North American Passionist JPIC - Endorsements and Sign On

Endorsements and Sign On Letters                                                               

JPIC Committee, Passionists of North America

 March 2016

• Sign On - Faith community urges House passage of bipartisan criminal justice reforms; Letter to Speaker Ryan and Minority Leader Polosi. (CMSM)

 September 2016

• Sign On - Commitment to the centrality of gospel violence, coming out of the Vatican conference
  https://nonviolencejustpeace.net/final-statement-an-appeal-to-the-catholic-church-to-re-commit-to-the-centrality-of-gospel-nonviolence/
• Sign On - Global Day of Prayer and Action and Prayer for Syria to take place on World Peace Day, September 21.  (CMSM)

October 2016

• Sign On - Faith Leader Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Johnson with concern about private prisons especially for immigrants urging oversite, review and evaluation. 

December 2016

• Sign On - Coalition on Human Needs, SAVE for ALL Campaign, (chn.org) a Strengthening America’s Values and Economy (SAVE) for All is a coalition of national, state and local advocacy groups, service providers, faith-based organizations, policy experts, labor and civil rights groups working to protect important services from harmful federal budget cuts and to save the federal capacity to spur economic recovery and progress for the benefit of all.

 January 2017

• Sign On – Pax Christi International letter on nuclear abolition

February 2017

• Sign On – Passionists Intra-Provincial statement (From Houston meeting and border experience) on deportation.

April 2017

• Sign On - In light of the recent Inter Provincial statement on deportation a letter to President Trump originated by the Church World Service commenting and lamenting recent Executive Orders and Enforcement Actions.

May 2017

• Sign On - letter from the Coalition for Human needs (chn.org) urging Congress as it begins its work on the FY 2018 budget, to ensure that funding is adequate to meet the needs of all people and communities. 

August 2017

• Sign On – Faith Community Leaders Letter to Congress - Supporting Carbon Fee and Dividend https://citizensclimatelobby.org/leaders/

November 2017

• Iran and North Korea: Testing the Moral Fiber of the United States.  Catholic leaders statement to Congress and the Administration that we should carefully protect the Iran Deal and apply similar diplomatic skills in our relationship with North Korea. https://tinyurl.com/y8adq437   

 Acronyms:

• CMSM – Conference of Major Superiors of Men
• CHN – Coalition for Human Needs
• LCWR - Leadership Conference of Women Religious