Upcoming events/activities from our Social Justice Committee:
Next meeting to plan events and discuss topics: Monday, January 9, 2023 at 7:00 PM in Hospitality Room All are welcome to join us and contribute your ideas... We have events coming up for Advent.
Thank you to all who participated in our drive thru ewaste recycling event! We collected a lot of materials during the event. When Indie Cycle gives us the materials collected, we will post them here. Once again, thank you for doing the right thing for our planet! Thank you to Indie Cycle for working with us! Thank you to all who attended our Forum on Alcoholism and Recovery!
November 7 meeting we discussed: - Results from our e-waste drive thru event conducted through Indie Cycle (Oct 29) - Our Forum on Alcoholism and Recovery (Oct 30) - Future events: Poinsettia project and Lenten forum topics
Our GOALS as a Committee: To build awareness about current justice issues (poverty, homelessness, immigration, etc.) and how we respond as Catholics living out our faith. Social justice is a constitutive dimension of Catholic Christianity.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Are you or someone you know experiencing Domestic Violence (verbal, emotional, psychological or physical abuse)? One in three to four women have experienced some form of physical violence. Children exposed to domes- tic violence are negatively impacted in countless ways. Although to a lesser degree, men also are victims of domestic, emotional and psychological abuse. Let us help! The Office of Life and Family is offering women free counseling (as appropriate), emotional support, and advice from a Catholic perspective, re- sources, and referrals to outside agencies/Catholic Counselors as appropriate. Maybe you just want to talk! For more information, please call 401-278-2518 or 401-278-2517.
Useful resources related to our forum in March, 2019 related to Care for our Environment Catholic Climate Covenant: Online site that includes the U.S. Catholic Climate Declaration and has many of resources related to climate change. https://catholicclimatecovenant.org/
Our Presenter on Care for our Environment was Bill Patenaude. His resources: www.catholicecology.net Bill Patenaude's Novel: A Printer's Choice (web site: aprinterschoice.com)
