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Advocacy Workshop in Climate Justice and Water Review

Global Action

Advocacy Workshop in Climate Justice and Water Review

Global Action

Advocacy Workshop in Climate Justice and Water Review

On Tuesday, August 3rd, the Mercy Global Action (MGA) team offered the second of three virtual advocacy workshops. Our second workshop was facilitated by Colleen Swain, MGA’s Leadership Development and Advocacy Associate, and focused on the topic of Climate Justice and Water, ahead of COP26.

Read more about the workshop here.

MESSAGES TO: Colleen Swain Leadership Development and Advocacy Associate

Members News

Mercy Focus on Haiti: Message for Prayer and Solidarity

Americas

Mercy Focus on Haiti: Message for Prayer and Solidarity

Americas

Mercy Focus on Haiti: Message for Prayer and Solidarity

No doubt you have heard the sad news.

We are devastated by reports of the earthquake and aftershocks that struck Haiti.  Again our Haitian sisters and brothers are suffering the tragedy of death and destruction.  Please join us in prayer that they have strength and courage in responding to the many challenges of the moment, and in the days and months to come. 

We’ve been able to contact our partners in Gros Morne, and, thanks be to God, they are safe.  However, the nation is now bracing for the potential impact of tropical storm Grace.  As we learn more about the devastation, we will understand how we can best respond.

May the voices of all of us rise in prayer and solidarity with the people of Haiti.

Back at the pulpit, Sister Barbara answers her call

Americas

Back at the pulpit, Sister Barbara answers her call

Americas

Back at the pulpit, Sister Barbara answers her call

After a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and working life experiences of loss, Sister Barbara Moore is back preaching from a pulpit once more.

“It is so good to be preaching in a church again,” Barbara said.

But this summer she has been sharing her reflections on Scripture in Presbyterian churches in the Rochester, New York, area where she lives.

She laments that she can no longer preach in Catholic churches as she did several years ago because of a rule that stipulates that only ordained clergy can preach during a Mass.

Now retired Bishop Matthew Clark of Rochester interpreted the rule differently and allowed laypersons, including women, to preach at Mass. That changed in 2014 when Bishop Salvatore Matano, as the new bishop of Rochester, ordered an end to lay preaching, citing a strict adherence to canon law…

Mercy Matters

On This Day

Fact

On This Day

19 August 1841: Profession of M Julianna Hardman (Birmingham) and M Vincent Whitty (Brisbane).

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August Prayer for our Lady

Prayer

August Prayer for our Lady

The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas offer a pdf booklet with a Prayer for our Lady and her significance around the world.

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

prayer

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

“If we have trouble understanding and coming to terms with the teachings of Jesus in the gospel, then we can take some comfort from the reaction of the disciples in John’s community some decades after the death of Jesus.”

Further Resources

A Major New UN Climate Report Issues a Code Red for Humanity

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A Major New UN Climate Report Issues a Code Red for Humanity

A new scientific report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns we are on a crash course towards catastrophe if global temperatures are allowed to rise.

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Vatican Museums Collection: The Works of Mercy #4

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Vatican Museums Collection: The Works of Mercy #4

Explore the masterpieces in the papal collections accompanied by the words of the Popes. Today, view The Works of Mercy #4.

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New Narratives | A Seat at the Table

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New Narratives | A Seat at the Table

Whether as community activists, NGO workers, or diplomats, most of us who support human rights are involved in putting stories out into the world. Discover the new guide to crafting effective human rights narratives at the UN!

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Sign Up for the New UN Climate Newsletter

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The science, the Paris Agreement, the political negotiations... there's a lot that needs to be explained. In each installment of this newsletter, we want to deliver the key information you need, to be an active participant in the battle to prevent global heating from destroying our world.

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