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Actions
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International Presentation Association
Gathers Leaders and Justice Contacts in Newfoundland |
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Complimentary
to Matthew’s call to “teach all nations", during her lifetime, Nano
Nagle gave expression to a similar energy.“If I could be of any
service in saving souls in any part of the globe, I would willingly
do all in my power.”During her lifetime, Nano formed catechists to
go to the colonies of the West Indies to serve the Catholic
population. After her death, Sisters of the Presentation began
serving in schools and social services all over the world, taking
her instruction to “Spend yourselves for the poor” to nearly every
continent. The first foundation for Presentation Sisters in North
America was in Newfoundland in 1833, followed by the first
foundation in the United States in San Francisco in1854.
Presentation Sisters established a foundation in India in 1842.
Today, Sisters of the Presentation serve in many places around the
world.
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In September 2012, Presentation Leaders and Justice Contacts
will gather on Saint John’s Island, Newfoundland for the Sixth
Assembly for the International Presentation Association. The theme
for this Assembly is Consciousness Evolving, which speaks to the
sustainability of the earth and eco-spirituality foci of
Presentation Sisters around the world.
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The most recent IPA Assembly was held in Bangalore, India, November
14 through 21, 2007. The theme for that Assembly was “Listen to the cry
of the earth, the cry of the poor.” The Direction for Mission that
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Conscious of our identity as Presentation
women, we listen deeply to the cry of Earth heard most loudly in the cry of
those made poor and we are moved to attend with urgency to the woundedness
of our global community. In this critical time, it is imperative that we
find ways to ensure that human dignity is everywhere upheld and honored and
that we name, challenge, and seek to change the systems and lifestyles in
which we are complicit and which contribute to the present extremes of
poverty and wealth and the degradation of Earth. Therefore, we will address
the root causes of poverty, especially confronting personal and corporate
greed which exploit Earth, her peoples, and the whole community of life. For
more information about the International Presentation Association, please
visit the website:
internationalpresentationassociation.org |
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Our Work at the
United Nations
IPA is a Non-Governmental
Organization (NGO) and is in special consultative status with the Economic
and Social Council (ECOSOC) at the United Nations. ECOSOC is the principal
organ to coordinate the economic and social work of the United Nations and
the specialized agencies and institutions that make up the UN ‘family’, e.g.
UNESCO, WHO, IMF and many others. IPA is also associated with the United
Nations Department of Public Information (DPI). Sister Fatima Rodrigo , PBVM,
an Indian Presentation Sister, is the full-time IPA NGO representative based
in New York. Her work includes:
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being an active
member of committees organized by the Conference of NGOs in Consultative
Status with ECOSOC, e.g. NGO Committee on Social Development; Working
Group on Girls; Sub-committee on Eradication of Poverty; Commission on
the Status of Women; NGO Committee on the UN International Decade of the
World’s Indigenous Peoples
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attending the regular
UN DPI briefings for NGOs given by Senior UN officials and Member State
Delegates
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attending and
participating in United Nations meetings following our focus areas.
Through the work of the
Justice Contacts, Presentation Sisters and Associates around the world are
engaged in processes to surface information for UN committees and to give
input on international focus gatherings, such as the Rio + 20 Conference.
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Please visit these
sites:
International Presentation Association, go to
www.internationalpresentationassociation.org
Archdiocese of
San Francisco Life and Justice Office
Leadership Conference of Women
Religious with all its organization's links
Jericho with all its
organization's links
United
Nations Website with all its organization's links
Freedom Forum, a
non-partisan news and discussion group on amendment issues
Various Social Justice links featured
here:
http://www.justpeace.org
ICCR.org
for responsible investing information
Women Watch providing current information on the work of
the United Nations on behalf of women of the world.
Catholic
Migrant Farmworker Movement action and issue-oriented site.
Pax Christi USA US branch of international Catholic peace and
nonviolence movement.
School of
the Americas Watch updating the national efforts to shut down the
School of the Americas.
Jubilee USA giving information on action for debt relief.
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