The Marianist Social Justice Collaborative (MSJC) Steering Committee met for their annual meeting in St. Louis on Jan. 17-20.  The committee spent the bulk of the time developing goals for the next 4-5 years.  They also invited other Marianist Family members from St. Louis to an evening of sharing about social justice efforts in the area, socializing, and a Eucharist celebrating the call to justice within our Marianist Charism.  Highlights of the meeting included:

       Refocusing our environmental justice concern in light of the new strategic plan of the Marianist Environmental Education Center ;

·         Strengthening our fund raising capacity as one of our main goals;

·         Taking steps to broaden the scope of the Sweatshop Labor Team to Global Economic Justice and the Anti-Racism Team to include immigration issues;

·         Moving forward with our “Think Globally, Act Locally” program;

·         Adding a formal representative from the Adele Social Justice Project to the Steering Committee;

·         Supporting the new program for Marianist communities, “ A Place at the Marianist Table”, developed by the team working on justice issues related to gays and lesbians.