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National Jesuit Committee
National Jesuit Committee
on Investment Responsibility
Water Sustainability 101: Business Responsibility
for Water
Presented on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at the Chicago
O'Hare Hilton
By Anna Bradley, Consultant,
click here
Clean Energy Jobs
As the Senate begins consideration of
the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, the U.S.
Catholic community is very concerned
about both domestic and international provisions that
are inadequate to address the needs of
poor and vulnerable people at home and abroad. Call on
Senators to increase funding for both international
adaptation and domestic anti-poverty provisions.
For additional information and Catholic Community
Talking Points on Senate Climate Change Legislation,
click here. To view the letter on
behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops on the proposed legislation,
click here.
Global Climate Change
From the Missouri Catholic Conference, November
2007
Papal Message to Environmental Conference,
September 1, 2007, "Highly Industrialized Countries Must Share
Clean-technologies."
John Carr's written testimony to the Committee on Environment and Public Works,
United States Senate June 7, 2007.
A J/P
Alert from the Justice and Peace office of the Conference of Major Superiors
of Men focused on climate change.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the
United Nations spoke in Cincinnati on global climate change.
"Developing Ecological Consciousness for a Planet in Peril" by
Susan
Rakoczy, IHM. Published in
Woodstock Report, March 2007, No. 87
Gift giving ideas that won't hurt the environment. Give to an earth-friendly
charity in your loved one€™s name. Give "offsets" that compensate for the
climate-damaging carbon dioxide produced by your friend€™s energy use. Re-give
a gift you€™ve received but won€™t use. There are plenty of ways to give green
for the holidays. Here€™s a list that should spur some ideas.
Send greeting cards that support the environment:
1. Greene Street Greetings are so green, even their computer servers are
solar-powered. Processed-chlorine-free (PCF) and 100-percent post-consumer
recycled (PCR), the cards are entirely customizable. Pick one of their fetching
cityscapes or use your own image, then add your own greeting--all printed using
soy- and vegetable-based (read: petroleum-free) inks. But order early; orders
generally take two weeks or more to process. At a minimum of 50, cards cost
$3.95 each (the costs decrease with an increase in number ordered;
www.greenestgreetings.com). If you live near Greene Street's office, your
order will even be delivered by carbon-neutral pedal power.
2. Mother Nature Greeting's 100-percent PCR, PCF holiday cards feature lush
Christmas trees bedecked with compact fluorescent bulbs 2.99/card;
www.mothernaturegreetings.com). And go ahead and throw in a CFL, if there's
room...
3. Bloomin' Flower Cards' greetings that grow. Their
Lil' Bloomer Collection of cards include die-cut shapes that hang from your tree
and then get planted in the ground after the holidays are over ($30/12 cards or
$2.95/card). Entire cards in the Holiday Flowerbox Collection can be planted in
the ground ($36/12 cards or $3.50/card;
www.bloomin.com).
4.
Peaceful Valley Greetings sells its own plantable greeting cards: plant one
Trees Grow A Note card and get a
cluster of wildflowers ($15.95/6;
www.peacefulvalleygreetings.com).
5.
Doodle Greetings' 100-percent PCR, PCF colorful greeting cards, blank inside
with plenty of room for your personal doodles (from $9.75/10 pack;
doodlegreetings.bcentralhost.com
Read More at:
http://www.thegreenguide.com/blog/freshfinds/644
Want to do something helpful with your old sneakers that helps
others but does not hurt the environment? Check out these programs:
1. One
World Running sends slightly used athletic sneakers all over the world to those
who need them. www.oneworldrunning.com
2. Nike-Reuse-a-Shoe grinds up worn-out sneakers to make athletic fields,
running tracks and playgrounds.
www.nikereuseashoe.com
Several recent articles are helpful on the issue of global climate change:
1.
"The Politics of Global Warming,"
is a report of a poll tken in the US in
October 2006 on global warming. The actual
poll results are also available.
2.
"World
Has Under a Decade to Act on Climate Crisis," by Jeremy Lovell of Reuters,
November 2006.
3.
"Climate
Change: The Cost of Inaction," from Environment News Service, October 2006.
4.
"Africa: Economics of Climate Change," from Africa Focus Bulletin, November
2006.
Additional Climate Change Resources:
Human Trafficking
National Catholic Reporter -- Global slave trade prospers
By
Arthur Jones, NCR Staff, Los Angeles May 25, 2001.
This whole issue is
filled with good articles and resources.
Religious Leaders on Trafficking in Persons
A draft chapter of a
larger UNICEF anti-trafficking handbook
written by Sr. Helene O'Sullivan,
MM.
Immigration
Cardinal Martino spoke at the Annual Meeting of the
European National Directors of Pastoral Care of Migrants, September, 2007,
The Church Must Feel Concerned Regarding Immigrants.
Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
sponsored a Seminar on
"The Role of Migrant Women in the Promotion of Multicultural Identities" was
held in Rome, 5-6 September 2007.
Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of Orlando, Florida,
testified before the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees,
Border Security, and International Law on Comprehensive Immigration Reform,
May 22, 2007
USCMA has agreed to assist the efforts of the Division of Religious Immigration
Services (DRIS) at the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc (CLINIC) reach as
many persons as possible regarding proposed changes to the immigration
regulations. These changes will definitely have a negative impact on many
religious communities and missionary endeavors. I want to urge you to please
take an active role in helping defeat the legislation by responding to the White
House with your concerns. Also, please share the following information and
letters with friends, the members of your community and corporate ministries so
that they, too, can add their voice to help. Thank you for you attention and
response to this important issue.
Michael Montoya, MJ
Executive Director
Letter of Explanation from Sr. Margaret Perron, Director of the Division of
Religious Immigration Services, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
Proposed Regulatory Changes to the Religious Worker Visa Program (RWVP)
Summary of Proposed Regulation on Religious Workersprepared by Catholic
Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
Bishop Barnes sent a
Memorandum
to the US Bishops on Religious Worker Visa Program
We share a
sample letter to President Bush that we encourage you to use to let the
President know your dissatisfaction with these proposed changes. Revise it
according to your need.
At their meeting in June 2006 the United States
Catholic Bishops agreed on a Statement on
Immigration. The Statement was issued by Bishop William
Skylstad,
President, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, June 15, 2006.
Mary Ann Glendon on
U.S.
Immigration Policy
New York MAY 24, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Part of the
solution to the United States'immigration problems will require a renewed
commitment to solidarity, says Mary Ann Glendon, president of the Pontifical
Academy of Social Sciences and a Harvard law professor, writing in the June/July
issue of First Things. She argues that such a commitment to solidarity is
necessary to maximize the advantages and minimize the disadvantages of
immigration for all involved.
Most Reverend Gerald Barnes, Bishop of San
Bernardino & Chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on
Migration called the passage of S. 2611 a historic moment for our nation. He
applauded the bill's comprehensive approach, but also indicated that the U.S.
Bishops Conference did not agree with every provision in the bill. He urged the
Senate and House of Representatives to "work together to either eliminate or
ameliorate the harsh enforcement provisions found in both the House- and
Senate-passed versions of the legislation." He also encouraged the House and
Senate to "simplify and streamline the path to citizenship for the undocumented
in this country that is found in the Senate bill."
Click here to read Bishop Barnes' statement.
Resolution on immigration reform passed at the USCMA Annual Meeting 2005.
The Leadership Conference of Women Religious calls for Immigration Policy
Reform.
"Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope," A Pastoral Letter
Concerning Migration from the Catholic Bishops of Mexico and the United States,
January, 2003.
Statement from
Justice for Immigrants, a Journey of Hope. This is part of the March 14,
2006 newsletter of Justice for Immigrants.
The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform
Cardinal Roger Mahony's editorial on immigration reform that appeared in the
Los Angeles Times.
The Holy See considers that respect for immigrants'
human rights is also an important benefit for host countries. Address on the
"National Experience in Population Matters:
International and Development."
Line in the Sand, Stories from Mexico/US Border. In August 2005, CRS sent a
group of actors and writers to the Arizona - Mexico border to study migration.
The group collected interviews from a variety of people affected by the issue
and crafted this powerful stage performance. This performance is now available
in DVD format.
Torture
You are invited and encouraged to sign the statement available on the
National Religious Campaign Against Torture website.
Another helpful organization on the issue of torture is
Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International in
Washington, DC.
A
recent article in the New York Times by Peter Steinfels,
"A
Topic in the Air but One That Political Candidates Declined to Touch: Torture of
Prisoners."
A Catholic Community Responds to the
War -- Living With Faith and Hope
Lomas de Poleo, La Ciudad Juárez, Mexico -- Request for Assistance
Bill Morton Letters and Information:
Bill Morton Letter --- June 3, 2003
Bill Morton - Addresses and Faxes
Bill
Morton Letter --- June 20, 2003
Human suffering of the residents of Lomas de Poleo
2003 SSSF Children to Children Project
Alan Preston Neely Died May 14, 2003, at home after an extended
respiratory illness.
All Life is Sacred Holy Week 2003
The Challenge of Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaking -- April 7, 2003
The Challenge of Peace 20 Years and Still a Challenge -- April 28,
2003
Responding to September 11, 2001- Resources and Statements
Resources for Responding to the Events of September 11 from the Department
of Social Development and World Peace, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops USCCB
Reflection Questions A Response from Catholic Leaders to the U.S. war on
terrorism.
Catholics for a Peaceful End to Terrorism (A PDF file)
Stand Against Violence: An Anti-Violence Packet for Diocesan and Parish Leaders
National Catholic Anti-Violence Working Group
Statements:
January 24, 2002
Assisi Decalogue for Peace
The decalogue was signed at the end of the
Day of Prayer for Peace in the World which was celebrated in Assisi.
14 November 2001
A Pastoral Message: Living With Faith and Hope After September 11
U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops
8 November 2001
A Missionary Response to U.S. Military Action Against Terrorism
United
States Catholic Mission Association
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