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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)

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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Caritas in Sri Lanka Called to a Future of Peace and Reconciliation December 17th, 2008

Fr. Oswald B. Firth, former director of Caritas/SEDEC in Sri Lanka, addressing the organization on the 40th anniversary of its foundation, called for it to support peace between the Tamil Tigers and the army: “people are exhausted with the war.” Noting that the forty years it has spent helping the population has brought the Catholic organization respect and recognition, Fr. Firth said that, “maybe this is the time when SEDEC could lead such a campaign calling for a just political solution to the crisis. Vision, wisdom and courage will be forthcoming once the initiative is launched. We need to trust in the goodness of people, that they all want peace for their families and for the country.”

Read the article in Asia News, where you can find other articles on the situation in Sri Lanka.

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