CCAO Updates
Setting the Stage for the U.N. Climate Change Conference
I arrived in Cancun, Mexico yesterday, and registered today (November 27th 2010) as a participant at the U.N. Climate Change Conference. This is the 16th meeting of Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the U.N. Convention on Climate Change. …
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Water for the World
“The right to water, as all human rights, finds its basis in human dignity and not in any kind of merely quantitative assessment that considers water as a merely economic good. Without water, life is threatened. Therefore, the right to …
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Passion for justice never fades
Connections made in the CCAO bring staff and interns new insights. As the seasons change and the weather cools, we are provided with a yearly opportunity to pause and give thanks for our many blessings. Something for which we are …
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Are we sleepwalking toward possible catastrophe?
If one were to judge by the pronouncements of politicians, economists and media attention, it would appear that we love money more than life. Since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, a huge amount of public discourse has …
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Those Who Choose to Go on Mission
In October, Mission Sunday is a day to remember the thousands of courageous dedicated people who have chosen to do something to help others, less fortunate than them. They are people who appreciate all they have in life and go …
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Project aims to lift drivers out of poverty
We want to tell you about an inspiring Columban project in the Philippines called Pedaling to Live. It’s a project in Ozamiz City that provides pedicab taxis to hardworking drivers so they can overcome the bonds of poverty. The project …
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Cycle of poverty broken with Pedi-cab project
Can you imagine working every day from 6am-8pm, driving people around in a pedal-powered taxi cab, and then having to pay half of the fares you earned to the owner of the cab, leaving you less than $5 dollars to …
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Columbans hosting retreat in Chicago
Let All Creation Sing God’s Praises! You’re invited to a Columban 1-day retreat; Come join us as we sing God’s praises! St. Columban’s International Theologate 5103 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL Saturday, Nov. 13th from 9am-4pm For more information and …
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Dream Act
DREAM ACT ACTION ALERT Ask your Senator to support the DREAM Act BACKGROUND The DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act9, S. 729) creates a path to citizenship for undocumented students who have entered the United States …
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Community in Unexpected Places
We are forced to find companions on our journey in unexpected places and in unexpected ways, often for a finite period of time. One unlikely place is in an office building, but it is where the Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach finds its mission and forms a community in the middle of a concrete, steel and glass jungle.
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