Action Alerts

2010 Advocacy Events

• Ecumenical Advocacy Days: A Place to Call Home: Immigrants, Refugees, and Displaced Peoples. Washington DC on March 19-22 of 2010. Visit the  Ecumenical Advocacy Days website for information, scholarships and resistration.
• Churches for Middle East Peace Advocacy Conference: Pursuing Peace Together. Washington DC on June 13-15 of 2010. Visit the Churches for Middle East Peace website for information and registration.  

The Passionist Emergency Fund for Haiti:

Tuesday January 12, 2010 Haiti was ravaged with a 7.1 earthquake. Passionist Priest and Medical Doctor Fr. Rick Frechette, CP has a mission in Haiti with a Children’s hospital, clinics and other programs that require our financial support in order to serve the community that is in desperate need for medical and pastoral care. Current Action: Please contribute to either Passionist fund that will send 100% of your donation to the Fr. Rick’s Medical Mission in Haiti: St. Paul of the Cross Province Haitian Emergency Fund or the  Holy Cross Province Haitian Relief Fund (choose Haitian Relief under Passionist ministry)

Catholic Social Ministry Gathering:

Charity in Truth: Seeking the Common Good

The theme for the 2010 Gathering was Charity in Truth: Seeking the Common Good. This event gave witness to the recently released papal encyclical Caritas in Veritate. The event took place on February 7-10. Visit the following Blog posts to read about the issue and experience of this years Catholic Social Ministry Gathering:

• A Catholic Message for Congress, Defend Human Life and Dignity
• The Catholic Social Ministry Gathering: Preaching the Passion on Capitol Hill

Ecumenical Advocacy Days:

A Place to Call Home: Immigrants, Refugees, and Displaced Peoples

And Jesus said to him, ‘Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’ -Luke 9:58

Jesus had no place to lay his head. Neither do tens of millions of migrants, refugees and displaced persons. Be a part of an action weekend addressing this global injustice. Join hundreds of faith-based advocates in taking action on U.S. legislation that will welcome immigrants, protect refugees, and prevent displacement of millions.

Worship, study and dialogue with hundreds of people of faith at the annual Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Then join us as we go to Capitol Hill to advocate for our members of Congress to remedy these global injustices. The 2010 conference will be held March 19 – 22 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Crystal City, Virginia just outside Washington, D.C.

Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD) Website:

EAD Registration:

Scholarship details for young adults:

Pope Benedict XVI World Day of Migrants and Refugees message:

Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) Advocacy Conference: Pursuing the Peace Together

You are invited to CMEP’s 2010 Advocacy Conference to learn, increase your skills, network and advocate for peace with justice in the Holy Land. The conference will be June 13^th – 15^th, 2010 at the Kellogg Conference Hotel in Washington, DC.

Psalm 34:14 and 1 Peter 3:11 “Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.” inspired this year’s conference theme. This Hebrew Bible and New Testament command to action is at the heart of what CMEP does to be proactive in promoting the right of people in the Holy Land to live in peace and security, free of fears of harassment, oppression, and violence   The conference will provide knowledge, skills and networking opportunities for every participant to pursue peace on Capitol Hill and at home.

Visit the CMEP website for information on this event and registration.

Scholarships and volunteer opportunity.

Fr. Rick Frechette’s Mission to Haiti:

The following blog posts from the Passion for Justice Blog offers information on the situation in Haiti, Fr. Rick’s medical mission to Haiti and how you can support this effort. At present we have only organized for financial assistance in this time of crisis. If any other form of service develops we will share it here and in our Passion for Justice Blog.

January 13, The Passion of Haiti and our response: Information about the impact of the earthquack, an introduction on who is Fr. Rick Frechette, CP and what is his mission to Haiti, and the situation of his mission. 

January 14, The Passionist Emergency Fund for Haiti: Further information on what Fr. Rick is doing in the aftermath of the earthquake and information for where to contribute financially for medical care to Haiti.

January 16, Update from Fr. Rick Frechette, CP from Haiti: A recent update on the situation on the ground from Fr. Rick and two news reports of St. Damien’s (Children’s) Hospital.