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World Refugee Day 20 June 2020
Global day of prayer on Sunday 24 May 2020
16-24 May 2020 Laudato Si' - On Care for Our Common Home
Global day of prayer on Sunday 24 May - Click here to view and download Sunday’s prayer card.
In view of the 5th anniversary of the publication of the Encyclical Laudato si', Pope Francis recorded a video message, addressing people around the world.
Click here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHlzOWp8ZQY&feature=youtu.be
'What kind of world do we want to leave to those who will come after us, to children who are growing up?
In this time marked by the pandemic we are more aware of the importance of caring for our common home. Let us unite in a shared commitment to help build and strengthen constructive attitudes aimed at caring for creation.
The cry of the earth and the cry of the poor cannot continue.'
Watch this challenging video produced by Conservation International which reminds us of how much we need our Planet Earth.
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZmaSZjYzww
What is this thing that has happened to us?
“What is this thing that has happened to us? It’s a virus, yes. In and of itself it holds no moral brief. But it is definitely more than a virus. Some believe it’s God’s way of bringing us to our senses. Others that it’s a Chinese conspiracy to take over the world.
Whatever it is, coronavirus has made the mighty kneel and brought the world to a halt like nothing else could. Our minds are still racing back and forth, longing for a return to “normality”, trying to stitch our future to our past and refusing to acknowledge the rupture. But the rupture exists. And in the midst of this terrible despair, it offers us a chance to rethink the doomsday machine we have built for ourselves. Nothing could be worse than a return to normality.
Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next.
We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind us. Or we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight for it.”
Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy is a highly regarded Indian author, and a political activist involved in human rights and environmental issues.
Good Shepherd Sister receives humanitarian award
Global Sisters Report, A Project of National Catholic Reporter, November 25 2019
Sr. Catherine Mutindi, founder of Bon Pasteur in Congo, has received the 16th annual Opus Prize, which comes with $1 million for her humanitarian work.
St. Louis University and the Opus Prize Foundation bestowed the award on the Good Shepherd sister Nov. 21 at the Jesuit-run university's Center for Global Citizenship.
"Sister Catherine is working to address modern-day slavery, in children as young as 4 and 5, working in highly toxic cobalt mines, to earn enough to feed their families that day," said Don Neureuther, director of the Opus Prize Foundation.
"In a relatively short period, she has transformed the lives of 3,000 children and countless adults, and literally restored their humanity," he said in a statement. "She gives them hope."
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10 December 2018 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70
International Day for Human Rights
Today we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This milestone document proclaims the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being -- regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. It is the most translated document in the world, available in more than 500 languages.
While its promise is yet to be fully realized, the very fact that it has stood the test of time is testament to the enduring universality of its perennial values of equality, justice and human dignity.
The principles enshrined in the Declaration are as relevant today as they were in 1948. We need to stand up for our own rights and those of others. We can take action in our own daily lives, to uphold the rights that protect us all and thereby promote the kinship of all human beings.
#StandUp4HumanRights
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights empowers us all.
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Human rights are relevant to all of us, every day.
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Our shared humanity is rooted in these universal values.
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Equality, justice and freedom prevent violence and sustain peace.
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Whenever and wherever humanity's values are abandoned, we all are at greater risk.
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We need to stand up for our rights and those of others.
FUTURE EVENTS
