From USA: Committee on JPIC

REPORT of SECOND MEETING                              

On Saturday, October 24, 8 members of the group met in a phone conference.  At this session, based on our enthusiastic reading of “Laudato Si,” we shared on three points: one new insight, one challenge, and suggestions for concrete application. We were aware of not wanting to “reinvent the wheel” and of the many Church/congregational documents, celebrations and resources already calling for province attention. We then reflected on the booklet, The Journey Makes Us One, which some communities have begun to use and find helpful.  So we decided to focus on it as we “enlarge the conversation” to include everyone in the province. 

We INVITE EACH AND ALL to take up The Journey Makes Us One and let it be a guide on the journey as we respond to Pope Francis call to make “genuine care for our own lives and our relationships with nature  inseparable from fraternity, justice and faithfulness to others”. [#70].

By exploring our Chapter priorities in this way together, we can encounter anew the divine mercy of Jesus, the tenderness of Mary, the compassion of Claudine, and our union with every creature in the cosmos.

Note: The booklet "The Journey Makes Us One" - is  a collection of prayers and reflections - prepared by the Region of America to deepen the three priorities.