Latest OMI JPIC News
Best Wishes: JPIC staff Leave for ICCR. May 21st, 2015
It is with mixed feelings that Oblate JPIC staff and comittee members say farewell to Christina Herman and yet happy to see her extend career boundaries with the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) based in New York as their new program director. Christina worked as for the JPIC office since 2006.
Our Best Wishes to Christina as she joins ICCR!
Latest Issue of the Oblate JPIC Report May 20th, 2015
Spring/Summer 2015 issue of JPIC Report is now available on line.The report features timely updates on:
- Cardinal Francis George OMI on Oblate JPIC vision.
- Oblate personal Reflection on Selma 50th Anniversary.
- JPIC visit other U.S Oblate ministries.
- Catholic Teaching Confronts “Right to work”
- A farm in the City?
- Call to End Immigrant Family Detention & Happenings…..
Enjoy reading it and let us know what you think.
Read it here: Spring_Summer_2015_Final
Encouraged by Pope Francis’ Work, Rabbis Call for Vigorous Action on Climate Change May 14th, 2015
As of the morning of May 13, 2015, more than 300 rabbis have signed a Rabbinic Letter on the Climate Crisis, calling for vigorous action to prevent worsening climate disruption and to seek eco-social justice. The Rabbis were encouraged by the work of Pope Francis on the issue, in particular, the much anticipated papal encyclical on the environment due out this summer.
The letter is addressed: To the Jewish People, to all Communities of Spirit, and to the World: A Rabbinic Letter on the Climate Crisis
