Diocese of Winona-Rochester Social Concerns
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"To promote and support parish social action through education"
Our committee meets on a monthly basis to discuss the issues of Social Concerns within our Diocese, and to plan opportunities to learn and explore issues of concern. Updates and information are available below. Feel free to contact us by responding to this newsletter or through the feedback button at the bottom of the newsletter with any questions or feedback.
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Introducing the Rochester
Warming Center!
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Catholic Charities to Open a Warming Center in Rochester
Catholic Charities of Southern Minnesota will be opening a Warming Center, a shelter for the homeless, in Rochester this season. What is a Warming Center? It is a shelter providing a place to sleep, showers, laundry facilities and food during the winter months from November 1 through March 31. Guests of the Center arrive as early as 9 p.m. and depart by 7 a.m. with their belongings each day. A Warming Center is meant to be a stop gap measure, assuring those who need to stay, are safe from the cold of winter.
Catholic Charities has operated a Warming Center in Winona for the past 3 years. Rochester County and City government, saw the success of the Warming Center in Winona, and asked Catholic Charities to do the same in Rochester. With funding coming from both the County and the City and support from Mayo Clinic, work has begun on this project. Construction has begun on a county building to prepare a Warming Center that will house at least 30 people. The Rochester Warming Center staff will collaborate with city and county employees to provide services to the homeless community with the goal of achieving more permanent housing.
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Click on the red "take action" line to get more information and to take action today!
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Please urge your representative to support the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 962) by signing the discharge petition and voting to pass the bill. The discharge petition is a mechanism that allows the House minority to force a vote on a bill when the majority refuses to act. We can break the blockade. If we can get 218 Members (a simple majority) to sign the petition the Born-Alive bill can proceed to a vote.
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The House has protected critical foreign aid funding that reduces hunger for millions of families overseas in their budget proposal. As the Senate prepares to kick off its work on the budget, including funding levels for international food security programs, your voice is needed. Take action to prevent and end hunger and malnutrition around the world!
If passed into law, H.R. 6 would provide a pathway to citizenship for qualifying Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) holders living in the United States.
The USCCB’s Committee on Migration Chairman, Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin, Texas, has voiced support for the bill numerous times: issuing a March 15, 2019
statement
endorsing H.R. 6, sending
a letter
to each Member of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the bill, and
endorsing
individual component bills of H.R. 6 prior to markup in the House Judiciary Committee on May 22nd.
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The Minnesota House of Representatives is considering an omnibus E-12 Education bill,
HF 2400
, that provides for sweeping new statewide comprehensive sexual education curriculum to be taught in our state’s public schools.
The way the bill is currently written, it would allow for schools to invite Planned Parenthood into the classroom to instruct students and/or provide materials. Not only does it allow for "community organizations," such as Planned Parenthood, to come into schools, the bill specifically says the person does not need to be a teacher or even an employee of the school.
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We must act now, individually and globally, to mitigate climate change. Failure to do so will mean increased heat waves, decreased rainfall, loss of biodiversity, and sea level rise. The most vulnerable (the poor, the elderly, children) both at home and abroad will be first and most impacted. But climate impacts on health, food, water, and economic well-being will affect everyone. The
International Climate Accountability Act
would help keep the United States in the Paris Agreement and ensure it remains a global leader in the effort to prevent climate change. Urge your Senators to support the International Climate Accountability Act (S.1743).
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Catholic Charities of Southern Minnesota,
Along with the Diocese of Winona-Rochester Social Concerns, Familias Juntas, and The School Sisters of Notre Dame invite you to our Fall Social Concerns Day
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Migrants in Our Midst: A Day with Luis Argueta
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Join us as we spend the day with
Luis Argueta
and his documentary films. We will have a chance to watch his documentaries, talk with a panel of residents of our diocese who were part of the documentary ABRAZOS as well as talk with Luis himself, as we look at the current issues of immigration, the struggles of our brothers and sisters and how it affects the communities in our diocese.
Saturday, October 5th
Our Lady of Good Counsel
170 Good Counsel Dr, Mankato, MN 56001
Check In from 9:30-10:00
Morning Session 10:00-12:00
Lunch 12:00-12:45
Afternoon Session 12:45-3:30
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Registration fee for the day is $15.00 per person * (includes lunch), payable to Catholic Charities. Please RSVP to Tom Parlin at
tparlin@ccsomn.org
or (507) 452-2270 ext 246 (including name(s), contact information - email and or address, and home parish)
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Luis Argueta
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is a film director and producer, who has been telling transnational immigrant stories since 1977. His feature film
The Silence of Neto
, the coming of age story of a 12 year-old boy in 1954 Cold-war-Guatemala, is the first Guatemalan film internationally recognized and the first Guatemalan production ever to be submitted to the Academy Awards. The Guardian newspaper, listed Mr. Argueta as one of Guatemala’s National Living Icons, alongside Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu and Singer/Songwriter Ricardo Arjona. Luis Argueta is the first and only filmmaker to be awarded Guatemala’s
Orden del Quetzal in the degree of Grand Officer
. In the spring of 2018 Argueta served as consultant for the Migration Policy Institute. Mr. Argueta is the recipient of the 2019 Harris Wofford Global Citizen Award.
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One of the documentaries we will be screening is
ABRAZOS.
ABRAZOS
tells the transformational journey of a group of U.S. citizen children who travel from Minnesota to Guatemala to meet their grandparents for the first time. After being separated for nearly two decades, these families are able to share stories, strengthen traditions and begin to reconstruct their cultural identity. There are 4.5 million US Citizen Children living with at least one undocumented parent. This is the story of 14 of them.
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Kick Off Respect Life Month with Dinner and a Movie!
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Saturday, October 5th
St. John Vianney Hospitality Area
901 S. Prairie Avenue, Fairmont MN
6:00 PM - Chili Supper
Movie to follow
Unplanned is the true story of Abby Johnson, who becomes the youngest clinic director in the history of Planned Parenthood, and then has a life changing experience that makes her realize the value of life and the humanity of the unborn.
*Unplanned is rated (R) for some disturbing images.
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Join thousands of pro-life individuals throughout the USA and Canada in a peaceful and prayerful public witness. Together, we will remember the babies whose lives have been lost to abortion, witness to the sanctity of life from conception to natural death, and pray for those who are facing an unexpected pregnancy.
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OCTOBER 6TH, 2019
Rochester
- 2:00 - 3:00
7th Street NW at 11th Avenue NW
Winona
- 2:00 - 3:15
Huff Street at Howard (10th) Street
Fairmont
- 12:45 - 2:00
Meet at KC Hall - 920 E. 10th Street
Janesville
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2:30 - 3:30
Old Hwy. 14 at Main Street
*Signs at St. Ann's and Trinity Lutheran
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School Sisters of Notre Dame Craft Fair and Garage Sale
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Saturday, October 12
8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Good Counsel Hill, Mankato, MN
for School Sisters of Notre Dame.
Visit the Pie Café, the Wood Carving Studio, Ceramic Haven and Garage Sale with 30 booths featuring: Breads and Bakery, Jams and Jellies, Salsa and Soups, Fair Trade Coffee, Ceramics, Crafts and Quilts, Soaps and Fused Glass, Plants, Jewelry, Garage Sale Treasures. Attendees have the chance to win prizes that will be given away throughout the day!
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All proceeds go to benefit the School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Province's good work. We invite the community to enjoy time reconnecting with the Sisters while at the Craft Fair!
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SAVE THE DATE!
14th Annual Earth Conference
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2019
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Conference Center
170 Good Counsel Dr.
Mankato, MN 56001 *Detailed conference and registration information to follow.
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Pax Christi's
Sunday Speaker Series:
Homelessness
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Pax Christi Church's Sunday Speaker Series will host a panel discussing homelessness.
Location: Pax Christi
18th Ave NW, Rochester
Date: Sunday, November 10
th
Time: 4:00 PM
This is open to all interested people, no fee or registration needed.
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NORTHEAST CATHOLIC COLLECTIVE
is pleased to present a 9-week interdisciplinary course that will unpack these essential teachings through live lectures, interviews with influencers, multimedia, and real world engagement.
TUESDAYS | 7:00 - 8:30 PM
St. Clement Church
901 24th Avenue NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Principle Instructor:
Richard Aleman
with Guest Instructors:
Dr. Michael Naughton
Jason Adkins
The cost of the course is $50.00.
Space is limited.
Deadline to register is October 18.
Questions? (612) 930-0860 or
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"In these challenging days, we believe that the Catholic community needs to be more than ever a source of clear moral vision and effective action. We are called to be the "salt of the earth" and "light of the world" in the words of the Scriptures (cf. Mt 5:13-16). This task belongs to every believer and every parish. It cannot be assigned to a few or simply delegated to diocesan or national structures. The pursuit of justice and peace is an essential part of what makes a parish Catholic."
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"The 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien is a beautiful work showing the important role even the smallest and seemingly most insignificant people have in the drama of history. In the trilogy, it is Frodo Baggins, the little hobbit, who embarks on a perilous adventure to destroy the ring of power at Mount Doom and save Middle Earth from the power of the evil Sauron."
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Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery
Tool Kit Prepared by Sisters of St. Francis
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Available for use in your school/parish or social group: The
Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery
(Now called Human Exploitation) Tool Kit explores Who are Victims and Traffickers, Pornography effects, Federal and MN State Legislation, Catholic social Teaching, Where it exists and What you can do?
Tool Kit includes a Power Point Presentation and instructors Manuel and Answers to frequently asked questions. Kit will be sent to your requesting group in adequate time for preparation to your group.
Another option is to request a presenter(s) to come to your location. Contact Darlene Kelly 507-282-0578
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What are you doing in your community?
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Is your community doing a project or working on an issue that you would like to share? We would love to highlight your efforts, events and ministry!
Let us know what you are doing.
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We would love to hear your feedback on this newsletter. What do you like? What is helpful? What would you like to see? We can't wait to hear from you!
Send Feedback
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Looking for past editions of our newsletter? You can access them ALL on Catholic Charities of Southern MN's
Parish Social Ministry Page.
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