Urge Congress to Include Life-Saving Foreign Aid Funding in COVID-19 Package
The HEROES Act fails to include any funding for foreign assistance for impoverished countries sinking under the weight of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Tell U.S. to Support Global Ceasefire
In honor of Mother’s Day in the United States, a day originally intended to be called “Mother’s Peace Day.”
COVID-19 and Global Development
The following is a summary of latest reports and developments at the UN in response to the impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic on global development goals. The following article was published in the May-June 2020 issue of NewsNotes. In a webinar hosted by the United Nations on April 9, UN Chief Economist Elliot Harris described the…
‘COVID-2050’: A threat to take seriously
Maria Montello, a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in Cambodia, reflects on the current response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and a potential response to environmental destruction.
Urge Congress to Protect Asylum Seekers at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Under the “Remain in Mexico” policy at the U.S.-Mexico border, asylum seekers who reach the United States are returned to Mexico to await their asylum hearings, which are often many months away. Many of them sleep in the streets of Mexican border towns, often with their children, where they are subject to violence and desperate…
Urge Congress to Oppose U.S. Exit from Paris Climate Agreement
Urge your Members of Congress to oppose the U.S. exit from the Paris Climate Agreement.
Urge Congress to Protect the Amazon and Indigenous Peoples in Brazil
As we celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day this week in the United States, the Synod on the Amazon begins its second of three weeks of meetings in Rome. Meanwhile, fires continue to rage in the Amazon in Brazil, threatening this vital ecosystem and the lives of indigenous peoples who live there. Despite this, the Brazilian government…
Urge Republican Representatives to Sign Refugee Support Letter
Ask your Republican House representative to sign on to a letter in support of the refugee resettlement program.
Zimbabwe: Human Trafficking Recruitment
Zimbabwe is experiencing significant challenges politically, economically and environmentally. Sister Janice McLaughlin, M.M., writes from the capital city of Harare about new patterns in human trafficking recruitment that have emerged amid these great pressures.
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Heidi Cerneka in El Paso, Texas, reflects on the Gospel call to respond to our neighbors in need.
Earth Day / Easter Sunday
Next Generation Rising: Earth Day Sunday 2019 From Creation Justice Ministries, a U.S.-based organization that offers Christian education materials to equip faith communities to protect, restore, and more rightly share God’s creation. The Earth Day resource is written to be useful year-round. This year, Earth Day Sunday and Easter fall on the same day – April 21,…
Faith leaders defend right to asylum
We call on Congress to reverse the course of the Trump administration.
Churches for Middle East Peace Advocacy Summit
. Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) will host an advocacy summit,”Reclaiming Our Voices: Reframing the Narrative for Shared Justice in Israel and Palestine” for our 1835 network (individuals within the 18-35 age group) in Washington D.C. on January 12-14, 2018. For more information and to register go to the CMEP website. Please feel free to pass…
World AIDS Day
. World AIDS Day takes place on the December 1 each year. It’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. Founded in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first ever global…
Women act to end family detention
Maryknoll joins 600+ women in nonviolent civil disobedience.
Middle East Notes, April 6, 2018
Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Read previous issues of Middle East Notes Read the PDF version We begin this issue of Middles East Notes with a special alert about the recent attack by Israeli forces…
Take action to end systematic abuse of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention
Ask your congressional representative to support H.R. 4391
Middle East Notes, December 7, 2017
Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Read previous weeks’ Middle East Notes Read the PDF verson Editor’s note: Christmas Blessings, Peace and Wonder in the New Year to all our readers. After a brief Christmas break the next Middle East…