop will teach the skills for difficult conversations around race. We are grateful to the committee at St. Mary's for these invitations.
Teaching Tuesdays: A Series on Catholic Social Teaching
The Secretariat for Social Justice and Ecology (SJES) and the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Gregorian University, with the support of the JPIC Commission USG-UISG, invite people to Teaching Tuesday, a series on Catholic Social Teaching. For more information and registration click here. There has been an overwhelming response to this and thus, some glitches have occurred. Contact Colleen Kammer, ckammer@amssnd.org if you do not receive their email on Tuesdays.
Global Jubilee Debt Campaign
Sister Charmaine Krohe signed a faith leaders' letter initiated by Caritas International and the Catholic Agency for Oversees Development (CAFOD) to the G20 Finance Ministers regarding the global debt crisis this Jubilee Year. More than 3.3 billion people — almost half of the world’s population — live in countries that spend more on debt service than on education or healthcare. In 130 of 152 countries in the Global South, 55% are critically or very critically indebted, in contrast to only 37% before the covid-19 pandemic. The letter seeks to influence G20 countries to relieve debt for poor countries so that they can pursue development and transform into sustainable societies. This includes addressing the climate crisis—something only debt relief can allow. Learn more here.
