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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
Gary Huelsmann Awarded Liberty Bell Award May 5th, 2015
Gary Huelsmann with his two daughters, Mariah and Chloe, at the Awards ceremony.
Congratulations are in order for Gary Huelsmann, long-time friend of the Oblates, and Chair of the OMI USA JPIC Committee. The Madison County Bar Association honored him last week by with their annual Liberty Bell Award. The Liberty Bell Award was established more than 40 years ago to acknowledge outstanding community service. Each group presenting the award is free to establish its own criteria. Many groups present it to a layperson, a man or woman who has promoted better understanding of the rule of law, encouraged greater respect for law and the courts, stimulated a sense of civic responsibility, or contributed to good government in the community. It is often presented to an individual lawyer or judge or to an entire community organization.
Gary is the CEO at Caritas Family Solutions, a faith-inspired social services agency devoted to the care and treatment of individuals and families, accessed through a network of regional offices, that is committed to promoting a just and caring community in the southern Illinois region.
