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Register Now for These Upcoming 2009 JPIC-Related Events January 5th, 2009

January 27-February 1, World Social Forum 2009 will occur in Belem, Para, Brazil.

February 4-6, Good Jobs, Green Jobs will gather labor, environmental and business leaders together to forge a green jobs agenda. The conference is in Washington, D.C., and will be an opportunity for sharing of ideas for creating careers in renewable energy and other fields related to solving the climate crisis. Educate lawmakers during a special Green Jobs Advocacy Day

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National Migration Week Materials available on-line in English and Spanish January 5th, 2009

National Migration materials are now available on-line in English as well as Spanish.

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2009 National Immigration Week Parish Materials Available December 30th, 2008

Parish materials for National Immigration Week (January 4-10) are available on-line and in printed form from USCCB Publishing.

Materials include:

• On Immigration
  
• Refugee Fact Sheet
  
• Human Trafficking/Catholic Social Teaching on Migration
  
• From Many, One Family of God

Spanish versions are now available for download:

• Sobre la inmigración (PDF)
• Datos básicos sobre refugiados (PDF)
• Trata Humana (PDF)

Congo Bishops Call for an End to Africa’s Deadliest Conflict December 30th, 2008

Catholic Bishops from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) toured the the United States and Canada in December with an urgent appeal on behalf of the millions of Congolese people caught in a deadly war between Laurent Nkunda’s militia and DRC government forces. The Bishops are asking the U.S. Government to support an initiative to send more U.N Peacekeepers into Congo because the current 17,000 U.N forces are poorly trained and have been implicated in atrocities. The troops reportedly failed to stop the recent mass killings at Kiwanja in the Eastern part of the Congo.

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The JPIC Office wishes you a blessed Christmas December 23rd, 2008

We wish you Christmas blessings and a Happy Holiday Season!

2009 promises to be a year of significant change in Washington, DC, and we hope that it will create many opportunities to bring renewal to U.S. foreign and domestic policy.

We are filled with hope for 2009, and we are grateful that you join us in our ministry.

Peace and Joy,

Rev. Séamus Finn, OMI

Rev. Daniel LeBlanc, OMI

Christina Herman

George Ngolwe

Mary O’Herron

Washington, DC

Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2009: Enough for All Creation December 17th, 2008

Join other concerned Christians at the upcoming 7th annual Ecumenical Advocacy Days. The EAD will explore ways to bring about a world with Enough for All Creation.

Learn about the connections between climate change, migration and poverty in the U.S. and around the world. Come together with faith-based advocates and activists from across the United States in the nation’s capitol March 13-16 as we discuss the abundance of our world and how it can be allocated in a way that is fair and just for all creation.

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