Latest OMI JPIC News
Oblate JPIC office welcomes new intern Sister Nathanael Lee. September 3rd, 2015
The Missionary Oblate JPIC office is proud to welcome Sister Nathanael Lee as JPIC intern beginning September 1. Sr. Lee is from South Korea and is a member of the Little Servants of the Holy Family, a congregation based in Korea.
Sr Lee attended Catholic University of Korea.We are excited to have Sr. Lee join our staff team. She will be voluteering her time to support our JPIC social justice ministry especially Eco-Spirituality, Climate Change, Anti-Nuclear Power and best practices in social justice organization.
Welcome Sr. Lee and best wishes in your studies.
Vatican Radio interview Oblate representative at UN about Laudato Si’ July 31st, 2015
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he Vatican Radio has interviewed Fr. Daniel LeBlanc OMI,Missionary Oblates General Administration representative to the United Nations and VIVAT in New York about the impact of Pope Francis Encyclical Laudato Si’ on United Nations deliberations.
Listen to Fr Daniel interview here
Tijuana: Oblate JPIC holding workshop series on the Encyclical Laudato Si. July 30th, 2015
Oblates JPIC Director Fr. Antonio Ponce OMI is leading series of workshops discussing Pope Francis’ new environmental encyclical on the environment – On Care for Our Common Home (Laudato Si‘). Parish leadership, youth and catechetical leadership teams are attending the workshop, which is being held at San Eugenio Parish in Tijuana. Laudato Si workshop is a time for Prayer, Reflection and Discussion on how to take actions on Laudato Si. The workshops on Laudato Si ends first week of August and we are hoping to expand to these workshop series to other Oblates parishes in the Province. JPIC expresses sincere gratitude to the parish of San Eugenio for the invitation and colloboration to Care for Our Common Home.
Missionary Oblates Welcome new Anti-Trafficking bill in U.S. Congress July 29th, 2015
Missionary Oblates JPIC office, in collaboration with the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and The Coalition of Catholic Organizations against Human Trafficking, applaud the introduction in the House of Representatives the Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2015.
The proposed legislation is co-sponsored by Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ). If passed into law, the bill would require large public corporations to disclose any of their attempts to prevent human trafficking, child labor and slavery in their supply chains in their annual reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
This news comes just after the release on July 27 of the State Department’s 2015 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, which stresses that governments, “set clear expectations for businesses on human rights issues and adopt policies that promote greater transparency and better reporting on anti-trafficking efforts in supply chains.”
Order to Release Immigrant Central American Families from Detention. July 28th, 2015
A federal judge in California has ruled that President Obama Administration policy of detention of immigrant mothers and children is a violation of an earlier court settlement and that the families should be released. These immigrant families were put in detention after being caught crossing the U.S/Mexico border illegally. Majority of these immigrant mothers and children are fleeing violence in Central America.
The Missionary Oblates JPIC applauds this decision. Other Faith, Immigrant Rights and Labor groups have welcomed the decision to release immigrant families from detention.
Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, auxiliary bishop of Seattle and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration said: “I welcome the ruling of the court and urge the administration to comply with it expeditiously.”
The Bishop added, “There are humane alternatives to detention which would ensure that families avail themselves of the court process but also are able to access legal and social service assistance.”
In March, Archbishop Gustavo Siller of San Antonio, Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, auxiliary bishop of Seattle and Bishop James Tamayo of Laredo, Texas visited families at the detention center in Dilley, Texas. The Bishops called for an end to the detention of families and the use of alternative forms of detention.
