Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg writes, “When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, ‘When there are nine,’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.” (Georgetown, 2016). The JPIC Calendar for March invites you to explore…
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month “The scale of human trafficking is atrocious…We have to raise our voices for them. That means confronting the social and economic conditions that abet this crime..” – former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
Universal Human Rights Month “Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. […] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close…
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month “As family of the Sacred Heart, we are called to respond “as One Body,” drawing from our charism and mission as educators. This means growing in a shared vision that allows us to understand the complexity of the political, economic, and social systems that confront us; increasing awareness of how…
Migration is named as one of the four major themes we are addressing internationally as one Body in the Church and in the world.
We’ve pulled out some JPIC-related dates to take special note of this month.
Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15) by celebrating the cultures and contributions of American citizens who came from — or whose ancestors came from — Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. Click here for the Hispanic Heritage Month web site that includes a wide range…
Meg Causey, RSCJ, Sheila Smith, RSCJ and Rita Pinto, RSCJ meet together at the UN and attend the UN Commemoration of the United Nations’ World Day against Trafficking in Persons on July 30, 2019. Society of the Sacred Heart NGO Representative, Sheila Smith RSCJ collaborates with others in more than a decade of working…
The current government policies terrorize and traumatize children, and must be stopped. The need for immigration reform does not give our government permission to violate the dignity and basic human rights of children, and we cannot remain silent while this is being done.
The Society of the Sacred Heart gathered global leaders from the 41 countries served by the Religious of the Sacred Heart. Each of these leaders holds particular responsibility for the work of JPIC (Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation) for the region in which they serve and live. This process, facilitated by Stuart Center…
We support the recent statement put out by Pax Christi USA and we urge you to take action by calling Congress and the White House.
…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.