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Dates to Remember
Justice & Peace
Commission
Meetings:
every 2nd Tuesday of the month
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
(except during July & August)
Catholic Diocesan Centre
390 Palace Road, Kingston
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Justice & Peace
Meeting Minutes
February 2012
Please see "Archive" section for
previous Minutes
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Includes a link to HOMILY
NOTES from Fr. Lloyd Cummings
of the Archdiocese
of Kingston, Fr. Michael Ryan of the Diocese of
London
and Fr. Michael Basque of the Diocese of St. Catharines as a
basis for homily material and discussion by Social Justice
Groups in parishes.
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Mission Statement
We, the Justice and Peace Commission of
the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston and the Anglican Diocese of
Ontario, united by the Holy Spirit in our common commitment to the social
imperatives of the Gospel, promote the understanding and practice of
Christian social teaching, as we work and pray for the coming of the
Kingdom.
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We’re
Getting an Education
The members of the Justice and Peace Commission
of the Archdiocese of Kingston are spending the first half hour
of their monthly meetings in reflection and discussion of Caritas in Veritate. They are using the action study guide to
accompany the encyclical. This guide is available for order from
the CCCB website or to download from
http://www.jesuitforum.ca/sites/default/files/Caritas%20Guide.pdf
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Who we are:
The
Justice & Peace
Commission of the Archdiocese of Kingston was established in 1987 with the
approval of Archbishop Francis Spence, through the efforts of Catherine
Perkins, Rev. William Burns, Rev. Patrick Kelly and Rev. Lloyd Cummings. The
inaugural meeting was held on November 17, 1987.
Since its inception, the Commission has enjoyed the
leadership and commitment of outstanding men and women. Chief among its
leaders was John Gomes, Coordinator of the Archdiocesan Justice & Peace
Office, who facilitated the work of the Commission until his retirement in
December, 2003. The Archdiocese and the Commission appreciated his profound
knowledge and love of the Social Imperatives of the Gospels and his
faith-driven commitment to their application.
In the early 1990s, Gomes was instrumental in obtaining
the approval of the Catholic Archbishop and the Anglican Bishop to have
representatives from the Anglican Church sit on the Catholic Archdiocesan
Commission. After several years of
working together, the relationship of the two faiths became more formalized
when Bishop Bruce, Anglican Diocese of Ontario, agreed to become an ex officio
member of the Commission in 2003. Formal recognition of the relationship of
the two faiths on the Commission was confirmed in 2005, when
Archbishop Meagher
, Catholic Archdiocese of
Kingston
and Bishop Bruce, Anglican Diocese of Ontario accepted the adoption of the
Mission Statement of the Justice &
Peace Commission. (See above,
Mission
Statement)
The Commission submits an Annual Report to both the Roman
Catholic and the Anglican Diocesan Administrations. The Chair also attends and reports at all meetings of the
Adult Education Committee of the Archdiocese. Communications to the Parishes,
to the Media, to Politicians, and to Social Interest Groups, are submitted to
both Chancery Offices before publication.
The Commission is guided in its work by a set of
Guidelines approved by the Archbishop and by the Commission. The Program for each
coming year is formulated in December and prioritized and refined the
following January. This Program then acts as a guide for the Commission’s
work throughout the year, but does not exclude issues arising that are unforeseen
during the year. The Commission meets on the second Tuesday of each
month at the Archdiocesan Centre.
See the
Guidelines and Annual Reports for further details of the Commission’s Program.
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Justice & Peace Commission Study / Retreat Day
13 November 2010
at St. Paul the
Apostle
Church
Members of the Justice & Peace Commission gathered at
St. Paul
the
Apostle
Church
on Saturday, November 13th for their annual Study/Retreat
Day.
Colleen
Smyth, Coordinator of Justice & Peace, facilitated the day
which included a visioning/planning session for the Commission
and a reflection on the Study Guide for Pope Benedict’s social
encyclical, “Caritas in Veritate”.
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JUSTICE
& PEACE COMMISSION
Membership
CO-CHAIRS
Jamie
Swift
Roman Catholic Representative
Co-ordinator, SP Social Justice
Office
Member of Media & Education Work Teams
Rev. Valerie Kelly
Anglican Representative
Parish of Rideau
vkelly@ontario.anglican.ca
SECRETARY
Rev. Valerie Kelly
Anglican Representative
Parish of Rideau
vkelly@ontario.anglican.ca
MEMBERS
Chris Forster
Pastoral Care
Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School
613-384-1919 x 3436
Ann
Gollinger
Eastern Deanery Rep., Secretary
Chair CCODP Work Team
Member - Education Work Team
Alice
Gazeley
Central Deanery Rep.
Past Chair / Member of the Food Security and Education Work Teams
Rev.
Lloyd Cummings
Northern Deanery Rep.
Rep. on the OCCB Social Affairs Commission,
Commission founding member
Wanda
Campbell
Western Deanery Rep.
Member - Violence Against Women & Children / CCODP Work Teams
Jan
Sosiak
Western Deanery Rep.
Member - Violence Against Women & Children / CCODP Work Teams
Kevin
MacPhee
Western Deanery Rep.
Deacon
Mike Winn
Central Deanery Rep.
Co-chair of the Resources Work Team
Jamie
Swift
Co-ordinator, SP Social Justice
Office
Member of Media & Education Work Teams
Leigh
Smith
Anglican Rep.
Co-chair Resources Work Team
Margie
Ann McKinnon
Northern
Deanery Rep.
Rep. of Archdiocesan Lay Faith Development and Youth Ministry Programs
Shawn
McDonald
Central Deanery Rep.
Catholic Secondary School Rep.
Sr.
Peggy Malcolm
Central Deanery Rep.
Chair of Prison Ministry Work Team
Ex
Officio Members
Archbishop
Brendan O’Brien
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston
The
Right Reverend Michael Oulton
Anglican Diocese of Ontario
Arms-length
members
Rev.
Brad Smith
Sub-Committee on Human Trafficking
(613) 396-3797
email: bsmith@ontario.anglican.ca
Melanie
Murphy
Working as an International Student in Africa
Claire
Marchand
Pastoral Care, St. Paul's Catholic Secondary
School, Trenton
John
Brisbois
Member of the ALCDSB Board of Trustees
Member of Education Work Team
Linda
Rodgers
Western Deanery Rep
Sharon
Dunlop
Anglican Rep.
Cathy
Cavanagh
Eastern Deanery Rep.
Pastoral Care @ St. Mary Catholic Secondary School
Brian
Carroll
Eastern Deanery Rep.
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Development & Peace
Share
Lent Fact Sheet
Help a Just World Take Root
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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI FOR THE CELEBRATION OF
THE WORLD DAY OF PEACE
(January 1, 2012)
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from Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Justice & Peace
Office |
16 September 2011
16th Anniversary of the Silent Vigil
"Let's Vote for a
Poverty Free Ontario"
Photo gallery
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Right now, the Horn of Africa is experiencing
the worst drought in the region in 60 years and the situation is
dire. An estimated 10.7 million people are in need of food,
water and urgent medical care and Somalia is on the brink of
famine.
DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE has long stood in
solidarity with the people in the Horn of Africa, providing aid
during the famine in Ethiopia in 1984 and continuing to support
the population in addressing the constant struggle to overcome
hunger.
Once again, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE is ready to
show its solidarity, but we need your help.
Please help us support our Caritas partners in
the region who are working tirelessly to bring urgent aid to
those who need it most.
GIVE
NOW
DEVELOPMENT
& PEACE WEBSITE
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POVERTY
IN CANADA
In
early Dec. UNICEF released a report entitled The Children Left Behind.
The
findings reveal that
Canada
placed 17th among 24 industrialized countries in
terms of the material well-being enjoyed by its poorest
children, ninth in terms of their health and third in
education. Recently Campaign 2000, a coalition of
anti-poverty and faith-based organizations released its
annual report card and showed that
Canada
has made little progress addressing child poverty over the
last 20 years. Almost 1 in 10 children live in poverty in
Canada
. Now, after
three years of study, there is a report that has been put
forward by an all party committee of parliament called Federal
Poverty Reduction Plan: Working in Partnership Towards
Reducing Poverty in
Canada
. The report supports the key goals of the Dignity for
All Campaign. There is at present a ground swell of
organizations asking our governments to turn attention to
this issue and develop a strategy that will be effective in
eliminating poverty in
Canada
. To learn more or to get involved check out these groups:
 | · Canada
Without Poverty
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Citizens
for Public Justice
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| · Make
Poverty History
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Dignity
For All Campaign
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Now
you can revisit our Canadian bishops’
Statement for the International Day for the
Eradication of Poverty: Reflection
by the
Commission for Justice and Peace
You
might even write your MP and make your views known.
For
information on the Ontario reality pick up a copy of
Persistent Poverty, the
ISARC (Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition) report
from the social audit conducted during the spring of 2010.
This book presents the faces and voices as well as the
statistics of poverty in our province.
To
order call
1-800-718-7201 or email info@btlbooks.com
Response
to the questions raised by the
Mayor's Poverty Task Force Focus Group -
May
10, 2007
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Development
Peace – Education and Action
After a successful workshop on the current
education campaign - Water
for all, Let Justice Flow, D & P members are planning to
conduct the campaign in parishes throughout the diocese. To get
involved in your parish or to form a group contact Colleen justice@romancatholic.kingston.on.ca
A
Generous Response to Desperate Need
Development
and Peace
would like to thank all of its donors for contributing $3
million to the organization to bring humanitarian aid to
flood-victims in
Pakistan
. Heavy rains caused major flooding in the country throughout
July and August, affecting over 20 million people. Although this
disaster was slow to gain attention, Development
and Peace knew it could count on the generosity of its
supporters, who have always shown great compassion for those
living through a crisis situation.
Development
and Peace
is now supporting for a cholera-prevention campaign in
Haiti
. The organization is sending $123,000 to Caritas
Haiti
for this program, which is working with 3,000 families currently
living in internally displaced people (IDP) camps in
Port-au-Prince
, the capital. Volunteers supervised by Caritas
Haiti
’s medical team will distribute 3,000 hygiene kits (towels,
buckets, soap, diapers, etc.). They will also hand out
information leaflets and organize awareness-raising sessions.
Water-purification tablets will be distributed in various camps,
including those of Tabarre, Canapé Vert and Carrefour-Feuille.
The program will last three months.
http://www.devp.org/devpme/eng/international/emergencies-eng.html
click
here for a direct link
to current information
on
the website of
Development
and Peace
KAIROS Funding Cut by Federal Government
 K
Please go to this link to register your support online for KAIROS:
http://www.kairoscanada.org/en/who-we-are/cida-funding-cuts/petition/
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The
Closing of Prison Farms
This
campaign is far from over. Supporters were encouraged by
all those who came from all over the diocese and as far as
Ottawa
to take part in protests. Also, both the federal Liberal and NDP
have stated that they will re-establish the prison farm program
if elected. Just Dec.1st the opposition
parties were successful in bringing the closure of the prison
farm program to a three hour debate in the House of Commons. The
text of the debate is at the link below. When you go the link,
click on "routine proceedings" and scroll down to the
second category "Committees of the House", then scroll
down to the sixth committee listed, Public Safety and National
Security. The debate begins with a statement from Mark
Holland, Public Safety critic for the Liberals, and a supporter
of the Save Our Prison Farms campaign.
http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=
E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=3&DocId=4833879#OOB-3609954
We
hope the Conservatives will listen and change this policy
decision which so many Canadians oppose.Want
to Get involved? - Join the Monday night vigils
The vigil group continues to meet
Monday evenings, 7 to 8 pm at the entrance to Frontenac
Institution. Join them if you can, to remind the community
and CSC that the campaign isn't over, and to show support for
the farm staff and the inmates who used to work at the farm.
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HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
On behalf of
the Committee on Human Trafficking of the Diocesan Justice and Peace
Commission, we enclose a copy of the Education Package which we have
developed over the past year to assist parishes to educate parishioners on
Human Trafficking.
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Letter
from Archbishop O'Brien on Human Trafficking - Read
more
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Human Trafficking Information Sheet -Read
more
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How
to Identify a Victim of Human Trafficking - Read
more
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While human trafficking is an all too prevalent activity
right here in our own cities, there is an amazing lack of knowledge about
it. There are some groups and
individuals who are working to address this gap but until more people are
aware of what is happening, we will not be able to effectively combat it.
We invite you to pass this Education Package on to the
most appropriate person or committee, who would take responsibility for
getting this information to parishioners.
Some suggestions on how to use the Education Package are:
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Photocopy and
pass it out as a complete package appended to your weekly bulletin
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Leave copies
where people can pick them up at church entrances
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Use the
enclosed bulletin inserts in your bulletin over a period of weeks
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Have
members of the Committee on Human Trafficking come to your parish to
give a short presentation.
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If you are interested in having one of our committee
members come and speak on this issue, please contact Rev. Brad Smith at
telephone: (613) 396-3797 or
email: bsmith@ontario.anglican.ca
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ARCHIVES:
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2011
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2011
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2011
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2011
Minutes - April 2011
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2010
Minutes - December 2010
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Annual
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Report 2005
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Report 2004
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Report 2003
Justice
Library
BOOKS
VIDEOS
HANDOUTS
RECOMMENDED
Publications
Guidelines
Links
www.romancatholic.kingston.on.ca
KINGSTON
COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE ON POVERTY REDUCTION
www.vatican.ca
www.cccb.ca
www.ontario.anglican.ca
www.alcdsb.on.ca
www.cdsbeo.on.ca
www.ceasefire.ca
www.cpj.ca
www.ploughshares.ca
www.decentfilms.com
www.faith-commongood.net
www.devp.org
Other
Social Justice Documents
as
printed on the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops Website:
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