Change for Global Change
www.changeforglobalchange.org
Strategic Plan: To network with Sisters of Saint Joseph internationally to address global needs.
Death Penalty
July Execution Alert
Human TraHuman Trafficking fficking
Strategic Plan: To strengthen our participation in partnerships that work for systemic change
The Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chestnut Hill are one of the sponsors of the Stop Trafficking Newsletter
published by the Sisters of the Divine Savior
and co-sponsored by many congregations of women and men religious
Stop Trafficking Newsletter, June 2009
This issue highlights books and films on human trafficking themes.
Exploitation of Children on the San Diego/Tijuana Border (Prepared by Sisters of St. Joseph, Orange CA)
Video: The Cost of Demand - This 4 min. YouTube video is powerful!
Human Trafficking Awareness Campaign (initiated by the Sisters of Notre Dame)
The Polaris Project
Through this website you can sign up Human Trafficking updates and sign up a friend at the same time.
The Polaris Project is also collecting hygiene products for victims of human trafficking.
Immigration
Movement Toward Immigrant Justice (NETWORK Connections)
Sisters of Saint Joseph Statement on Immigration
Immigration Statement in The Baltimore Catholic Review (Signed by Sisters of Saint Joseph)
"Principles of Immigration Reform" (Reform Immigration for America)
"A New Path Toward A Humane Immigration Policy" (American Friends Service Committee)
DVD: One Border, One Body: Immigration and the Eucharist
To view trailer: http://oneborderonebody.nd.edu/
One Border, One Body Disussion Guide
Sustainability
“Meeting the needs of this generation without jeopardizing the needs of future generations”
“We will deepen our understanding of the spirituality of the Sisters of Saint Joseph
in relation to both Global Spirituality and consciousness of the Universe.
Through the lens of this understanding, we will focus on specific sustainability issues.
We will make individual and corporate choices that witness to the belief that all is ONE.” (Chapter 2004)
Our commitment to promoting a sustainable future for and beyond our congregation,
compels us to embrace the lens of sustainability, with its focus on the common good,
as the guiding principle for planning." (Strategic Plan 2008)
How might you live a more simple, sustainable lifestyle this month?
Practical Resources
Living Lightly: An Ecological Resource (Full version - 25 pages)
Living Lightly: Section I-Spirituality (pages 4-5)
Prepared by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chestnut Hill
An Earth Charter Study Guide (Prepared by the School Sisters of Notre Dame)
http://www.ssnd.org/External/Our_Ministries/earthcharter/earthcharter.htm
A few good DVDs for your summer viewing pleasure...available in the Justice Resource Room
"Flow" is an award-winning documentary investigation into the World Water Crisis
To view the trailer: http://www.flowthefilm.com/trailer
"Blue Gold: World Water Wars" examines the global conflicts past, present and future,
created by the privatization of our fresh water supply.
To view the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikb4WG8UJRw
"Planet Earth - The Complete BBC Series"
is a five disc program organized into eleven fifty-minute segments
that covers a specific geographical region and/or wildlife habitat until the entire planet has been represented.
"An Inconvenient Truth"
"Justice and Compassion in the Web of Life" (Helen Prejean CSJ)
"The Spirituality of Sustainability" (Carol Zinn SSJ
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