US Bishops and Faith Groups Collaborating to Minister to the Unemployed.
Working in collaboration with Interfaith Worker Justice and other faith-based groups, the US Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development is intensifying its efforts to support our unemployed brothers and sisters, and their families. The Faith Advocates for Jobs Campaign has been launched to advocate policies that protect families and ensure access to just and decent jobs with fair wages; and empower parishes and other faith communities to minister to the spiritual, social, and employment needs of their parishioners and congregants. For more information: http://www.iwj.org/index.cfm/employmentOakland Diocese Reignites Commission on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.
According to the diocesan website, “the Commission shall promote positive relationships and projects of mutual interest between Catholics and other Christians with whom full ecclesial communion does not yet exist, and at the same time promote positive relationships and projects of mutual interest with followers of other religious traditions. The Commission shall promote … cooperation in such areas as education, public and private morality, social justice, matters connected with culture, learning and the arts.” Learn more at: http://www.oakdiocese.org/departments/ecumenical.htm
Head of Bread for the World to Speak, May 12, Walnut Creek.
Thursday, May 12, 7:00 p.m.,Saint John Vianney Catholic Church, Mullen Commons,
1650 Ygnacio Valley Rd., Walnut Creek.
David Beckmann, author of Exodus From Hunger and head of Bread for the World, will speak on his new book, followed by a discussion. Beckman believes "God is moving in our time to end hunger, and we are invited to be part of this great liberation." For more information, contact Nora Petersen: 925-939-7911 x107, npetersen@sjvianney.org.
He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free. -- Psalm 146:7
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