International Day of Peace

The International Day of Peace will be celebrated on September 21! We invite you pray this prayer service developed by the JPIC office, and to consider registering for a webinar on Nonviolence and the Web of Creation, hosted by the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, at noon (ET) 9/21.
 

Immigration

In the United States, National Migration Week will be celebrated Sept. 20-26! Please take time to reflect on this resource, prepared by the Immigration Committee.
 

Climate Change

The Season of Creation began on September 1! This week, consider registering for this webinar on Sept. 22 (7-8:30pm ET): Toward a New Global Renaissance Session II (mailchi.mp), in which Dr. Joe Holland and Dr. Heather Eaton will aid us in comprehending more fully the roots of our global crisis and the routes toward a more sustainable future by considering how western education is a shaper of world-views and our world.

Human Trafficking

The Human Trafficking Committee is co-sponsoring a virtual event through Notre Dame of Maryland University, True Cost: Stories of Human Trafficking | Notre Dame of Maryland University (ndm.edu), which will be held on October 11 at 7pm. Click the link to register.

Racism

Reflect on Ignatian Solidarity Network’s interview with Patrick Saint-Jean, author of The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice: Author Q&A: The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice | Ignatian Solidarity Network

Haiti

In response to the recent devastating Earthquake in Haiti, Rutgers University Press is offering free downloads of ebooks on Haiti until September 30th! Click this link to take advantage of the offer: Haiti | Rutgers University Press

Read the AMSSND earthquake statement here. Donate to our partner, Beyond Borders, to assist their Earthquake Relief efforts here.

In case you missed it...

Becoming a Laudato Si’ Community

The Addressing Climate Change Committee has developed brief reflection resources on each of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform goals. The collection can be found here: Reflections on the Laudato Si’ Goals | School Sisters of Notre Dame - Atlantic Midwest

Racism

Caste book coverWe invite you to register for the upcoming series 
Courageous Conversations on Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson
Sponsored by the AM Province Dismantling Racism Committee

  • Wednesday evenings:  7- 8: 30 pm EST
  • October 20, November 3, November 17, December 1
  • Facilitated on Zoom by:  Kathleen Cornell, SSND

Please contact Arlene Flaherty (aflaherty@amssnd.org) to register by October 10th.

 

 

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