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Justice Jottings
October 2005
An Email Update from the Marianist Social Justice Collaborative (MSJC)
New on our website!!
MSJC is going to Rome! We're making a proposal at the November meeting of the World Council of the Marianist Family about ways to promote action for social justice among Marianists throughout the world. Click here to read our proposal - in English, French or Spanish!
Prayer to End Poverty - click here.
MSJC joined with the Coalition on Human Needs in sending a statement to Congress urging them to abandon proposed cuts in social services as well as tax cuts for the wealthy. Click here to read the statement. See below for how you can help follow up.
Visit us at: www.msjc.net
Remember - Our website is interactive. We'd like to hear from you! Just get a 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.
Scroll down to read over the following items:
Issue Teams Update - see the website for more details
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Anti-Racism
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Our subgroup, the Cultural Audit team, will do a pilot workshop in Dayton on Oct. 26. The focus: increasing cultural awareness and appreciation of differences that too often divide us. Contact Joanne McCracken - maypoint@aol.com - for more information.
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Attractive cards featuring the Marianist Pledge and Prayer to Eliminate Racism are now available. Contact Jim Vogt - jimvogt2@yahoo.com - to get copies.
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Ecology & Environment
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Volunteers Needed - The Archdiocese of Cincinnati's Social Action Office, in collaboration with local parishes and ministries including those at Mount St. John in Dayton, will host an International Artisan Market featuring fair trade goods from around the world at Bergamo Center on Dec. 10. Goods will be ordered from Catholic Relief Service's Work of Human Hands Project, and we are also seeking goods from areas of active Marianist missions. We are in need of a number of volunteers prior to and during the sale to help with setting up tables, taking inventory, constructing education displays, coordinating a children's area, and much more. To lend a hand or for more information, email Tara Poling.
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Death Penalty
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Texans take note!! Journey of Hope - from Violence to Healing is an organization that is led by murder victim family members who conduct public education speaking tours and advocate for alternatives to the death penalty. Their Journey of Hope in Texas will run from Oct. 14-30. Click here to see the current schedule of events. Nolan HS and St. Mary's U. are 2 of the stops on the tour.
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Sweatshop Labor
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Team meeting on Oct. 14. Will focus especially on follow up to:
1. The visit by UD students Ben Schnier and Emily Nohner to factories in Bangladesh that produce clothing for Wal-Mart,
2. St. Mary grad student Joe Jacobson's work as an intern with Fr. Bill Christensen in developing the strategy for a worker-owned factory in Bangladesh. Contact Chair Al Prendergast for more information.
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Concerned about child labor? Click here to read "A Contemporary Analysis of Child Labor" by Sweatshop Issue Team intern Joan Cook.
Be an Advocate for Justice
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Need phone calls on Oct. 17 & 18 - When Congress reconvenes, call to urge them to provide adequate funding levels for human services and to abandon tax cuts for the wealthy. Click here for info on how to call and for background info on the proposed cuts.
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Let's create a U.S. Department of Peace - an idea whose time has come. Click here to get information and become an advocate for the passage of legislation.
Resources - know any good ones? Share them with us
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Two Marianist virtual learning courses - one on community and the other on the Marianist founders - begin Oct. 16, with registration deadline Oct. 11. For more info, contact NACMS at 937/429-2521 or NACMS@notes.udayton.edu.
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Looking for ways to integrate themes of peace and justice with the Sunday Eucharist? Click here to read the Sunday Reflections from the Center of Concern.
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Click here to read the latest update from the Marianist NGO at the UN.
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Listen to the haunting melody of Requiem, a song of grieving following the Indian Ocean tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. The lyrics certainly fit well into our Marianist spirituality.
Events
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The Adele Social Justice Project is offering a weekend immersion experience on Oct. 7-9 for young adults that will help participants to deepen their commitment to social justice & Catholic Social Teaching by emphasizing the spirit of Adele de Trenquelleon, founder of the Marianist Sisters, in addition to the general Marianist Charism. Please pray for its success. Watch for our report on the weekend coming soon on the MSJC website.
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Green Festival - a party with a purpose - to build a shared vision for a life affirming economy. San Francisco Nov. 5 & 6. www.greenfestivals.org.
A Thought to Ponder
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Albert Einstein
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