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ACTION
ALERT
Contact
BOTH of your Senators
TODAY and urge them to
SUPPORT the
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (the immigration reform
bill passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee) and OPPOSE any attempt to replace
it with an enforcement-only proposal. Click
here to send a message and for background, or call your Senators
(click
here for Senate phone numbers).
Welcome
to our “new look” for
Justice Jottings. Hope you like it. Send your comments to jimvogt2@yahoo. com.
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Anti-Racism |
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- Interested
in getting more involved in the work of the Anti-Racism
Team? The team meets
in Dayton on June 17-18. New
folks are welcome. Contact chair, Fr. Ted Cassidy – tcassidy@capemaymarianists.org
– for more info.
- Resolutions
to Action – Racism.
From the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). Click
here.
More
info...
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Death
Penalty |
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- Interested
in getting more involved in Death Penalty
work? The team
meets in Baltimore on May 5-7. New
folks are welcome. Contact chair, Sr. Grace Walle –
gwalle@stmarytx. edu –
for more info.
- Do
Executions Really Give Closure? A recent
column in the Washington Post argues that they do not.
Dahlia Lithwick quotes a murder victim’s mother - Read
on
- Understanding
the Criminal Justice System. In order to
change a system one must understand the system. A useful
resource for abolitionists regarding the criminal justice
system is Achieving
Justice: Freeing the Innocent, Convicting the
Guilty, just released - Read
on
- Impending
Executions. With this
issue of "Justice Jottings" we begin a new feature: listing
impending executions across the country for the coming
month, drawing on information from www.ncadp.org.
This list is also on the Issue Team's Web site which will be
updated during the month.
More
info...
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Ecology
& Environment |
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Just
Good Food: An Education Series in Dayton.
Food connects us with the earth and is at the heart of
hospitality, cultural traditions and our gospel invitation to
justice. This series provides opportunity for informal
learning and exchange of ideas, prayerful reflection and
partaking in good food - Read
on
More
info...
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MSJC
Steering Committee
Update |
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- Brenda
Fitzpatrick, lay Marianist from New
Orleans, is the newest member of the
Steering Committee as a representative of the Marianist Lay
Network. Click
here for a list of Steering Committee
members.
- Steering
Committee member Bro. Bob
Donovan was recently presented with the 2005
Buddy Gray Award recognizing lifetime achievement on behalf
of low-income and homeless people in Cincinnati. Congratulations
Bob!
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Events |
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- Rally to Stop
Genocide – Apr. 30 in Washington.
Click
here for info.
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Resources
- know any good ones? Share them with
us. |
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- New online
resource – RestoreJustice.
com, hope and
resources for anyone who has been affected by the criminal
justice system.
- Click
here “Called by God
to Help” by Cardinal Mahony of Los
Angeles on the immigration issue.
Worth reading.
- What
the Waters Revealed: Christians and Hurricane
Katrina, a group
discussion guide from Sojourners. Click
here
- 50
Ways to Thrive (and Survive) in the Next 10
years – click
here
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Thoughts
to Ponder |
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Nothing
in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance
and conscientious stupidity. We will have to repent in
this generation not merely for the hateful words and
actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence
of the good people.
We
will have to repent in this generation not merely for
the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for
the appalling silence of the good
people.
Martin
Luther King Jr. (Tuesday, Apr. 4 is the 38th anniversary
of his
assassination) |
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New
on Our Website
Join
Marianists worldwide! Pray
the Magnificat every Friday – for exploited
children. Click
here for more info. If you’d like to receive a weekly
reminder each Friday along with a short reflection, send an
email to mlnnacom@yahoo.com.
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weekend experiences of faith and justice in New Orleans – “Katrina and New
Orleans – Lessons Learned”.
Click
here for more info.
New
Prayer to Mary
by Pope Benedict XVI – click
here.
Click
here – book review by Joe Barrish SM on “Confessions of an Economic Hit
Man”
Job
opening –
part-time Asst. to the
Director of MSJC at the MSJC Office in Covington KY. Click
here for job description.
Resource
Packet on the Marianist Pledge to Eliminate Racism
–
click
here. To get a copy by mail, email jimvogt2@yahoo. com.
Click
here for a Prayer for
Immigrant Justice.
Visit us at www.msjc.net.....
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