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43rd Annual March for Life Scheduled for January 22 — Washington, DC January 20th, 2016
The 43rd Annual March for Life will take place in Washington, DC on Friday, January 22, 2016 at 12 noon on the National Mall. U.S. Roman Catholic and Orthodox Bishops will open the rally with prayer at 12 noon. The rally will be followed immediately by the march to Capitol Hill and the Supreme Court.
More information is available at www.marchforlife.org. . . or by calling 202-234-3300.
The Winter 2016 JPIC Report is Now Available On-Line! January 15th, 2016
The Winter 2016 issue of the JPIC Report is now available online. It will soon be available in print form. Download the Winter 2016 JPIC Report here.
Please contact Meghan Gieske at mgieske@omiusa.org in the JPIC Office if you want to be added to the mailing list.
You can download past issues of the JPIC Report in the Resources section of the website.
US Catholic Bishops: End Deportation Raids and Detention of Immigrant Mothers with Children January 14th, 2016
Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, auxiliary bishop of Seattle and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration and Bishop Kevin Vann of Orange, California, chairman of Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., (CLINIC) are calling on the Obama Administration to stop deportation raids and detention of immigrant mothers with children.
“We find such targeting of immigrant women and children – most of whom fled violence and persecution in their home countries – to be inhumane and a grave misuse of limited enforcement resources,” in a letter addressed to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Full letter is available here:http://www.usccb.org/news/2016/16-005.cfm
PBS interviews ICCR leadership for segment on corporate responsibility January 12th, 2016
PBS recently conducted interviews with Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) leadership, including Fr. Séamus Finn, OMI (ICCR’s board chairman), Cathy Rowan and David Schilling for a piece on faith-based groups and their work around corporate responsibility. Watch the 8-minute segment here.
Oblate featured on International Business News Channel January 11th, 2016
Fr. Seamus Finn, OMI discusses a proposal that calls for a greater level of transparency and shareholder participation with Viacom…
