PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTRY

 “Whatever you do for one of these, the least of my sisters and  brothers, you did it for me.”(Matthew 25)

 Purpose:  To stimulate the parish’s awareness of human social needs and  to develop effective responses to these needs.

Definition of Committee Task:

   1   To educate ourselves and the parish community through dialogue and  critical Christian reflection on the social mission of the church.

2        To promote the church’s social mission by

a.   working for and calling the parish to work for structural

     and systemic changes in the economic, social and political

     order that promote the values of the reign of God;

b.  calling forth the resources of the parish community to meet

     the needs of the world community e.g., food collections,

     Operation Rice Bowl, Campaign for Human Development;

c.   empowering oppressed people by promoting self-help projects.

3.       To network with other groups in the parish and community.

 Membership is open to all interested in furthering the purpose of this committee.  The committee meets on the 1^st Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m.