What is Earth Day?April 22, 2022 will mark 52 years for the Earth Day movement. Today, Earth Day is widely recognized as the largest secular observance in the world, marked by more than a billion people every year as a day of action to change human behavior and create global,
March 31st Evening Update The senate had passed the Time to Care Act! Now the bill will go to the governor’s desk for the final sign off! Governor Hogan can either sign it, veto it, or let it pass into law without his signature. Please urge Governor Hogan to sign
Testimony IN FAVOR of SB 275 Labor and Employment – Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Establishment (Time To Care Act 2022) Senate Finance Committee February 10, 2022 1:00 PM Presented to: Delores G. Kelley, Chairman BY: Candra Healy, St. Ignatius Catholic Community, Justice & Peace Committee Chair My
Join us virtually on Monday, March 28 from 7:00 – 8:00 pm. Mary Lewis, the assistant Nursery Manager at Herring Run Nursery, will be presenting information about the work of Blue Water Baltimore and how we can address stormwater issues with native plantings. After covering the basics, we will dive
Catholic Social Teaching tells us that it is our “duty to welcome the foreigner out of charity and respect for the dignity and rights of the human person.” Through our “Campaign for Hospitality,” the Ignatian Solidarity Network joins Pope Francis, as well as our Jesuit and other Catholic partners in creating
The theme of each town hall is “Care for Our Common Home – Environmental Responsibility in Maryland.” These town halls are timed to happen during, and have some influence upon, the Maryland General Assembly of 2022 as it considers critical climate and environment legislation. The first was on February 15
On February 23 at 1pm before the House Environment and Transportation Committee, there is a hearing for HB596 Constitutional Amendment – Environmental Rights. The proposal is the Environmental Human Rights Amendment to amend the Constitution of Maryland to establish that every person has the fundamental and inalienable right to a
What is Time To Care? The Time to Care Act (HB8/SB275) will help Marylanders take time away from work to care for new babies, loved ones with serious health conditions, or themselves. With income partially replaced from an insurance fund into which they’ve paid, families are also better able to
Thursday, February 24, 20223:00-4:15 PM EASTERN/12:00-1:15PM PACIFIC Presenters: Damian Torres-Botello, SJ, Eric Immel, S.J., and Eric Styles Call Description: This presentation will discuss the development and implementation of an 8-day silent retreat that was held the summer of 2021. This retreat was created by the Jesuit Anti Racism Sodality (JARS)
Come join Bishop Lewandowski, St. Ignatius, the Racial Justice Circle and the Pastorate of St. Ann, St. Francis Xavier and St. Wenceslaus on Sunday February 27 from 2 PM – 4 PM as we journey together on a Virtual Pilgrimage of Mother Mary Lange. It is a time to pray
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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