A recent study found that Catholic Social Teaching on the Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers was the single “most overlooked” element in Catholic Social Teaching today. Labor Day weekend offers a great opportunity to share this aspect of our faith with our brothers and sisters in the
A Conversation about the Importance of Reducing, Composting, and Recycling. by Valerie Doze Reduce, reuse, recycle. How many times have we heard these three seemingly simple words? How many times have we decided to throw everything in the trash, instead? Is it the confusion over which items can be composted
A letter from Tiffany Hartung, field director or Interfaith Power & Light Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin reached an agreement on $369 billion in crucial climate investments. The bill, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, is a budget reconciliation bill that requires only a simple majority in
Aug. 2, 2022 The Senate passed legislation Tuesday to expand lifesaving health care benefits for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. Senators voted 86-11 after Republicans agreed to lift their blockade of the popular bill, caving in to pressure from more than 60 veterans groups —
On July 7, 2022, President Joe Biden presented Sister Simone Campbell, S.S.S., former executive director of NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom along with 16 other individuals who have “made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or
The Antiracism Task Force and Environmental Justice Subcommittee invite you to a virtual prayer service for St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the patron saint of Native Americans and the Environment, on the 17th of July from 2:00-4:00PM (Zoom Access can be found below). In honor of St. Kateri, the event will focus
Native Plant Sale at St. IgnatiusTheresa Furnari, Chair Environmental Justice Subcommittee The Native Plant was hosted by the Environmental Justice Committee, a subcommittee of the Justice and Peace Committee during the weekend of May 21-22, 2022, after the 5:00 p.m. Mass and 10:00 a.m. Mass. Parishioners purchased a variety of
The Environmental Justice Subcommittee is hosting a native plant sale on May 21 after the 5:00 PM Mass and May 22 after the 10:00 AM Mass. Tables will be set up in the Narthex on May 21 and in the Reeves Gallery on May 22. There will be a variety of plants available and information about native plants. CASH SALES ONLY.
by Shari Shea, Immigration Committee Co-Chair The St. Ignatius Justice & Peace Committee is partnering with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) Baltimore Office to furnish apartments for new American families through our Afghan Refugee Resettlement Project. This project was initially conceived in collaboration with Catholic Charities and other Catholic parishes
From Toni Moore-Duggan Please consider joining the League of Women Voters. We are in need of your membership. The League has been a long standing voice for voters rights for many years. I serve as the Chair of the DEI Committee and Flo has served as past President and is
Congress faces a March 22nd deadline to pass critical funding bills to avert a government shutdown. These funding bills include lifesaving assistance to meet the humanitarian needs of those arriving at our borders and millions of displaced persons overseas. Due to continued inaction by Congress, many essential U.S. humanitarian programs—both foreign and domestic—remain in limbo.
After months of delay, a pair of bills requiring—and incentivizing developers to build more affordable housing units will be presented before the full Baltimore City Council Tuesday, and could be called for a vote. The bills are part of a package of what’s known as inclusionary housing legislation because they
Baltimore coalition launches effort to campaign for land bank to acquire vacant properties By Giacomo Bologna Iya Kenya MahaliyaDara loves her Northwest Baltimore home, but she’s getting tired of her neighbors. For the past seven years the 48-year-old Baltimore native has lived in a Park Heights rowhome she inherited from
Please let President Biden and his administration know you strongly support temporary protective status (TPS) for immigrants from Nicaragua, Nepal, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala by signing this petition from CASA. Since 1990, temporary protected status (TPS) has allowed migrants from countries with unsafe conditions to reside and work legally
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