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Commitments to Reduce Climate Change
As a woman religious, I am proud that members of my American Province of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus (SHCJ) have made a strong commitment to help reduce climate change. So, too, have the...
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5 Ways to Reduce Human Trafficking
• The month of January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. • Pope Francis’ January 1st World Day of Peace, 2015, message* is “Slaves No More, But Brothers and Sisters.” • January 11, 2015, is...
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Nuclear Weapons and Our Future
Doomsday Clock On January 22, 2015, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the minute hand on the Doomsday Clock to three minutes to midnight. Kennette Benedict, the Executive Director of the...
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SAVING THE FIG TREE
This blog originally appeared in Global Sisters Report, a project of National Catholic Reporter. My thanks to NCR and to author Marya Grathwohl* for permission to use it here. I welcome Marya as the...
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RE-MEMBERING FARMERS
May 15, Saint Isadore, Patron of Farmers When I was very young, I lived several weeks each summer with a farm family. Although all “plumbing” was outdoors and we had to pump water, with the exception...
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A Pilgrimage to the Tar Sands
Guest blog by Mary Pendergast, RSM “The disappearance of a culture can be just as serious, or even more serious, than the disappearance of a species of plant or animal. The imposition of a dominant...
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Weekend for Trafficking Victims
The last weekend in September — this year Sept. 26-27 — is International Weekend of Prayer and Fasting for Victims of Human Trafficking, be it trafficking for sex, labor (agriculture, textile,...
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Thoughts before Valentine’s Day
Before Big Business exploited the commercial value of February 14th by selling cards, candy, candles, and flowers*, the day honored St. Valentine — a Roman priest who secretly married couples when the...
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(If you are interested in Lent resources, please see note at the end.) January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. What could be worse than children’s having to anticipate a year of forced labor,...
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I live barely a block from Lake Michigan. I see it from my windows, and I can walk to its shore in minutes. When there, I sometimes join in spirit with the Potawatomi who must also have stood there,...
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