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2015 Conference Speaker Announced

3/20/2015

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We are delighted to announce our Keynote Speaker for the 2015 Social Justice Conference on June 13, 2015, Sister Simone Campbell, who will address this year's conference theme, Creating an Economy of Inclusion.

Sister Simone has served as Executive Director of NETWORK since 2004. She is a religious leader, attorney and poet with extensive experience in public policy and advocacy for systemic change. In Washington, she lobbies on issues of peace-building, immigration reform, healthcare and economic justice. Around the country, she is a noted speaker and educator on these public policy issues.

She has led three cross-country Nuns on the Bus trips, focused on economic justice, comprehensive immigration reform, and (most recently) voter turnout. The "launch" for the second tour in 2013 was held at our own St. Rose of Lima Church in New Haven, where hundreds gathered to bolster support for immigration reform, to pray, and to see the bus off on the first leg of its journey.

Sister Simone has often been featured in the national and international media, including appearances on 60 Minutes, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. She is also the author of A Nun on the Bus: How All of Us Can Create Hope, Change, and Community, published in April 2014 by HarperCollins.

Plan now to join us on Saturday, June 13 at St. Paul Catholic High School to welcome Sister Simone, and to share in a great day of learning about the social justice issues that impact the well-being of our communities.

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Support the Child Nutrition Act

3/20/2015

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"The hungry remain, at the street corner, and ask to be recognized as citizens, to receive a healthy diet. We ask for dignity, not for charity."  

--Pope Francis, November, 2014

One of the Domestic Legislative priorities addressed by the recent Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington DC was the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act.  The current law, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, will expire on September 15, 2015 and Congress will deliberate re-authorization as part of the regular 5-year review of the laws that govern nutrition programs contained in the Child Nutrition Act.

Programs affected by this reauthorization include those that address childhood hunger, help expectant and breastfeeding mothers, and promote nutrition and healthy communities. The WIC program provides nutritious food and nutrition education to low-income pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, new mothers, and infants and children up to age 5. Free and reduced-price school lunch and breakfast programs for low-income students and the summer food service program, which provides meals during periods when school is not in session, both ensure that children in our poor communities receive the healthy food they require to learn and grow.

For more information on these programs and the populations they serve, see the Backgrounder offered by the US Bishops.

TAKE ACTION: 
Let your voice be heard in the public debate on the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act by urging your Senators and Representative to support policies that address childhood hunger, help expectant and breastfeeding mothers, and promote nutrition and healthy communities throughout the year.

Encourage Congress to:
  • Improve access and flexibility for child nutrition and school-based meal programs to respond to local needs
  • Invest in resources and protect from harmful cuts and changes, the hunger and nutrition programs that feed hungry children, and expectant and breastfeeding mothers, throughout the year
  • Protect recent gains made in eligibility and certification so that more children get the food they need for their healthy development.
To find contact information for your congressional representatives, visit this site:

http://www.usa.gov/Contact/US-Congress.shtml.

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Parishes in Action!

3/20/2015

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Leaders at Our Lady of Pompeii are learning and growing!  Over the past few weeks, twenty-five parishioners from a variety of parish ministries have participated in our program, Parishes in Action. The program is designed to develop new social ministry efforts, or to assist already active social ministry committees in the integration of their social mission into the life of the whole parish.

The group from Our Lady of Pompeii in East Haven started with the basics, reviewing the 7 key themes of Catholic Social Teaching and the difference between charity and social justice. They explored the Pastoral Circle as a means to understanding and acting on injustices.    

During the last session, they worked to create a social justice vision for their parish. We are excited to see how they will integrate this new knowledge into the life of the parish and into their work for justice in the future.

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