MISSION STATEMENT
Mission
The mission of the Saint Dunstan’s Social Justice Committee is to encourage and empower the members of the community of Saint Dunstan’s Parish to respond to the Gospel call to action against unjust situations in the local, national and global community
Goals
The goals of the Saint Dunstan’s Social Justice Committee are to:
- enhance the committee’s and the community’s awareness and knowledge of specific unjust situations which exist locally, nationally and globally
- to enhance the committee’s and the community’s awareness and knowledge of the social doctrine of the church and the Gospel call to action to correct unjust situations
- to provide the committee and the community with opportunities for prayer and prayerful reflection with respect to social justice needs.
- to seek and to provide to the community action options that will contribute to the correction of identified unjust situations
- to support members of the community who express an interest in becoming engaged in social justice activity.
Actions that our committee continues to support include:
Objectives
1. To Enhance Awareness
A. Committee Focus
a. See education
B. Community Focus
a. Bulletin notices
b. Information Board
c. Displays
d. Talks
e. Prayers of the Faithful
f. Fall Development & Peace Campaign
g. Fair Trade Presentation to Council
h. Peace Vigil
i. Share Lent – Solidarity Sunday
j. Moving Forward
k.Youth Involvement Social Justice Presentations
2. To Educate
A. Committee Focus
a. Fall Development & Peace Retreat
b. Educational Videos – International Education – YMCA: Homelessness in Fredericton – Film by Semra
c. Violence Against Women – Amnesty International
d. CND Campaign against trafficking women
e. Read, share and reflect
f. Regional D& P workshop / meeting
g. Restorative justice
h. Jubilee
B. Community Focus
a. Fall Development & Peace Campaign
b. Bulletin notices
c. Information Board
d. Displays
e. Talks
f. Fair Trade Presentation to Council
g. Peace Vigil
h. Share Lent – Solidarity Sunday
i. Moving Forward Together
j. Political Advocacy
k. Youth Involvement Social Justice Presentations
l. One Page summary of Social Justice as Bulletin insert
m. Educational Videos – International Education – YMCA: Homelessness in Fredericton – Film by Semra
n. Violence Against Women – Amnesty International
o. CND Campaign against trafficking women
p. Puppets
q. Political Advocacy – Make Poverty History
r. Violence Against Women – Amnesty International
s. CND Campaign against trafficking women
t. Workshop for Parishioners (Topic?)
3. To Provide Action Options
A. Committee Focus
a. Water Resolution – Municipal government
b. Partner with / support other justice organizations e.g. Oxfam, Common Front for Social Justice
c. Promote Jubilee
B Community Focus
a. Fall Development & Peace Campaign
b. Share Lent
c. Clothing Blitz
d. Fair Trade Presentation to Council
e. Milk Campaign
f. Product of the Week during Lent
g. Habitat for Humanity
h. Refugee Sponsorship
i. Human Rights Day – Letter Writing Campaign with Amnesty International
j. Political Advocacy – Make Poverty History
4. To Provide Opportunities for Prayer and Prayerful reflection
A. Committee Focus
a. Prayer at each meeting
b. Little Rock Scripture Study
c. Read and Reflect -Theology of Enough: Creation Spirituality
B. Community Focus
a. Share Lent - Solidarity Sunday
b. Stations of the Cross
c. Prayers of the faithful
d. Peace Vigil
Regular Meetings: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month 7 pm in MBFC.
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