Project Updates
Addressing the Issue of Human Trafficking in Australia and Papua New Guinea
Opposing Human Trafficking
For the past nine years¼ Mercy Sisters in Australia have been active members of the Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH).¼ ACRATH is an Australia-wide network of religious Sisters, priests and brothers from a number of¼ Congregations¼ and Institutes and their co-workers, who collaborate to address the challenges related to eradicating human trafficking. ACRA
Sisters of Mercy of Great Britain Address Human Trafficking
Opposing Human Trafficking
It is only in recent years that the general public is becoming aware of human trafficking. The reality is that for many years human trafficking has been a growing industry in Great Britain for unscrupulous men and women willing to buy and sell people into slavery. Sisters of Mercy in the UK are¼ ?good newsü for many trafficked victims and survivors in many different ways. The
Presentations on Human Trafficking by Mercy Global Action at the UN
Opposing Human Trafficking
¼ Members of Mercy Global Action at the United Nations in New York have given a number of presentations on Human Trafficking this year Sisters of Mercy Deliver a Strong Message on Human Trafficking to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva On 15 June, 2016, at the 32nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Angela Reed RSM delivered a joint statement by
General Report from the Cosmology-Ecojustice Group
Cosmology & Eco Justice
¼ The purpose of this communication is to highlight something of what is happening in the Mercy World in the areas of cosmology and ecojustice. Did you even know that Mercy International Association has a Cosmology-Ecojustice group which meets online every few months? It is convened by Denise Boyle FMDM whose official title is Assistant Director--Me
Report on Activities in South Africa
Cosmology & Eco Justice
Since last conference call in 2015 we were involved in all the petitions, prayer and fast initiatives of the Global Catholic Climate Group as well continuing with our recycling projects in our various communities, schools and other outreach projects. Winterveldt continues with the food garden project which encourages mainly women in this very rural community to grow vegetable
Report from Newfoundland
Cosmology & Eco Justice
The logo of our Mercy Centre for Ecology and Justice (MCEJ) depicting an image of planet Earth without boundaries or borders and with the Mercy Cross at the centre, a reminder of the divine energy of mercy and compassion, portrays the oneness and the sacredness of all creation. When this harmonious and unified sense of interconnection and interrelatedness touches into our dee
Report from The Congregation
Cosmology & Eco Justice
¼ Much of my work since the last call has consisted in offering appropriate pieces to the province links of the Congregation for distribution to the general membership. Included here has been: o Information and requests to sign petitions on fracking – and the need to be vigilant with regard to its possible introduction here in Ireland o Requests to stan
Cosmology/Eco-Justice Report 2016 Summary of Work plan for Aotearoa New Zealand
Cosmology & Eco Justice
2016 has started very quickly for Nga Whaea Atawhai o Aotearoa New Zealand Mercy Global Action. A report on COP21 was made to the Leadership Team and subsequently released to Sisters to read. I have heard good comments and may need to wait for the congregational weekend for any possible or likely action that may come out of it. In saying that however, I have add
Report from ISMAPNG
Cosmology & Eco Justice
¼ 2016 and all that As I enter more seriously into the patterns of 2016, I feel the need to plot my direction for the year. As I am of an age when I am most appropriately retired, the lines between my personal interests and spirituality, my Mercy involvement, and my Earth Link involvement are quite blurred, but definitely part of a single tapestry. I will comment on the str
Report from Australia: An Appendix to that submitted by Mary Tinney rsm
Cosmology & Eco Justice
Rahamim Ecology Centre is a ministry of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea. Its mission is to promote the values of mercy and justice, as they contribute to the building of life-giving relationships within a resilient earth community. Located in Bathurst in rural NSW, the ministry seeks to embody a spirituality that animates care of the Ea
