Resources

March - April 2024

Lenten Reflection Guide: Caring for Creation. Download the guide with reflections beginning on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14 through Palm Sunday, Mar. 24 https://mogc.info/Lent2024
Event: Virtual Good Friday Way of the Cross for Economic and Ecological Justice for Mar. 29, noon ET, details and registration at https://mogc.info/WotC-2023
Churches for Middle East Peace 40th Anniversary Advocacy Summit, April 9-11, In-person in Washington, DC. https://mogc.info/CMEP-Summit
Ecumenical Advocacy Days Spring Summit, May 17–May 18 In-person at the Crowne Plaza in Arlington, VA , with and optional off-site worship service on Sunday, May 19. Room reservation deadline is April 16. Registration at https://advocacydays.org/
“In Gaza, water is life,” article published in The Christian Century, by Ben Norquist and Rev. Mae Elise Cannon. https://mogc.info/CC-GWL
Israel-Palestine Conflict Resources for Prayer-Study-Action compiled by MOGC. https://mogc.info/Israel-Palestine-Resources
Webinar recording: “Telling the Truth about the Border: A Humane Vision for Border Management” hosted by the Center for Migration Studies of New York. https://mogc.info/HumaneBorder
Report: Doomsday Clock - Current Time by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on how close we are to destroying our world with dangerous technologies of our own making https://mogc.info/Doomsday
Act: Sign a petition to the World Bank - Stop financing evictions and human rights abuses in Tanzania by Rainforest Rescue, for an end to financing the project which expands the Ruaha National Park in areas where more than 20,000 people live and raise cattle. https://mogc.info/RainforestRescue
Statement: “Rights group welcomes UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan’s call for Marcos Jr. to abolish NTF-ELCAC, act decisively against red tagging” by the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines on Feb. 4. https://mogc.info/ICHRP-RedTagging
Brief: Legal action for Dreamers - Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined United We Dream and 115 organizations in filing in an amicus brief to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas v. United States in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. https://mogc.info/DACA-Amicus
News Release: Archdiocese of Chicago Shifts to Renewable Energy. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich announced that the archdiocese, including its nearly 400 parishes and schools, and offices, will shift its entire electricity purchase to 100% renewable, effective in January 2024. https://mogc.info/CHI-Renewables
Statement: Cardinal McElroy of San Diego and Archbishop Wester of Santa Fe call for ceasefire in Gaza, release of hostages in a joints statement on Jan. 17, https://mogc.info/McElroy-Wester-Ceasefire
New Book: “The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence” by John Dear published by Orbis Books, 2023. https://mogc.info/GospelofPeace
Webinar: “Mission and Ministry in South America” with Fr. Steve Judd, M.M. https://mogc.info/MM-webinars
Webinar: “A Look Back on Mission and Nepal and New Mission with Native Americans” with Fr. Joe Thaler, M.M. https://mogc.info/MM-webinars
Take action: Solidarity with Annunciation House. https://mogc.info/AH
Take action: Tell Congress to Pass the FOREST Act https://mogc.info/FORESTact
Take action: Endorse the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Learn why we need the FFNPT and how to endorse it. https://fossilfueltreaty.org/
Take action: Advocate for the Rights of Immigrant Religious Workers https://mogc.info/R-1visas
Article: International Womens Day published by UN Women in anticipation of International Women’s Day Mar. 8 https://mogc.info/Intl-WomensRights2024
Maryknoll Lay Missioners Webinar Join us on Mar. 15, 1pm ET to learn about Maryknoll Lay Missioners and discern if mission is right for you. https://mogc.info/MKLM-Webinars