Congregational Actions for Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) Presented By: Jennifer Reyes Lay, Assistant Director of the Congregational JPIC Office
A Brief of History of How We Got Here • 2014 General Chapter Commitment – “Our Mission compels us to recommit ourselves to the poor and vulnerable, collaborating with individuals and organizations who share our values. We will assume the risk of a corporate and prophetic posture for justice, peace and care for creation.” (Chapter Acts, page 7)
• Spring 2015 International JPIC Committee creates proposal for Congregational JPIC Office • With approval from the General Leadership Team the JPIC Office begins operations October 2015.
Congregational JPIC Office • GENERAL PURPOSE – Respond to the challenge of incarnating the values of justice, peace and integrity of creation in society.
• SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 1. Discover and share how the Body of Christ and God's creation in the world today are suffering. 2. Systematize information on how the Body of Christ and creation is suffering in the places where we find ourselves. 3. Respond in word and deed, in collaboration with other groups in the Church and society, with actions focused on issues of justice, peace and integrity of creation. 4. Help members of the Congregation understand and address the systemic issues of poverty and social injustice from a global perspective.
Congregational JPIC Office Structure • General Leadership Team (GLT) • International JPIC Committee • Congregational JPIC Office
How We Share Information • • • • • •
CCVI JPIC Blog: www.saccvi.blogspot.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/jpic.ccvi Twitter: www.twitter.com/jpic_ccvi YouTube: JPIC Office Seeds Monthly Newsletter Theological Reflections: Creation. Poverty. Migration.
General JPIC Focus
2015–2016 JPIC Office Priorities
Care for Creation
Human Trafficking
Care for Creation • June 2015 - Pope Francis issues Laudato Si Encyclical
• December 10, 2015 - Fast for Human Rights and Creation
Care for Creation • November/December 2015 – COP 21 Actions and Marches
Care for Creation • November 2015 – February 2016 – JPIC Office hosts “Community Conversations on Laudato Si.”
Care for Creation • June 2016
– Laudato Si Week – Workshops on Sustainability Held in U.S., Mexico, and Peru
Networks for the Care of Creation Catholic Climate Movement
Red Eclesial Panamazonica
What has your institution or ministry done to better care for our common home? What are you inspired to do? (Laudato Si activity)
Human Trafficking • 2013 the Congregation passes a process for taking a corporate stance. • 2014 the International JPIC Committee proposes the first corporate stance be against human trafficking. • 2015 the Corporate Stance Against Human Trafficking is passed.
What have we done since then? • February video report – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKWxjcKv1og&feature=youtu.be
• Prayers, Education, and Action
Human Trafficking Networks • US Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking • Red KAWSAY
Have you attended any events on human trafficking in the last year? Which ones? Are you aware of any ways that your ministry/institution has implemented the corporate stance against human trafficking? What more would you like to see done?
PRAY TO END
WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO ACTION: SPIRITUAL Prayer, especially July 30, world day of prayer to end human trafficking. September 23, International Day against human trafficking, and Feb, 8, feast of St. Bakhita SPREADING THE WORD AND SENTIZIATION Encourage other interested people Include the topic of human trafficking in community and institutional projects Share personal knowledge and experiences through our blog Have talks/conferences on this topic in our schools and hospitals. FORMATION AND TRAINING Participate in or organize activities for prevention of human trafficking Strengthen knowledge and training that promotes a culture of protecting Human Rights. Locate and patronize local businesses that treat their employees justly. GENERATING ECONOMIC RESOURCES Establish a local community and/or institutional budget to assist these activities
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