THE BISHOP PETER ROSAZZA SOCIAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE

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Catholic Climate Covenant Resource Packet Available
Take the Pledge! 

The Archdiocese of Hartford has endorsed the Catholic Climate Covenant: The St. Francis Pledge to Protect Creation.  You and your parish can too!

• Our office has created a parish resource packet to assist parishes in the implementation of the St. Francis Pledge. Download the packet here.

• Visit the Catholic Climate Covenant website for more information about the St. Francis pledge.

Universal HealthCare Reform
Visit the U.S. Bishops’ health care web site to learn more.
USCCB Position on Health Care Reform

• a truly universal health policy with respect for human life and dignity
• access for all with a special concern for the poor and inclusion of legal immigrants
• pursuing the common good and preserving pluralism including freedom of conscience and variety of options
restraining costs and applying them equitably across the spectrum of payers

Join an Engaging Spirituality Group!

To learn more about this new program being offered through JustFaith Ministries watch the promotional video. For more information contact our office at ocsjm@catholicsocialjustice.org

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Announcing the FIRST ANNUAL Bishop Peter Rosazza Social Justice Conference

• In honor of Bishop Rosazza's many years of leadership on issues of social justice, we are instituting a  yearly conference that will seek to equip parishes and parish leaders to better work  for justice. 
  
  SAVE THE DATE FOR THE CONFERENCE:
  
  
• Saturday, June 12, 2010 at St. Paul High School in Bristol.
• Great speakers, great workshops, in honor of a great person!
• Plan now for your entire Parish Social Ministry, Parish Council, and    other parish leaders to attend!
  

Earth Day Parish Resource Kit

• Earth Day Parish Resource Tool Kit

  Click here to download tool kit

  All parishes in the Archdiocese of Hartford are invited and encouraged to highlight the connection between the Catholic teaching on environmental justice and Earth Day, April 22, 2010.The goal is to reinforce actions that parishes and laity are already adopting by providing a well-crafted liturgy on  Sunday, April 18 and relevant information on the topic of environmental justice. To assist in this effort, The new OCSJM Environmental  Justice Team created a special "Tool Kit" for parishes.

  The  kit includes the following: 

• Ideas for a homily
• Ready-made bulletin inserts
• Suggested Prayers of the Faithful
• Music suggestions
• Ideas for future parish activities to support   Environmental Justice in your community.

You are invited to be part of a 10 Day Immersion Trip to Mexico!
 
The Archdiocesan Global Solidarity Team invites you to join other parishioners on a 10-day trip to Cuernavaca, Mexico, June 29 - July 8, 2010. This is a unique opportunity to experience the spirituality, culture and hospitality of the Mexican people.  In the context of prayer, discussion, recreation and reflection, the Benedictine Sisters of Guadalupe Center will introduce participants to the present-day religious, social, political and economic realities of life in Mexico.  The program will include speakers, audio-visual presentations, visits to local colonias, historical/archeological sites and the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and an opportunity to meet with Catholic Relief Services personnel working in Mexico.
 
Space is limited.  Cost per person for lodging, meals and travel within Mexico is $750.  The cost of round-trip airfare from Hartford/ Springfield to Mexico City is additional.
 
To inquire about or express interest in joining us for this experience, contact Cori Thibodeau, Office for Catholic Social justice Ministry at (203) 777-7279, cthibodeau@catholicsocialjustice.org.  Deadline for registration is April 1st.

Caritas in Veritate

Caritas in Veritate, Pope Benedict's third encyclical, is a call to see the relationship between human and environmental ecologies and to link charity and truth in the pursuit of justice, the common good, and authentic human development.