The following article was published in the July-August 2024 issue of NewsNotes.
- Webinar: Nuclear Weapons: What you don’t know can hurt you, hosted by the Franciscan Action Network on July 17 at 4pm ET. https://mogc.info/NW-wydkchy
- Webinar: “Stop Illegal Arms to Haiti” hosted by Justice Coalition of Religious, Sisters of Mercy, Quixote Center, Maryknoll, and others, on July 30 at 4pm ET, about current legislation in U.S. Congress and plans for advocacy day in Washington, DC in September 2024. Register: https://mogc.info/SIAH
- Conference: “Challenging Religious Extremism” in Bethlehem and Jerusalem hosted by Sabeel, an ecumenical grassroots liberation theology movement among Palestinian Christians. Register for the conference to be held Nov. 17-21 and pre-conference tours Nov. 11-16. https://mogc.info/CRE-Sabeel
- Article: “Q&A with Sr. Miriam Francis Perlewitz, who helped formed priests in Bangladesh” in the Global Sisters Report, June 18, 2024. https://mogc.info/q-a-Sr-Perlewitz
- Voter guides: 2024 Equally Sacred Checklist to learn how Catholic teaching is at the heart of the freedoms at stake this election year. Also check out “Vote Our Future,” a 2024 U.S. election education campaign by NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Teaching. https://mogc.info/voterchecklist and https://mogc.info/VOF2024
- Statement: “‘Pursue What Leads to Peace’: A Christian Response to Rising Threats of Political and Ideological Violence,” by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released on June 18, 2024. https://mogc.info/USCCB-PWLP
- Report: “Hunger Hotspots report: Famine looms in Gaza while risk of starvation persists in Sudan, Haiti, Mali, and South Sudan” by the United Nations, on June 5. In Gaza, it says “Over one million people – half the population of Gaza – are expected to face death and starvation (IPC Phase 5) by mid-July.” https://mogc.info/WFP-IPC5
- Article: “This Will Finish Us” from the May issue of The Atlantic Monthly about Maasai in Tanzania defending their right to their land and their human rights: https://mogc.info/Atlantic-TWFU
- Webinar Recording: “Raising Indigenous Youth Voices in Pursuit of Self Determination” by NGO Mining Working Group at the UN. https://mogc.info/UN-Mining-RIYVPSD
- Statement: on Pres. Biden’s new program for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens by the USCCB. https://mogc.info/USCCB-Immg
- Film: “Teilhard: Visionary Scientist” on the PBS website: https://mogc.info/Teilhard
- Study review: Environmental attitudes of U.S. Catholics by the Catholic Climate Covenant on the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University. https://mogc.info/CCC-CARA
- Report: “Capitalizing on Chaos: Thomson Safaris Tightens its Stranglehold Over Indigenous Lands in Tanzania” by the Oakland Institute uncovers how the Boston-based luxury tourism company capitalizes on the Tanzanian government’s violent repression of Indigenous communities. https://mogc.info/OaklandCC
- Report: “We have values that are needed: Faith Actors and their role in Civic Space” by Dr Elisabet Le Roux, cobranded by DanChurchAid, ACT Alliance, and the World Council of Churches. https://mogc.info/DCA-ACT-WCC-FaithValues
- Maryknoll Lay Missioners Webinars: Join us on July. 16, 2pm ET to learn about Maryknoll Lay Missioners and discern if mission is right for you. https://mogc.info/MKLM-Webinars
- Maryknoll Sisters Mission Institute: offering educational ministry programs including classes “Become all Flame: The Transformative Power of Contemplation” with Sr. Nancy Sylvester, IHM, MA, on July 14-19, and “Dorothy Day: Revolution of the Heart,” with Robert Ellsberg, MA, on July 28–August 2. Read more and register: https://: www.maryknollsisters.org/mission-institute/
- Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers Webinars: See upcoming and past webinars. In the most recent recorded webinar, Fr. Stephen Judd, MM, shares of his years at the Language Institute in Cochabamba, Bolivia and recalls his experience of sharing life with the indigenous peoples of Peru, Bolivia, and other places in Latin America: https://www.maryknoll.us/Resources/webinars