STL Justice Events
WHAT: Taizé Prayer for Peace
WHEN: 7:00 - 8:00 pm (3rd Friday of each month)
WHERE: St. Elizabeth Academy Chapel, 3401 Arsenal
WHO: This simple and beautiful chant music of Taizé Monastery in France promotes inner unity and allows one's spirit to be more attentive to the heart. Join with praying for peace in our world, our cities, our neighborhoods and in our own hearts. After a busy, hectic week, come and rest in God's presence.
WHAT: Mentor St. Louis - help the kids of St. Louis city and county.
WHEN: Call now! An hour a week – with a child who needs you! Mentors will experience close relationships with their little protégées and classroom teachers and have opportunities to volunteer during the course of the school day or in structured after-school settings.
WHERE: A St. Louis Public School near you!
WHO: YOU! for an exciting and engaging experience for our kids this year. In the last school year, principals reported that mentors not only assisted their kids with reading and comprehension but they were instrumental in helping kids learn and become better students.
Contact: Lindsey Nienhuis, Program Manager, Mentor St. Louis; 314-335-8141 (direct); lindsey@hhbgc.org
WHAT: City Greens - A Catholic Charities Farmers' Market with a Mission
WHEN: Midtown Center is open from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm on Thursdays and Fridays. And Fr. Tolton Center is open from 9:00 am - noon on Fridays
WHERE: TWO LOCATIONS FOR YOU - City Greens - Midtown Center (1202 S Boyle, 63110) And also - City Greens - Fr. Tolton Center (1018 Baden, 63147)
WHO: Support of this program benefits:
reduce your grocery bill while buying fresh, naturally grown produce
support local farmers
makes healthy food more accessible to neighbors living in poverty
educates people on healthier choices and lowers health care costs
assists low-income neighbors in becoming more self sufficient
City Greens Produce, a Catholic Charities Farmers' Market, allows you to purchase fresh, local, naturally grown produce at reduced prices. Your support also makes healthy food affordable and available for people who don't have easy access to it. You can support City Greens by shopping there, donating, volunteering, or telling others about it.
City Greens - Midtown Center (1202 S Boyle, 63110) is open from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm on Thursdays and Fridays. Households with incomes below $30,000 have unlimited access to the market. Others are asked to become sponsoring members with a tax deductible donation of $125 (unlimited visits) or $75 (15 visits). Businesses can provide discounted memberships for their employees. A mobile market will sell produce in south St. Louis neighborhoods on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
You can view Midtown's Introductory Letter or Membership Application. As a subscriber to the Parish Social Ministry Newsletter, you're eligible for 20% off your Membership.
City Greens - Fr. Tolton Center (1018 Baden, 63147) is open from 9:00 am - noon on Fridays starting June 3. A mobile market will serve senior centers in North St. Louis.
Read More about City Greens.
WHAT: Good Reads – ILLEGAL, NAFTA refugees forced to Flee
By Peter A. Geniesse
WHERE: Read it now – get it from the bookshelf outside the Cahokia Room – find our when millions of undocumented Mexicans have come to the U.S. Explore this complex issue by reading about real people with real experiences, witness to a system gone awry and filled with injustices.
WHO: This is good preparation for our upcoming 175th Celebration where the focus for justice is on Immigration.
WHAT: LEFT-OVERS – Re-use your “unrecyclables”
WHEN: Hours of Operation:
Mon - Thurs: 1pm - 7pm; Sat - 9am - 3pm
Closed Fridays and Sundays
WHERE: 1759A Scherer Pkwy, St. Charles, MO. 63303
WHO: http://leftoversetc.com/center-features/item-donations/ (636) 946-9779 - what a great resource for teachers, scout leaders, groups of all kinds – and they will take your clean “stuff” and all the little junk in your top drawer! – buttons, styrofoam, audio tapes, the list is A to Z…check it out!
WHAT: Discrimination, hate crimes against Muslim Americans
Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, D.C., said that "Muslim Americans are increasingly facing unjust acts of discrimination and prejudice" -- including the "sometimes imbalanced criticism and hurtful words" of opposition to the proposal to build a mosque and Islamic Center near the World Trade Center site in New York City.
WHEN: Inform yourself and continue to “grow in multicultural” awareness – how many of your friends look just like you?
WHERE:
http://www.stlbeacon.org/issues-politics/280-washington/109204-discrimination-against-muslims-on-the-rise?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+StLouisBeacon+%28St.+Louis+Beacon%29
WHO: All of us can learn and become “the more” sensitive as we deepen communion with our sisters and brothers living in our neighborhoods, cities and country!
WHAT: St. Cronan’s parishioners have become friends with a refuge family from Baghdad, a woman and two sons who lost their father and home during the war. Hania, and her sons, Mohammad 15 and Ahmed 8, live on a very low income provided by the International Institute which does not cover the cost of their rent.
Hania has chronic health problems and is unable to work. Currently, they are moving to new apartment that has no furnishings. The family would very much appreciate help getting furniture of all kinds as they have none. Most importantly they would like mattresses. Mohammad and Ahmed both speak descent English and are some of the nicest kids you could ever meet. They are also amazing soccer players (they play with the Kabat Catholic Worker House community every Sunday.) and are eager to form relationships with St. Louis families. Let me know if you would like to get to know them! They have no family in the United States, and very little left in Iraq.
WHEN: Anytime is good for generosity!
WHERE: They live near the International Institute.
WHO: If you have any furniture or kitchen pots and pans that you would like to donate to this family please call them directly at 314-664-1558 or 314-680-2527 after 3pm and ask for Mohammad. Thanks for your interest.
WHAT: VIGIL FOR JUSTICE, NOT WAR
WHEN: EVERY SUNDAY EVENING, 7 - 7:30 PM
WHERE: Outside on the steps of College Church- Grand and Lindell
WHO: Rain or shine, a place to gather for peace in solidarity together.
314-721-2977 – stand in witness, pray in silence; readings and announcements too!
http://www.insteadofwar.org/site/calendar/events.php?id=E5305
