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Justice Jottings November 2009 |
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Seamless Garment Dialogue March
5-7, 2010 in Baltimore
MSJC
is planning a "Seamless Garment Dialogue" weekend to promote
dialogue among Catholics concerned with social justice,
including those involved in issues such as abortion and
euthanasia as well as those involved in issues such as war,
poverty and the death penalty. The goal is to lessen divisions
and foster better understanding and collaboration. Featured
resource person will be Fr. John Langan SJ, the Joseph Cardinal
Bernardin Professor of Social Thought at Georgetown U. and
an expert on Christian ethics. To see the flyer, click
here.
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Check
Out on our Website
Social Justice Programs - For Your
Marianist Community or Group. Click
here to view the page.
We've added a new category, titled
Consistent Life Ethic, on the Links
page of our website to include organizations who are
working to protect life on several fronts. Click
here to view the page.
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| Everyday
Justice
Pain and Possibility
Being a
Catholic Parent of Gay Children
by Beth Garascia
"Being a Catholic parent of one gay and
one lesbian young adult has meant for me a long journey
to understand how those two important portions of my identity
can both be gifts." Click
here to read the rest of Beth's reflection.
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 GLBT
Initiative
Listening Parents Network
Fortunate Families, an organization for Catholic parents
with lesbian daughters or gay sons, has developed a "listening
parents network." It's comprised of Catholic parents
who have an LGBT daughter or son, and who have offered to
listen to and share their experience with other Catholic
parents. Click
here for more information.
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| Ecology
& Environment
Sacred Ground - Celebrating the Gift of Land
The Marianist Environmental Education Center is sponsoring
an art and education exhibit celebrating 100 years of Marianist
presence at Mt. St. John in Dayton. MEEC invites visual
artists, writers and musicians to submit works for this
annual gallery show. For details, click
here.
An Earth-Friendly Thanksgiving
Click
here for some tips on how to celebrate an earth-friendly
Thanksgiving - compliments of the Green Team at Mt. St.
John.
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| Global Economic
Justice
Help Raise the Minimum Wage to 35¢ an Hour!
Hard to believe, but the minimum wage for garment workers
in Bangladesh is about 12¢ per hour. Support the
workers in their quest for a 35¢ an hour wage. Click
here to sign a letter to the National Retail Federation,
the world's largest retail trade association.
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| Death
Penalty
Light a Candle for Abolition
In 2002 the Community of Sant'Egidio began the World
Day of Cities for Life/Cities Against the Death Penalty initiative
to mobilize the worldwide abolition of the death penalty.
On November 30 participants are asked to light a
candle - or to illuminate a significant public monument
- in a show of support. Read more - and learn whether
your
city has signed up.
The Price of Death
"It is time for the nation to conclude once and for
all that in our civilized society there is no place
for capital punishment." Thus ends a recent editorial
in the national Catholic weekly America. The editorial
makes a compelling case.
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| Adele
Social Justice Project
Adele Social Justice Project Core Team Meeting
- Reflections by Lisa McCracken
 "Our
annual meeting held this past weekend in Dayton is the
only time the whole ASJP Core Team is in one place.
We celebrated the past year and planned next steps: new
members of the team, new immersions, the Continental Assembly,
collaborating with other branches of the Marianist Family
and fiscal responsibility. People I spend all year
working with as only voices on a conference call are finally
within reach of sharing a hug, a smile and that true Marianist
common denominator - food! (Amy Elliott's amazing
chili recipe to follow next month.) The now annual
Saturday night social/information evening at the Marianist
sisters' house, attended this year by 15 other Dayton
young adults, has become a highlight of the weekend and
my year. It is hard to believe that this is my 3rd
annual meeting! I have had the opportunity to meet
and work with so many wonderful people through ASJP and
MSJC that I never would have met otherwise.
Click
here to read more news in our current newsletter.
Many of you will be getting a copy in the mail as well.
Know that all our hopes, joys and continued thanks for
your prayers and support come with them! And thanks
for inviting me to be a part of the Family."
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MSJC
Steering Committee
Wonder What We're Doing? - Here's the Answer!
MSJC is involved in a wide variety of social justice
activities. If you don't believe us, click
here to read our 2009 annual report. It's great
bedtime reading!
MSJC Steering Commitee
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| Resources
Charter for Compassion
The Charter for Compassion is a call to bring the world
together. It is a cooperative effort to restore not only
compassionate thinking but also compassionate action to
the center of religious, moral and political life.
Education for Justice - New, Enhanced Website
Click
here to visit the newly updated website of Education
for Justice, one of the best sources of materials for implementing
Catholic Social Justice teachings.
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| Action
for Advocates
Health Care Reform - Yes to Immigrants; No to
Abortion Funding
The Senate will be debating health care reform soon.
Please contact your senators about including coverage
for immigrants - click
here and excluding federal funding for abortions
- click
here.
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| Resources
Marianists International (at the UN)
Click
here to read the November update from Bro. Steve O'Neil,
Director of Marianists International at the UN.
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 A Thought
to Ponder
Advent Prayer
Like foolish folk of old I would not be,
Who had no room that night for Him and thee.
See, Mother Mary, here within my heart
I've made a little shrine for Him apart;
Swept it of sin, and cleansed it with all care;
Warmed it with love and scented it with prayer.
So, Mother, when the Christmas anthems start,
Please let me hold your baby--in my heart.
Sr. Maryanna O.P. (1946)
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