Toronto, Ontario/For Immediate Release/May 25, 2020 - In celebration of the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, the Joint Ecological Ministry (JEM) called on Catholics across Canada to unite and demand the government “take immediate concrete actions to flatten the curve of global warming and move towards a just and sustainable future.”
COVID-19 has exacerbated the institutional and systemic racism that exists in Canada. Asian, Black, Indigenous, and other communities of colour are being disproportionately affected by this disease.
On my desk where I can see it, out of the corner of my eye, sits a note card from the Leadership Conference of Religious Women. On a green and yellow background, bringing outside beauty indoors, is the saying: "Surrender to what is dying and be attentive to what is emerging."
Today is not only International Worker's Day, but also the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. It is a day calling upon us to recognize the value of human work and to defend the dignity of all working people.
Since 2002, December 12 has been the National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples. Let us pray for and with our First Nations People in Canada, asking God to bless them on this day and all days.
My entrance into this world happened in St. Catharines, Ontario. During primary classes, when a visiting missionary spoke to us, I decided I wanted to be a missionary, but in my mind there was no connection between that and being a "nun."
