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Welcome to Our Blog page. This is where we share and dialogue about our concern and desire for improved Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation in our world today.
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Meriam is released from prison but...

6/26/2014

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PictureYour continued prayers are requested.
On the 22nd May 2014, we included an Action Alert about the 27-year old Sudanese Christian convert, wife, mother of a 20-month old boy with her second baby on the way (Maya, now a month old, born in prison while her mother was shackled to the floor).

We're delighted to announce that because of the actions of people like us, Dr. Meriam Ibrahim has been released from her death sentence. Alleluia, Praise be to God!

However, she was re-arrested as she tried to leave the country with her husband, an American citizen and their two children. Reports differ about whether they are all in prison while Meriam awaits trial for a possible 7-year prison sentence or in safety while awaiting permission to leave despite having travel papers. The U.S. authorities are helping.

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Corpus Christi - our call to love

6/22/2014

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So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; 55 for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. 56 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. 57 Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

John 6:53-58 (
NRSVCE)
"Speak Lord, your servant is listening."
Samuel 3:9

How many times do you remember saying as a child "Mom, I'm starving. When's supper? What's for supper?" And eventually we were surprised, delighted, satiated in our bodily needs...

Do we remember the last time we said, "Dear God, I'm hungry for You"? It can often be hard to tell God how spiritually hungry we are for his presence in us, for communion with him, for his abiding love at work in us.


On this the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, we are reminded of the real reasons we respond to the invitation to go to Mass where we are re-membered with Christ, our Heavenly King: we know just how close we get to be in a relationship of absolute love, just how nourished we are by:

1. His Word which transforms us
2. His Charity which reaps the fruit of God's word living in us
3, His Presence in the Eucharist we share where we sense His Divine love

Fortified by this special communion, we know what we must do: be the love that God has gifted us in our own uniqueness because it is that very uniqueness which presents God's love to others as He intended.
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Wisdom from the young

6/19/2014

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Through song, these two young people address bullies from the strength of experience.
The moving video speaks for itself.

Bullying Awareness Week,
16-22 November 2014
Bill C-13
Bill C-30

Useful Links related to Bullying

Stop a Bully - anti-bullying program for schools with free, anonymous, on-line reporting tool
Workplace Bullying - Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety provides definitions, tips and links to training and resources
Get Cybersafe Campaign
- Government initiative.
Cybertip.ca
- to report on-line sexual exploitation of children
NeedHelpNow.ca
- to help youth who have experienced self/peer exploitation incident
Bullying.org
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Packed with resources, their philosophy "is that there is no one single person, initiative or resource that is going to bring about the kind of societal change necessary to eliminate bullying from society. It is going to take ALL OF US working together to accomplish this goal.
Cyberbullying and the Non-consensual Distribution of Intimate Images Report
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Slavery in prawn supply chain - some response

6/13/2014

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The Environmental Justice Foundation today released news that the French supermarket chain "Carrefour" has responded to the Guardian report on slavery in the prawn supply chain. Carrefour decided yesterday to suspend "direct or indirect purchases" from CP Foods until they know more.

Visit our concern page, Modern Slavery for more on the Guardian's 6-month investigation proving this slavery exists and see what consumers can do to influence the situation.

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Combat Child Labour Day - June 12, 2014

6/12/2014

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The International Labour Organization calls on governments to step up their efforts to extend social protection in order to help keep children out of child labour.
Read the ILO's recently released World Social Protection Report 2014/15.
The report builds on evidence presented in the 2013 ILO World Report on Child Labour: Economic vulnerability, social protection and the fight against child labour which suggested that cash and in-kind child and family benefits, especially when combined with access to education and health services, can be decidedly effective in addressing child labour.
Facts and figures
  • 168 million children worldwide are in child labour; 85 million of them are in hazardous work.
  • Since 2000, child labour has declined by one third and progress is accelerating. Between 2008 and 2012, the global number fell from 215 to 168 million.
  • The number of children in hazardous work fell from 115 to 85 million.
According to the latest International Labour Organization (ILO) to accelerate the decline in child labour the global community must address its root causes more effectively.

“There is no secret as to what needs to be done,” said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder. “Social protection, along with universal compulsory, formal, quality education at least up to the minimum age for work, decent work for adults and youth of working age, effective law and strong social dialogue together provide the right response to child labour.”

Activities to mark the day include:
1. Pope Francis referred to the World Day Against Child Labour during his general audience at The Vatican, saying that “I truly hope that the international community will extend children's access to social protection to eradicate this curse. ...“We all need to renew our commitment, especially families, to protect the dignity of every boy and girl and to offer them the opportunity to grow in a healthy environment. A peaceful childhood allows children to look at life and the future with confidence," added Pope Francis, who also raised the Red Card to Child Labour during the audience.

2. World Day activities in Geneva and in more than 45 countries will involve the ILO’s tripartite constituents, children and partners in the worldwide movement against child labour. They will include high level meetings, public rallies, and media, sports and cultural events, including numerous concerts dedicated to the Music against Child Labour Initiative.

3. In addition to the theme of Social Protection, many events will be centred on the ILO’s Red Card to Child Labour campaign. This phase of the campaign will run from the opening on 12 June of the football World Cup to the 2016 Olympics, starting with a social media “Thunderclap” and events in Brazil and New York.
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