Declaration of intent

Passionists, Roma, april 2015路 Passionists, Roma, april 2015路 Passionists, Roma, april 2015

Declaration of Intent

INTERNATIONAL

WORKSHOP Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation Possible areas of action and work that we can carry forward:

1. JUSTICE We want: Being word and action that promote JUSTICE and denounce inequality, to stir up the culture of solidarity and sense of community of our peoples, in the environments where we live.  To promote the defense of human rights (individual and collective), in the light of the Gospel.  To insist, in particular way, in the religious communities.  To make known and to value the rights of Mother Earth, even through specific actions (demonstrations, matching, activities etc.).

- The right of indigenous peoples - Land rights - Right to Water - Right at home  Actualize the old patterns of religious life, to support the new paradigm of JPIC and make credible the work for justice and the dignity of the person.  JPIC must be, must be Transversal, present in all dimensions of our lives and in our actions. JPIC is the new way to express our charism. This is the new paradigm of Passionist life.  The "JPIC formation" must be present in the initial and on-going formation.

2. PEACE (NON-VIOLENCE) Creemos en la PAZ y We believe in PEACE and we hold it necessary to achieve it through objectives, concrete actions, all around us, aware that "without justice there is no peace."

Therefore, we must:  Keep an ACTIVE STRUGGLE FOR PEACE, without support those who create a violent system that generates poverty and injustice.  To promote an EGALITARIAN SOCIETY, where women are not suppressed, maltreated and handled violently. 

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Persuade that NON-VIOLENCE is a way of life; to form on this aspect consciences, educating the mindset of people.

Opt for BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS that do not maintain, nor support wars and violence. 

To promote a sober lifestyle.

3. INTEGRITY OF CREATION We believe it is useful, necessary and important to change our way of thinking in relation to the care of creation. To achieve this, we propose:  TO PROGRAM A "SPECIAL YEAR" DEDICATED TO THEMES SUCH AS "PASSION FOR THE LAND" and prepare adequate material suitable for this activity. You must bear in mind the motherland and realize that we are his children.  Promote a "GREEN ENVIRONMENT" personal and communal, in our homes and in the provinces.  To promote and TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE WORK DONE BY THOMAS BERRY, cp.

His approach to the theme of creation is valid for believers and non-believers.  To make an attempt, in the liturgy field and in proper offices, A RE-READING STARTING FROM PREOCCUPATIONS FOR LAND AND JUSTICE. The same for the other forms of prayer and devotions, like the Way of the Cross, etc. In every encounter to make reference to JPIC.

4. POOR AND POVERTY In this area it is necessary: To educate and FORM THE CONSCIENCE, especially in terms of the relationship between the poor and the earth.  To make it in such a way that OUR HOMES CHANGE ALWAYS MORE INTO PLACES OF HOSPITALITY, and open our local communities to groups working for needy people, justice etc.  Each Province or Juridical entity will have a JPIC Office which still is not present.  To show solidarity in different ways possible. To offer ourselves as volunteers.

5. WATER Let us say first that it is a GIFT OF GOD and, as such, must be respected. But it is also a primary good for the utility of the whole world, so there is a need to: 

Save and avoid waste.

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Working to raise awareness, through social campaigns dedicated to the theme of water and proposes a concrete commitment in the construction of wells in the missions.

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Water is a common good, it should not be owned by a few.

 In all of our homes, where possible, we should consume tap water and do not consume the commercialized bottled mineral water.  Know the SOURCES OF FRESH WATER IN THE COUNTRY and in areas where we live.  TO PROMOTE CAMPAIGNS of human rights, through an analysis of the causes and a raise complaint against laws that violate the right to water and making petitions to authorities as www.avaaz.org and others who offer this service or raising complaint on such issues.  Know the potential conflicts around water sources: the abuse of crops, contamination that mining brings, the various interests and raise their voices to denounce and protect this resource for future generations.  Make awareness of the care for WATER resources, GOOD AND COMMON RIGHT, through small actions.

6. REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS We must: Enforcing RIGHTS OF REFUGEES, accompany them and help them be recover a life worthy of dignity and insert them in the society. ďƒ˜ To denounce trafficking in persons as a new form of slavery. Get involved in finding solutions and working with groups, as Talita kum UISG ... ďƒ˜ To offer solidarity to refugees, so that they can integrate into society and provide them with: - Reception in religious houses.

- Aid in the paperwork.

- Language courses in the country where they are, to keep in our homes.

7. SOLIDARITY ECONOMY (FAIR TRADE) To propose a solidarity economy:  Take the effort TO VERIFY THE ETHICS OF THE BANK where our communities have the money on deposit to explain to the leaders of the banks that we are not favorable to earn as much as possible from our stores, thus encouraging speculation.  Investing our money IN PROJECTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE POOREST COUNTRIES; invite the heads of Banks to explain what are the criteria and the ways in which they invest our money.  Assess the CHOICES OF SAVING AND RESPECT FOR BASIC GOODS, facilitating the purchase of foods that avoid an exaggerated (for consumption) packaging and at the same time encouraging those that promote recycling of packages.  To accompany our poor brothers whom we meet in the mission through acts of solidarity, PROMOTING THEIR INDEPENDENCE, THEIR SELFDEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTE THEIR SKILLS.  Develop projects that empower poor people to be able to manage their own products, without the need for intermediaries, and have the opportunity to buy those they might need.  Promoting ethical bank.  Encourage the women, who are more enterprising and responsible in the economic sector.

8. OPENING OF OUR COMMUNITIES (AND HOMES) TO PEOPLE and groups who need (... need to be loved, recognized and integrated)

To reach this goal:  Work that favor the SOCIAL PROMOTION must prevail over the anxiety acquiring enough revenue for our maintenance.  Transforming our PROJECTS IN SOLIDARITY STRUCTURES where people around us not only "workforce", but the beneficiaries of the product of our work. We believe this helps to create a kind of opening of our community-home to people and promotes the idea of an open community. Our projects must be a force to transform unjust structures.  TO PROMOTE PROJECTS OF PRODUCTION of food commodities of prime material or products like (flour, oil, milk, eggs, oil, bread, fish, meat ...) and the possibility of access to these goods, avoiding the temptation to export elsewhere or outside our product , just to have a greater profit.  BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY TO THE WORLD OF THE NEEDY, to see, feel and experience the reality of suffering that is all around us, without going undetected.  Think of a attentive and precise study, capable of rendering our facilities suitable for a just and proper reception of these poor and disadvantaged. To do this, we need to network with other organizations that are already operating in the field of giving assistance to the poor, to share our possibilities, in contact with what is already being done for this purpose on our territory.

9. INJURED HEARTS Aware of the pain of so many wounded hearts, we want to:  Provide opportunities – WORK ALONG BORDER - during formation, so that as to come into contact with the reality of the crucified; experiences systematic contacts with communities that carry out this type of activity.  Facilitate volunteering.  Be more sensitive and ATTENTIVE TO THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WOUNDED by life or who are in difficulty because of their mistakes: we must always give priority to the reception on the judgment (compassion).  To accompany those who suffer. To be present in the suburbs. Go out of ourselves.

10. WORK ON THE NETWORK To make this point, we must:  Create an "action group" to continue the work of this seminar, which maintains contacts, share issues, the work of JPIC, through e-mail and other computer tools.  To work with other congregations and groups ... .as already the case with the USG, UISG, UN, FAO ...  Making Seminars like we had in Rome locally.  From the secretariat JPIC support the proposals of other groups to collect signatures and support to the various activities that refer to JPIC: rights etc.  To inform and to spread the service of JPIC in the local communities of our congregations (there is only one Passionist Congregation, therefore we should say: Our Congregation).  Create a LOGO to identify and give visibility to this work.  Include JPIC in our web, in our groups, in the basic communities...