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Act
Now
to stop the genocide in Darfur! Keep the momentum going. Click
here to send a message to President Bush. For an excellent background,
read The
Darfur Imperative by Jim Wallis.
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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.
Responding
to a recommendation from the Clergy Racial Justice Subcommittee in the
Camden Diocese (Fr. Ted Cassidy is one of the members), Bishop Joseph
Galente wrote a letter on immigration reform. Click
here to read it.
Resource
Packet on the Marianist Pledge to Eliminate Racism – click
here. To get a copy by mail, email jimvogt2@yahoo.c om.
More info...
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Death Penalty
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Lethal Injections - Federal courts have recently delayed hearings in
two separate cases involving lethal injections. In April, Human Rights
Watch issued a report calling on states to suspend the practice pending
intensive review. Read more, and download the report, "So
Long As They Die”.
STARVIN'
FOR JUSTICE 2006, the 13th Annual Fast and Vigil to Abolish the Death
Penalty, will take place at the US Supreme Court June 29 -- July 2, 2006.
MSJC is a co-sponsor. Click
here for more info.
Impending
Executions
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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Sweatshop
Labor
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There’s progress on the new worker-owned
garment factory in Bangladesh. Local leaders there, including Fr. Bill
Christensen, are putting together the start-up funding package of grants
and loans. They are also hoping to get a firm commitment from a US
company for their clothing. Tentative starting date – January of 2007.
New report from the National Labor
Committee details widespread abuse in sweatshops in Jordan. Click
here to read NY Times article. Click
here for an overview of the report.
More info...
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War and Peace
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Team chair Sr. Laola Hironaka will be
taking 10 college students and young adults from Texas and California to
Washington DC on May 15-19 to do lobbying on immigration reform, the
crisis in Darfur, and human trafficking.
More info...
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MSJC Steering
Committee Update
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Sr. Grace Walle, Steering Committee
member and chair of the Death Penalty Issue Team, will be awarded the
2006 San Antonio Young Lawyers Liberty Bell Award for a non-lawyer who
promotes a respect for the law, courts and justice.
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Events
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Walking the Road to Peace in a Time of
War – a program
featuring Fr. John Dear SM, who has written many books on peacemaking and
is a noted peace activist. May 23-25 at Bergamo Center, Dayton Ohio. For
more info or to register, contact Barbara Kozlowski at Barbk@bergamocenter.org , or
937-426-2363.
Social
Action Summer Institute – July 16-21, U. of Dayton. Click
here for more information.
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Resources -
know any good ones? Share them with us.
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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.
Stories
Converse: A Journey of Discipleship – a lectionary-based small
community sharing resource that emphasizes the justice tradition of the
Scriptures.
Click here for more info.
View a
powerful and disturbing photo essay, Chernobyl Legacy, on the
children of Chernobyl. Click
here
How
much do you know about Africa? Click
here to take a short quiz.
New
publication - Social Justice in an Open World: The Role of the United
Nations. Click
here to download a copy.
New
flash movie about the School of the Americas – click
here . A humorous, but effective, way to educate about the SOA.
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A Thought to Ponder
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Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what
makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world
needs is people who have come alive.
Harold
Whitman
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New on
Our Website
2 more
weekend experiences of faith and justice in New Orleans – “Katrina and
New Orleans – Lessons Learned”. Click
here
Click
here to read “Looking at Root Causes – Why Do Immigrants Come to
the US?"
How
do you think healthcare should look in America? Let
your voice be heard here by answering the health care poll developed
by the Citizen’s Health Care Working Group. The findings will be reported
to Congress in the fall. Deadline – May 15.
Prayer
for the Journey of Hope (Immigration) –
click here for English or click
here for Spanish.
Click
here to read the article on immigration reform by Bro. Brian
Halderman.
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password and you can enter into current discussions with other MSJC
members or start a new discussion. NOTE – if you are using the AOL
browser, you can view the website but may not be able to enter any of the
discussions with that browser.
Visit us at www.msjc.net.....
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