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New Videos Showcase JPIC Work Among Oblates and Affiliates December 2nd, 2010
The Oblate JPIC Office is now creating videos to showcase work in the Oblate world on Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation. The first is with Canadian Oblate priest, Fr. Renaud, OMI of St. Paul University, Ottawa, Canada on the JPIC Formation of university students.
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Advance global health: achieve the Millennium Development Goals November 30th, 2010
The sixty-third annual Conference of the United Nations Department of Public Information for Non-Governmental Organizations (DP-INGO) adopted a Declaration on the global health and the MDGs. It was formally submitted to the General Assembly by the Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations.
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World AIDS Day: December 1 November 30th, 2010
The global theme for 2009 and 2010 World AIDS Day is “Universal Access and Human Rights”, as chosen by The World AIDS Campaign. Please visit the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance for materials and information related to this day of focus on HIV/AIDS.
The Secretary General of the United Nations has issued a brief statement on the occasion of World AIDS Day. (Download PDF)
Help Fight World Hunger This Thanksgiving November 23rd, 2010
Here are two important things to do during your Thanksgiving holiday to help fight world hunger:
1) Take action to counteract the massive presence of Wall Street lobbyists in Washington working to insure their profits at the expense of people – call your Senators and ask them to prevent excessive speculation in commodity markets.
At a time when we stop to remember how thankful we are for food on our plates, let’s help make sure that this is a reality for people everywhere. In 2008, price bubbles in food and energy prices led to $4 gasoline in the U.S. and forced over 130 million people world-wide to go hungry, according to the UN. An important factor behind those price bubbles was excessive speculation in the food and energy commodity markets.
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Haiti: Oblate Video Shows Post-Earthquake Reality November 22nd, 2010
A new video takes a look at the work of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Haiti. The Oblate missionaries – in the country for many years – continue to help a people beset by earthquakes, hurricanes and now a cholera epidemic. The Oblates themselves are also involved in re-building after the earthquake.
Filmed in October, 2010, this 13 minute program gives an up-to-date look at the situation in Haiti. Produced by Oblate Media and Communication.
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