The Office of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation is part of an international network of JPIC offices for the Society of the Sacred Heart. We take a collaborative and pro-active approach in response to the pressing needs of our world. This office serves as the official JPIC office of the Society of the Sacred Heart, United States-Canada Province and the home of the JPIC Commission, which provides the Province’s leadership on JPIC matters. Our priority areas include: racism, environment, immigration, human trafficking, poverty, and non-violence/peace-making.
Welcome to the fourth full week of Lent on our JPIC Lenten Journey. Today we share the materials for the week of reflections on “Gender Equity: Working Towards Equality for All.” Gender equity and equality are foundational elements for all the emerging themes from the Society of the Sacred Heart’s International JPIC meeting in November…
Welcome to the third full week of Lent on our JPIC Lenten Journey. Today we share the materials for reflection on “Racism: Question, Listen, Act.” While racism was not a “named” theme from the Society of the Sacred Heart’s International JPIC meeting in November 2018 in the Philippines, the reality of racism around the world is…
Little research has been done on the psychological effects of racism, but data reveals that African-Americans experience PTSD at a prevalence rate of 9.1% versus 6.8% in non-Hispanic Whites. What is the link between racism and PTSD?
You may know exactly what race you are, but how would you prove it if somebody disagreed with you? Jenée Desmond Harris explains.
University Chancellor, Susan E. Borrego, reflects on her life as an emancipated minor and dissects the emotionally charged conversation surrounding race relations in the United States. This raconteur uses her powerful first-person account of “White Privilege” and “Black Lives Matter” to underscore the responsibility each one of us has to bring about change.
In this Wireless Philosophy video, Eduardo Mendieta (Penn State University) asks “What are the consequences of race thinking and the institutional and legal forms of segregation if race is not real? Why do we categorize race as a real thing based on visual perception and how is such a category anti-democratic?”
This week, our JPIC Lenten focus is on immigration and solidarity. We invite you to reflect on what Scripture tells us, what our life experiences teach us and what the face of immigration today asks of us. As we reflect, let us pray for our brothers and sisters on the move as we, too, are…
Welcome to the first full week of Lent on our JPIC Lenten Journey. Today we share the materials for a week of reflections on “Care of Our Common Home.”
Welcome to the beginning of the JPIC Lenten Journey! Today we share the materials for a self-paced day of retreat to help you transition into the season of Lent. These materials are drawn from the retreat day organized for the participants of the Society of the Sacred Heart’s international JPIC meeting in November 2018 in the Philippines. …
Walk this year’s Lenten journey inspired by the Society of the Sacred Heart’s international JPIC calls by joining us each Saturday through an online reflection group.
…In the spirit of this commitment and our mission of incarnating God’s love, we, the Religious of the Sacred Heart of the United States – Canada Province, strongly oppose the president’s declaration of a state of emergency to divert funds for a border wall.
February 8th has been designated by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the International Union of Superiors General as an annual day of prayer and awareness against human trafficking.