Sponsored by Pace e Bene, this yearlong program begins Oct. 29 and features three workshops in Chicago:

    * Awakening Soulforce - October 29-31, 2010
    * Engaging Conflict Creatively - February 25-27, 2011
    * The Depths of Nonviolent Action - June 24-26, 2011

For more information, click here or email Ken Preston at kenpreston@paceebene.org or call 510-268-8765.



A Catholic Climate Covenant: the St. Francis Pledge to Care for Creation and the Poor
A resource packet for the Catholic Climate Covenant. It outlines how parishes, schools, individuals and organizations can join the Catholic Climate Covenant by taking the St. Francis Pledge. This new tool is a way for Catholics to renew our response to traditional teachings about caring for both Creation and the poor and vulnerable. A copy is available at http://www.catholicsandclimatechange.org/pdf/CCCC_DirectMail.pdf.



Eat, Pray and Save the Planet
Interfaith Power & Light is working on a program to demonstrate the connections between food production, food consumption, and climate change. The organization is in dialog with food experts, doing research and networking with others to develop this new program on the ethics of eating.  They would like to hear your thoughts, comments & suggestions. Visit the Interfaith Power & Light website for ways to get involved - and to continue making connections between faith, food, and a healthy planet. For more information, click here: interfaithpowerandlight.org



Food Fast
Food Fast is Catholic Relief Services' 24-hour awareness program for Catholic youth. Focusing on global poverty and hunger, Food Fast offers a journey of solidarity with our brothers and sisters overseas, as a way of living out our faith. For more information, visit: www.foodfast.org



C4C: Franciscan Care for Creation
An adult formation program to prepare communities to live out our ecological vocation by addressing local, national, and international issues, developed by the Franciscan Action Network (FAN), a Franciscan Formation in Environmental Justice and Caring for Creation.  Promotes civility in discourse about how we care for all members of Creation. C4C is a tool for engaging in reflective dialogue and constructive action to make a difference in the community. Local action can lead to national transformation that affects our brothers and sisters around the world. The six-session program includes prayer, stories, visuals, readings, discussion, and a companion DVD. To view the video about C4C click here: http://www.franciscanaction.org/



Justice for Immigrants Parish Kit
Justice for Immigrants, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' campaign to educate and advocate for immigration reform, has updated its parish kit. These downloadable resources discuss a wide range of topics, including how to reach out to the media, tips for pastors who are developing homilies on immigration related issues, and a fact sheet debunking commonly held myths that some opponents of reform claim are facts. For more information, click here: Justice for Immigrants Parish Kit:



New Wine Skins: Forming Mission Based Communities
The longing for Christian community is a call from God. Those who feel it should heed God's call, listen carefully, and explore it with others who feel the same longing. This module is intended as an exploration of what these new wine skins of Christian community might look like. JustFaith Ministries calls them "mission based communities." The module will be a discernment process for groups and will combine reading and prayer designed to explore various aspects and realities of small communities. It will help participants discern, individually and collectively, whether or not they will form a small community. It will also help those groups that have decided to continue to begin the process of forming into a community-- one based on a mission to and with those who are poor and vulnerable. Click here for the flyer and here for the registration form.
For more information about this module contact David Horvath: david@justfaith.org or Mary Wright: mary@justfaith.org.



Engaging Our Conflicts: An Exploration of Nonviolent Peacemaking
This eight-session module was developed for JustFaith Ministries by Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service, the international leader in this work. T he module explores the power and potential of nonviolent peacemaking in our lives and in the world. It provides participants the opportunity to apply nonviolence to real issues that they are interested in taking action on and a strong understanding of and commitment to the practice of nonviolent peacemaking. It cultivates a deeper communal practice in the group, and culminates in a peacemaking activity that participants plan and engage in. Click here for the flyer and here for the registration form. For more information about this module contact David Horvath: david@justfaith.org or Mary Wright: mary@justfaith.org.