October 2021 Upcoming Events and Opportunities
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Please watch for announcements at this time regarding public meetings. All dates and meetings are currently subject to change. Be safe and be well!
MEETING SCHEDULE AND PUBLICATION SCHEDULE
- Peace and Justice Meetings are the third Wednesday of each month, and as always all are welcome to attend.
- Peace and Justice Newsletter will be published monthly, reflecting ministry news and reports from meetings and presentations.
October 20 Peace & Justice general and team meetings 7 PM in person Room #1, please join us!
- St. Bartholomew Church currently in person
- Meetings are otherwise scheduled for Third Wednesday of the month
- Teams: Programming, Communications, Finance and Grants
- All are welcome to attend and become involved!
Fair Trade Sales Suspended until further notice
- coffee, tea, chocolate
- after all four Masses
- benefits after-school tutoring at St. Anne Parish, teacher salaries and snacks.
Sundays Weekly Hot Meal Site 4 - 6 pm, Meal Site Teams - meals are grab-and-go, volunteers needed!!
Saturday, October 9 - State Corrections Conference, Roncalli, 8:30-3:30
Saturday, October 9 – Blood Drive at St. Bartholomew
Wednesday, December 1 – Combined Nov./Dec. Mtg of P/J, Room 1
Sundays Women's Jail Ministry visits 1 - 3 pm, classes 6 - 8 pm currently suspended due to COVID-19
We wish all the best in life to our longtime chairperson Donna Keogh. Providing leadership to Peace and Justice Ministry, Indiana Abolition Coalition, and Women's Giving Circle, Donna has been generous with her time, talents, and treasure in our parish and in our community for many years. Donna and Mike will be missed, but eternally connected in faith and love.
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RACE CONTACT INFO
If you have any questions about this race, please contact the race director at calyvers@gmail.com
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PLACE
St. Bartholomew Church
1306 27th Street
Columbus, IN US 47201
DESCRIPTION
Certified 5K course through the Donner Park area. There is ample parking on site. Support volunteers are positioned at intersections.. Check in and same day registration 7:00-8:00 am, day of event.
We will walk and run in solidarity with all the market women and peasant farmers in Limonade who, like Polidor, are struggling to become literate.
At Carnival time, participants in our literacy program undertake a cross country walk. They celebrate literacy, recruit more learners, and dance and sing through rural communities. Ours will be a companion event to help raise funds for basic class supplies and teacher stipends.
ALFA, an extensive adult literacy program, is a project of Friends of Haiti at St. Bartholomew Parish, in partnership with the parishes of St. Ann & St. Isadore in Limonade.
This year, we celebrate 18 years of literacy in Limonade Haiti and beyond.
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Themes of Catholic Social Teaching by The United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops: Care for God's Creation
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One of the foundational Catholic Social Teachings as outlined by the United States Congress of Catholic Bishops is the call to care for our environment, in the context of our home as God’s gift and creation for man to protect.
“We show our respect for the Creator by our stewardship of creation. Care for the earth is not just an Earth Day slogan, it is a requirement of our faith. We are called to protect people and the planet, living our faith in relationship with all of God’s creation. This environmental challenge has fundamental moral and ethical dimensions that cannot be ignored.”
Pope Francis, in On Care for Our Common Home, states that ”A true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor…Everything is connected. Concern for the environment thus needs to be joined to a sincere love for our fellow human beings and an unwavering commitment to resolving the problems of society.”
In celebration of the Feast of St. Francis on October 4, the organization Catholic Climate Covenant creates programming designed to focus our thoughts and our actions on the many ways we can live our faith in regard to environmental action.
Note how many connections are made between the care of the environment and its impact on those less fortunate.
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Since 2006, Catholic Climate Covenant has inspired and equipped Catholics to care for creation and care for the poor. Since 2012, in collaboration with twenty national partners, the Covenant has provided the Feast of St. Francis (FOSF) program on Catholic social teaching and creation care.
“Ecological Conversion: Called to Tend to a Flourishing Garden of Life,” focuses on defining eco-conversion, and why Pope Francis has called the global church to a seven-year journey to sustainability, and bringing the encyclical Laudato Si’ to life. How can our community and parish join this important global church effort?
The Laudato Si’ Action Platform identifies Seven Goals
The LSAP includes seven goals, each with possible actions you can take to achieve each goal. These are examples and suggestions; many more can be added to achieve sustainability.
Response to the Cry of the Earth
- greater use of clean renewable energy and reducing fossil fuels to achieve carbon neutrality
- promoting carbon footprint reduction efforts
- encouraging efforts to protect and promote biodiversity
- guaranteeing access to clean water and air for all
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reflecting with the Ecological Examen or another spiritual guide (ecoexamen.org)
Response to the Cry of the Poor
- Defending human life from conception to death and all forms of life on Earth, with special attention to vulnerable groups such as people of color, communities living in poverty, indigenous communities, immigrant communities, or children at risk through slavery
Ecological Economics
- promoting ethical investments, sustainable production, fair trade, and ethical consumption
- divesting from fossil fuels and any economic activity harmful to the planet and the people
- reinvesting in renewable energy
- check if Catholic Energies can assist your community in promoting solar energy and/or be more energy efficient
Adoption of Simple Lifestyles
- moderation in the use of resources and energy
- avoidance of single-use plastic
- adoption of a more plant-based diet and reduced meat consumption
- reducing food waste
- greater use of public transport and avoid polluting modes of transportation
- Joining the Ignatian Solidarity Network mini challenges or the Sisters of Mercy Meatless Mondays challenges
Ecological Education
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re-thinking and re-designing educational curricula and educational institution reform in the spirit of integral ecology to create ecological awareness and action
- reading a book by a favorite eco-theologian
- organizing a Laudato Si’ study
Ecological Spirituality
- recovering a religious vision of God’s creation
- encouraging greater contact with the natural world in a spirit of wonder, praise, joy and gratitude
- promoting creation-centered liturgical celebrations
- developing ecological catechesis, prayer, retreats, formation
Community Involvement and Participatory Action
- promoting advocacy campaigns such as the Climate Action Catholic Institutional Letter and Individual Petition that are part of advocacy activity.
- encouraging rootedness in local territory and neighborhood ecosystems
TAKE ACTION!
- Consider forming a “Creation Care Team” and register it with Catholic Climate Covenant. Creation Care Teams (in parishes, dioceses, educational institutions, religious communities) are the best way to organize and inspire your community to take action on care for creation and care for the poor!
- Already have a Creation Care Team? You are several steps ahead of others in your eco-conversion journey! The actions your team has already accomplished can count toward your community’s LSAP journey’s metrics.
- Remember to check Catholic Climate Covenant’s resources and programs for information and assistance in your care for creation efforts, and share your creation care stories and actions here on Godsplanet.us
Resources
- Catholic Climate Covenant: catholicclimatecovenant.org
- Vatican’s Laudato Si’ Action Platform: laudatosiactionplatform.org
- Godsplanet.us: godsplanet.us
- For more information on the Ignatian Ecological Examen: ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2017/10/04/ignatian-ecological-examen and ecoexamen.org.
- Catholic Energies: catholicenergies.org
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Prayer for Ecological Conversion
God of the sun and the moon, of the mountains, deserts and plains,
God of the mighty oceans, of rivers, lakes and streams,
God of all creatures that live in seas and fly in the air,
of every living thing that grows and moves on this sacred Earth.
We are formed by Christ into Your People,
called to bring the world into Your marvelous light.
As the Body of Christ, we are messengers of ecological vocation.
We are entrusted with caring for this Earth which You have created.
Help us to love and respect it; to repair what we have damaged;
to care for what You have made good and holy.
Give us the wisdom and the passion to change our minds, our hearts and our ways.
Let us be mustard seeds in our world bringing about ecological conversion
which grows and spreads to every corner of the Earth.
For our sake now and for every generation which is to come.
We ask this through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
-Catholic Earthcare Australia 2002
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MISSION STATEMENT of ST. BARTHOLOMEW
PEACE AND JUSTICE MINISTRY
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The Peace and Justice Ministry recognizes the Church as the Body of Christ.
- The goal of Peace and Justice Ministry is to provide leadership to St. Bartholomew parishioners to help them witness the Good News of Jesus Christ.
- Through education, prayer, reflection and direct communication, it helps parishionersto be effective in communities at local, national, and international levels, thereby enabling them to achieve meaningful and effective social action.
VISION STATEMENT
Integrate Gospel values into our lives as disciples of Christ through Outreach, Justice, and Spirituality.
Our Challenge and Goal:
Assisting parishioners to align faith with daily life.
To live differently in society as a reflection of our faith.
Responsibilities
Advocacy: Advocate for social mission (Outreach, Justice, and Spirituality) within the Parish.
Volunteerism, Personal Involvement: Be a model of social mission and faith in action within the Parish.
Education: Assist in the development, implementation, and recruitment of program initiatives.
Outreach: Discern and provide leadership for parish involvement in local, national, and global justice outreach.
Financial Support: Assist with determination and allocation of monetary stewardship for parish justice outreach and other initiatives. Along with other members, ensure that funds are being used responsibly and as intended.
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We Are The Peace & Justice Ministry
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- Chairperson David Harpenau (interim)
- Programming Team: Steve Audretch
- Finance Team: David Harpenau
- Communications Team: Jan Banister
- Blood Drive: Greg Scherschel, coordinator
- Next drive October 9, 2021
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Voter Registration: Steve Audretch coordinator
- Next drive TBD
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Ecumenical Assembly: Shireman Brown
- Pro-Life: Kelley Snoddy
- Giving Tree: Theresa Westerfeld, coordinator
- Meal Site: Susan Chandler,
- Sundays 4-6 PM
- Volunteers always welcome!
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- Friends of Haiti: Judy Harpenau, liaison
- Bread for the World Offering of Letters
- May 2022, Mike Spencer
- Bread for the World, Fr. Marty Peter, Convener
- Second Tuesdays 7 PM at First Presbyterian Church
- Indiana Abolition Coalition: open, liaison
- St. Vincent de Paul: Marilyn and Jim Clerc liaisons
- Women's Jail Ministry: Nancy Audretch, liaison
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St. Bartholomew Hot Meal Site
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There is a hot meal provided in our community through Ecumenical Assembly each evening. On Sunday evenings the meal site is Saint Bartholomew School cafeteria.
The meal site coordinator for our parish, Susan Chandler, is hopeful that more teams and individuals will consider assisting with meals. Info here:
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Sun 5pm-6pm
- SAINT BARTHOLOMEW CATHOLIC CHURCH
Mon 5pm-6pm
- FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Mon 5pm-6pm
Tues 5pm-6pm
Wed 5pm-6pm
- COLUMBUS FREE METHODIST – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th Wed.
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4th Wed 6-7 PM
Thurs 4:30pm-5pm
Fri 5pm-6pm
- FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
4th Fri 6pm-7pm
Sat 4pm-5pm (excluding the 3rd Sat)
2nd Sat 11:30am-12:30pm
- OGILVILLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
3rd Sat 4pm-5pm
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