The following resources were listed in the March-April 2018 issue of NewsNotes
Listen to “Among the People” the new free podcast series produced by the Maryknoll Father and Brothers. The sixth episode features Orbis Books author Jim Forest. “Jim takes us through his early years that inspired his writing, from childhood to his time in the United States Military and into his lifelong work as an activist for peace.” https://maryknollsociety.org/podcast/
Plan now to attend Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD) in Washington, D.C., April 20 – 23. The theme is “A World Uprooted: Responding to Migrants, Refugees and Displaced People.” More information is available at www.advocacydays.org, or contact the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
Earth Day is April 22. The Global Catholic Climate Movement offers a resource kit to help your community celebrate, advocate, and educate for creation. The kit includes materials for a Creation Mass, homily helps, youth lesson plans, educational materials about clean energy and tips for dioceses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Register now to receive GCCM Earth Day updates, first-look materials, and more. http://bit.ly/GCCM2018
Pre-order the new book by Marie Dennis: Choosing Peace published by Orbis books. “Drawn from the [historic conference hosted at the Vatican in 2016] and presented here are contributions by many of the participants, including Lisa Sowle Cahill, Terrence J. Rynne, John Dear, Ken Butigan, Rose Marie Berger, and Maria J. Stephan, among others. Together they advance the conversation about the practice of nonviolence in a violent world, Jesus and nonviolence, traditional Catholic teaching on nonviolence, and reflections on the future of Catholic teaching. The book concludes with Pope Francis’s historic Message for World Peace Day in 2017.”
http://www.orbisbooks.com/choosing-peace.html
Visit the Human Thread Campaign Modules for educational modules on the garment industry. Choose from lesson plans for Primary, Intermediate, and Advanced students. For adults, there are lesson plans designed for use with Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, human concerns committees, or general parish formation. http://bit.ly/2FcZwUO
Order the new book by John Dear: They Will Inherit the Earth: Peace and Nonviolence in a Time of Climate Change, published by Orbis Books. “Drawing on personal stories of his life in the desert of New Mexico, his time as a chaplain at Yosemite, his friendship with indigenous and environmental leaders, his experience at the Standing Rock protests, as well as his work with the Vatican on a new stance on nonviolence, John Dear invites us to return to nonviolence as a way of life and a living solidarity with Mother Earth and her creatures.” http://bit.ly/OrbisBooksJohnDear
Explore Convocate, a free online tool for human rights research offered by The Center for Civil and Human Rights (CCHR) at the University of Notre Dame that allows researchers, scholars, practitioners, advocates, ministers, students, and other interested individuals to simultaneously search and compare documents of Catholic Social Teaching and international human rights law. https://convocate.nd.edu/