Care of our Common Home - A Filipino View

Marylou Rodriguez, our novice sister, shares with us her presentation prepared for the Philippine Sisters Gathering at Zoom (October 17, 2021). Through the reality in the Philippines, Marylou shares how each effort and/or action no matter how small it is perceived can make a difference. 

You can watch the presentation by clicking here:

https://my.visme.co/view/dmpd1jyv-plastic-and-sustainability

JPIC Commission and Religious Participation in COP26

 The JPIC Commission gives important details about the what is being done and what can be done about the religious participation in COP26. Many religious women and men are listening to the cries of the Earth and the Poor. They are raising awareness about difficult world situations, giving answers at a local level and international level, advocating to give voice to the voiceless and find solutions together to face the world's crisis. Here there is a video which explain the JPIC Commission USG-UISG and presents examples of how religious preparing and will participate in the COP 26. Enjoy this video! 

In addition, a Religious Addressing Factors of Climate Change for COP26 video presented by Sowing Hope for the Planet features clips from a recent webinar where religious shared their actions and perspectives on climate change activism. The participants shared experiences on how climate change affects farming communities and access to food, as well as their efforts towards raising awareness about unethical investing and other strategies that we can use to mitigate the effects of climate change. 

Finally, the Solidarity in Building a Better world video features inspiring and engaging conversations from religious encouraging involvement in the Laudato Si' Action Platform, resources available from the LSAP website, preparation for COP26, local contributions to climate change activism and news and shared perspectives from members around the world including Japan, the Philippines, the USA, Peru and Bolivia. 

Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC)

October is a month to give thanks for prayer efforts, words and actions for justice, peace and integrity of creation. While the first JPIC Committee was created more than 20 years ago and the JPIC Office was started six years ago, "social justice education" has been and continues to be part of our DNA as Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word.  

International Day of Nonviolence

The International Day of Nonviolence is celebrated each year on October 2, the birth date of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of nonviolence. According to the United Nations General Assembly, in 2007 this commemoration was established to "ensure a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and nonviolence."

This year's the Catholic Nonviolence Days of Action 2021 has had as its theme "Nonviolence as a way of life in the web of creation." The days began on September 21, International Day of Peace, and ended today, October 2, International Day of Nonviolence and Gandhi's birthday. The Catholic Nonviolence Initiative (CNI) believes that nonviolence offers an approach and tools to address the call to protect our earth, hence this year's theme. In fact, CNI is contributing to the implementation of the 7-year plan of Laudato Si' together with the Dicastery on Integrated Human Development at the Vatican.

This year our CCVI School,  Colegio Central in Puebla (Mexico) has joined the initiative to recreate life from nonviolence actions in an intentional way. In fact, with joy and gratitude we share with you some of the edu-communication pieces made by the students in the framework of the Nonviolence Day. These edu-communication pieces are part of the educational effort to promote and embody in everyday life an inclusive love, forgiveness and resistance to systems of violence. We thank the educator Veronica Garcia for sending us these resources, and, in her, the entire educational community that are nurturing the active nonviolence of Jesus at all levels.

Hoping that today will be a day of peace as well as a time to re-encourage our commitment to nonviolence, we invite you to discover the message that these images want to offer you. We also invite you to pray with the prayer written by one of the students; perhaps it might serve as a significant resource for our personal or community prayer.

Nonviolence

We ask you Jesus, man of love

that on this day of nonviolence,

that women and men 

value each other and help each other

so that a relationship of love and peace may be built,

so that this broken society may heal in harmony.

Amen.

Edu-comunicational pieces

Central School
Nonviolence Day
No more violence!
We want peace!
You are valued
You are important
You are loved

Insults, humiliation, discrediting, shouting, verbal aggression, harassment, abuse of authority, flattery, intimidation, physical aggression, abandonment, etc., can cause loss of self-esteem and independence, stress, terror, feelings of loneliness and isolation.

No to psychological violence 

violence is not just hitting

When it comes to promoting non-violence towards women, men and women must participate equally. In relationships there must be respect and mutual care. Love and violence are incompatible. 

Violence against the elderly. 

Many older adults experience a series of inequalities that can accentuate their vulnerability and affect their quality of life. These inequalities have resulted in abuse and mistreatment.

Values that can promote nonviolence: 

• patience
• generosity
• respect
• joy
• gratitude
• service

Día Internacional de la No Violencia

En el vitral de John Pett en Birminghan, Alabama, se encuentra un Jesús negro quien muestra las manos de la no violencia: una que detiene la opresión, la otra que tiende la mano para el perdón y la reconciliación. 

El Día Internacional de la No Violencia se celebra cada 2 de octubre, fecha de nacimiento de Mahatma Gandhi, líder del movimiento independentista indio y pionero de la filosofía y estrategia de la no violencia. Según la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, en el 2007 se estableció esta conmemoración para "asegurar una cultura de paz, tolerancia, comprensión y no violencia."

Este año las Jornadas de Acción Católica por la No Violencia 2021 ha tenido como tema "La no violencia como forma de vida en la red de la creación". Las jornadas comezaron el 21 de septiembre, Día Internacional de la Paz, y terminaron hoy 2 de octubre, Día Internacional de la No Violencia y cumpleaños de Gandhi. La Iniciativa Católica por la Noviolencia (CNI por sus siglas en inglés) cree que la no violencia ofrece un enfoque y herramientas para abordar el llamamiento a proteger nuestra tierra, de ahí el tema de este año. De hecho, CNI está contribuyendo a la implementación del plan de 7 años de Laudato Si' junto al Dicasterio sobre el Desarrollo Humano Integrado en el Vaticano.

Este año el Colegio Central en Puebla (México) se ha sumado a la iniciativa de recrear la vida desde la no-violencia de manera intencional. De hecho, con alegría y gratitud les compartimos algunas de las piezas edu-comunicacionales realizadas por las/los estudiantes en el marco del día de la No Violencia. Estas piezas edu-comunicacionales forman parte del esfuerzo educativo por promover y encarnar en la vida cotidiana un amor inclusivo, el perdón y resistencia a los sistemas de violencia. Agradecemos a la docente Veronica García por hacernos llegar estos recurso, y, en ella, a toda la comunidad educativa que están nutriendo la no violencia activa de Jesús a todos los niveles.

Esperando que hoy sea un día de paz así como un tiempo para re-animar nuestro compromiso con la no-violencia, te invitamos descubrir el mensaje que estas imágenes quieren ofrecerte. Así mismo te invitamos a orar con la oración escrita por una de las estudiantes; quizá pueda servirnos como un recurso significativo para nuestra oración personal o comunitaria.

La no Violencia

Te pedimos Jesús, hombre de amor,

que en este día de no violencia,

que mujeres y hombres 

se valoren y se ayuden

para que se construya una relación de amor y paz,

para que esta sociedad tan quebrada sane en armonía.

Amen.