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2021 World Refugee Day is June 20 June 18th, 2021
(Content courtesy of Washington Interfaith Staff Coalition)
The world continues to face an increase in forced migration, with a record 26.4 million refugees and 48 million internally displaced peoples. Every June 20th, we celebrate World Refugee Day which is a great opportunity to highlight the stories of refugees, asylees and asylum seekers and all of the events that refugee agencies, community groups, faith communities and humanitarian volunteers bring together. This World Refugee Day, we reflect on what #RestoringWelcome means for our communities and the journey that lays ahead.
Resources for World Refugee Day 2021
Take action:
- Contact your Members of Congress to urge them to support restoring the U.S. refugee resettlement program.
Pray:
- Watch this 40-minute ecumenical prayer service for World Refugee Day, featuring the words of Maryknoll missioners working with refugees and the voices of refugees who have been resettled with the help of U.S. faith communities.
- Pray this prayer for World Refugee Day 2021.
Learn:
- Explore this toolkit from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, featuring prayer, education, and action materials
- Read our two-page issue brief on refugee policy from the 2020 election season.
2021 Summer Institute: Racism as Soul Sickness June 11th, 2021
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OMI JPIC is proud to co-sponsor this event with the Oblate School of Theology
Registration: $75 | REGISTER TODAY @ THIS LINK
Racism, for all its overt manifestation in our daily lives, is never a conscious thing. No one identifies himself or herself as a racist. But racism is unconsciously embedded in the DNA of most every culture and the soul of most every one of us. We aren’t always conscious of what’s ill inside of either our bodies or our souls. This series of lectures and discussions will examine the issue of racism by drawing upon the experience of Black, Hispanic, and Asian Americans.
Featured Speakers:
- Rev. Dr. Bryan Massingale, a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and is currently James and Nancy Buckman Professor of Theological and Social Ethics at Fordham University and the Senior Fellow in its Center for Ethics Education. A leader in Catholic theology, he is President-Elect of the Society of Christian Ethics. He is also a former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America and a former Convener of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium.
- Dr. Teresa Maya, CCVI, a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio since 1994. Her ministry has been in education. She has served as teacher, history professor, and administrator. She has passion for the formation of ministers for Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.
- Dr. KimOanh Nguyen-Lam, life-long learner and educator who had served as a teacher, mentor, advisor, leader and now bringing all of those experiences together as an executive coach. Her passion has always been engaging with people to promote mutual learning and growth to advance social and educational equity and justice.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Presenter |
| Monday, June 14 | 7 pm Central | Rev. Dr. Bryan N. Massingale |
| Tuesday, June 15 | 3 pm Central | Dr. Teresa Maya, CCVI |
| 7 pm Central | Rev. Dr. Bryan N. Massingale | |
| Wednesday, June 16 | 3 pm Central | Dr. KimOanh Nguyen-Lam |
| 7 pm Central | Rev. Dr. Bryan N. Massingale |
Schedule
- Monday, June 14, 7 pm (Central) | The Ethical Challenge of White Nationalism
- Tuesday, June 15, 7 pm (Central) | “Who is God?” Our Image of God and Its Social Consequences
- Wednesday, June 16, 7 pm (Central) | A Spirituality of Racial Metanoia: Loving Blackness in an Anti-Black World
This event will be recorded and will be available for viewing, for a limited time. 24 hours after the conclusion of the Institute, a follow-up email will be sent that will include instructions on how to re-watch.
Students, staff, and faculty from Oblate School of Theology may attend for free. Please email continuinged@ost.edu with your name and institutional email address. You will be added to the attendees list and receive an access link by email the day prior to the event.
For information contact Continuing Education at continuinged@ost.edu or (210) 341-1366 EXT 240
Founded in 1903, the Oblate School of Theology is a Catholic graduate, professional and seminary school that provides education in Catholic theology for the church’s mission and ministry in the world. An avenue to bring together different cultures, Oblate empowers through education.
Webinar: The Transition of Religious Congregations to Integral Ecology May 18th, 2021
“The Transition of Religious Congregations to Integral Ecology“
Registration link: bit.ly/2S13pmS
Join in: Laudato Si’ Week is from May 16-25, 2021 May 14th, 2021
Laudato Si’ Week 2021, to be held May 16-25, will be the crowning event of the Special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year, and a celebration of the great progress the whole Church has made on its journey to ecological conversion. Visit the website: https://laudatosiweek.org/
Laudato Si’ Week 2021 will also be a time to reflect on what the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us and prepare for the future with hope.
Press Release: Laudato Si’ Week 2021 to feature Cardinals, Catholic leaders, world-renowned speakers and authors
NGOs call on Secretary Blinken to Assist Haitian Government in Fighting Corruption May 4th, 2021
Photo courtesy of Heather Suggitt, Unsplash
Global Financial Integrity (GFI) and other non-governmental organizations, including OMI JPIC released a letter today calling on the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken to assist the Haitian government in fighting corruption.
Recent violent protests in Haiti underscore the people’s frustration with systemic corruption that exists within the government. The Biden Administration has presented a foreign policy goal of addressing corruption around the world and, as such, must support the Haitian government in developing critically important anti-corruption measures. This would be beneficial to the people of Haiti, the United States of America and the world.
Visit Global Financial Integrity’s website to read the full press release.
On a related note: United Nations representatives of congregations of Catholic Sisters, Brothers, priests and partners in mission, many of whom have active ministries in Haiti, also wrote H.E. Mrs. Linda Thomas-Greenfield,, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United nations to express deep concern over the rapidly escalating unrest in Haiti. Read the letter here.
