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I will sprinkle
clean water upon you to cleanse you from all your impurities, and from all
your idols I will cleanse you.
I will give you a new heart and
place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and
giving you natural hearts.
I will put my spirit within you
and make you live by my statutes, careful to observe my decrees. Ezekiel
36:25-27
Iraq
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March in San
Francisco Sunday March 18
Members of Pax Christi invite others from the faith
community to walk with them from Justin
Herman Plaza.
They will gather at noon and march at 1pm. Look for the Pax Christi
sign… and for Faye Butler who will be in a wheelchair. Prayerful
opportunity to witness for peace.
·
Die In Direct Action Against the War:
Monday March 19, a non-violent event in San Francisco, noon-1pm
http://www.dieinmarch19.org/
- Events all over the Bay Area
including many in the East Bay and some sponsored by the faith
communities.
http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/index.html?action_id=79&id=
- Catholic
Resources on Peace:
There are a variety of materials on the USCCB
website that might support preaching and praying about the war.
See http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/peace/
Global
Solidarity Materials for Lent:
This Week: Making Trade Fair http://www.oakdiocese.org/pastoral/SocialJustice/resources/LentenJourneyToJustice4-2007.pdf
Learn about the
Farm Bill
This
issue is about food subsidies, US farmers, global poverty, food stamps for
the poor. It is an issue the church lobbied on in Washington this February. Learn more:
Food Fight: A Teach-in On the 2007 Farm Bill
When:
March 21, 2007, 7:00 pm -- 9:00 pm
Where:
Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley
http://journalism.berkeley.edu/events/details.php?ID=369
Position Paper from US Bishops:
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/projects/200702fbhn.pdf
Ox Fam America 2007 campaign on the farm
bill: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/whatwedo/campaigns/agriculture
World Day for Water, 22 March 2007: “Coping
with water scarcity”.
http://www.worldwaterday.org/
Justice
Education (please
put in bulletins or email to your membership lists)
Don’t miss Jack Jezreel, founder of JustFaith
Ministries …
Friday, April 20, for JustFaith Alumni
If
you have been through the JustFaith program, Jack invites you to meet with
him for an evening discussion. The gathering will be at Christ the
Light in their modular building from 7-9 pm. It is a potluck dessert, so
please bring something to share if you can. Fair Trade coffee and tea
will be served. RSVP to Mary at mdoyle@oakdiocese.org.
Christ the Light is located at 707
Jefferson Street at 8th Street. This is right off two
freeways and easy to get to, even on a Friday. Parking is available in
the lot. Please join us and share the word with other alumni.
(The location is the former parish St. Mary’s/St. Francis, now
renamed.) For a map to Christ the Light, go to http://www.oakdiocese.org/parishes/parish35.htm
Saturday, April 21, all are invited
From
9 am – 4 pm on Saturday, April 21, Jack is leading his excellent workshop
on putting our faith into action. He weaves his experience, our
scriptural tradition, and Catholic Social Teaching, into a compelling day
that inspires one and all. The flyer with information and registration
is at http://www.oakdiocese.org/pastoral/SocialJustice/.
St. John Vianney is hosting this event and Nora Petersen is the
contact person. Reach her at npetersen@sjvianney.org
and access a map to the parish at http://www.oakdiocese.org/parishes/parish49.htm.
This workshop is for anyone interested in social justice, pastoral
councils, catechists and youth ministers, RCIA teams … come
be inspired!
Movie Review:
Who is William Wilberforce?
If
you get a chance, go see Amazing Grace.
It will remind you of social justice efforts today, and inspire you to keep
going. It took many years of justice organizing and boycotts for British
legislators to end the slave trade… and yet they did it!
www.amazinggracemovie.com http://www.amazinggracemovie.com/downloads.php
The
March 2007 issue of Sojourner magazine details this effort of organizing and
advocacy by the faith community.
Some Climate
Change Resources and Events:
- Pace Bene recommends: Bill
McKibben in conversation with
Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Monday, March 19, 7:00 pm First Congregational
Church
2345 Channing
Way, Berkeley.
Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
on climate change and a scholar in residence in environmental studies at Middlebury College is spearheading Step It Up 2007 a National Day of Climate Action--April
14th, 2007 which will have hundreds of rallies all across the country demanding:
"Step it up, Congress! Cut Carbon 80% by 2050." Details at http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php?uid=7054
- Evening on Climate
Change at Corpus Christi:
Paul Valva will be speaking at Corpus Christi in Piedmont Wed. April
18 7:30 PM on the climate crisis aka global warming. Paul was
trained with Al Gore and will cover the topic from scientific, economic,
political and moral standpoints. Key to the session will be a Q and A
session as well as brainstorming on what can practically be done.
- DVD on
Climate: Keeping
the Earth (27 minutes-used by the JustFaith program and
available free from this office to borrow.)
- Two resources
from Education for Justice:
Background packet on climate, and an environmental
activity for high school age making prayer flags.
Save the Dates
Tuesday, April 24: Catholic Lobby Day.
Join
other Catholics from around the state in Sacramento. If you are interested,
please email mdoyle@oakdiocese.org so we
can begin arranging transportation and visits to our legislators.
Sunday, April 29, 2007: Global Day for Darfur.
There
will be a high profile event in San
Francisco that day.
It is in the shelter of each other that
the people live. Irish proverb
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