JUSTICE,
PEACE & THE INTEGRITY OF CREATION
The School Sisters of Notre Dame have
a special commitment to helping persons who are poor and working for justice
in the world. For a listing of institutions that are SSND-Sponsored or
related, see the list below.
SHALOM is the SSND International Network for Justice, Peace and the Integrity
of Creation. Taking a prophetic stance SHALOM joins its voice with those
who cry for justice and provides a voice for those who are voiceless in their
struggle for justice.
There are five branches of SHALOM: Africa, Asia/Oceania, Europe,
Latin America and the Caribbean, North America.
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WHERE
WE SERVE: JUSTICE & PEACE MINISTRIES
SSND-Sponsored:
Center for Earth
Spirituality and Rural Ministry
Mankato, MN...
Center goals: to practice reverence for all creation on Good Counsel Hill;
to support rural parish communities and those who minister there; to work with
organizations that struggle to keep land and people together.
SSND NGO Rep at the United
Nations
New York City, NY
The SSNDs are pleased to have a fulltime non-governmental representative at
the United Nations.
Working
Groups on Girls
SSNDs help to sponsor this growing international movement to support the human
rights of girls and to give voice to their issues
Worldwide ... Shalom
SSNDs also use an international network named Shalom to coordinate efforts
related to justice/peace issues.
Diocesan Office
for Social Concerns
Springfield, IL
The Office for Social Concerns promotes awareness, advocacy and parish action
on issues of justice, peace and life in the Diocese of Springfield, IL.
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SHALOM
- Trafficking
Between
700,000 to two million women and children are trafficked across
borders each year. International trafficking is a significant
problem in the area of human rights and a gruesome crime affecting
men, women and children.
SHALOM
North America, the SSND International Network for Justice, Peace
and the Integrity of Creation, has released a packet outlining
the suffering and oppression of women and children who are enslaved
by trafficking. Contents include:
- Invitation to reflection
- How to begin
- Experience - video
- Cultural influences
- Fact sheet on women
- Tradition & prayer
- Action - from our faith
Click
here to view a printable .pdf verision of the packet
(requires Adobe Acrobat)
Click
here to view a Word document version of the packet
Global
Call to Action Against Poverty
The
constitution of the School Sisters of Notre Dame "calls
us to be deeply inserted in our world,
to address its basic needs and to lay down our lives so that others
may live." Please join us in our efforts to eradicate poverty worldwide.
For more information
on our efforts and how you can get involved, please visit our international
website, www.gerhardinger.org or
visit any of the following sites:
www.one.org
The
ONE Campaign is engaging citizens of the United States through
a diverse coalition of faith-based and anti-poverty organizers
to show
the
steps people can take, ONE by ONE, to fight global poverty. |
www.makepovertyhistory.ca
Be
part of the Canadian Make Poverty History campaign,
an international action against poverty.
Your voice will be added to a chorus, more than 50 countries
strong, calling on world leaders to act now to end poverty.
Here's
what we want in 14 words:
More
and Better Aid.
Trade Justice.
Cancel the Debt.
End Child Poverty
in Canada.
|
www.millenniumcampaign.org
The
Millennium Campaign informs, inspires and encourages people’s
involvement and action for the realization of the Millennium
Development Goals. An initiative of the United Nations, the
Campaign supports citizens’ efforts to hold their government
to account for the Millennium promise. |
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