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Thanksgiving Gratitude
Updated Nov 26:
In a time of financial insecurity, we are grateful because we have the security of our faith. In a time of world turmoil,
we are grateful that we have chosen the ways of peace. In a time of grave injustice,
we are grateful that we been called to promote justice. In a time of despair,
we are grateful that we know the virtue of hope. -Jane Deren
Updated Nov 26:
This "clickable" Advent Calendar provides prayer and reflection for each day of Advent. Using global solidarity as our lens, these daily Advent reflections focus on places around the world where glimmers of hope are found even in the midst of struggles and suffering.
Interactive Advent Calendar
Advent Theme: An Infinite Horizon of Hope. This "clickable" Advent Calendar provides prayer and reflection for each day of Advent. Using global solidarity as our lens, these daily Advent reflections focus on places around the world where glimmers of hope are found even in the midst of struggles and suffering.
Updated Nov 25: In the face of all the challenges, we are invited to have hope. The Gospel reminds us to rejoice in the spirit of Jesus who will help and set us free.
View the full lectionary reflection.
Updated Nov 14:
Of all the looming ecological crises, from climate change to loss of biodiversity to air pollution, perhaps this one, our disconnectedness from Creation, is both the most basic and the most dangerous. Read the new blog
Updated Nov 4:
A New Experience in Voting!
Former Peace Corps Volunteer (and CoC COO) Maureen Herman, standing in line to vote, touches the deep emotion that will bring change to the nation and the world. Read More . . .
Updated Oct 29: Following several weeks of widespread global financial turmoil, leaders of several of the world's most powerful countries are planning a summit and a series of meetings to address this burgeoning crisis. This is a bad idea! Read the full article from Foreign Policy in Focus by Aldo Caliari.
Updated Oct 29: In 2004, AAI was instrumental in highlighting the Revolving Door between major corporations and the related federal regulatory agencies. This cooptation strategy guarantees that what regulation may be on the books does not get implemented. USDA Inc.: How Agribusiness has hijacked regulatory policy at the US Department of Agriculture is a timely case study for charting a more just way forward.
Updated Sep 19: "Feminist Political Economic Critique of U.S. Chicken Industry " - New analysis exploring how the industrial poultry production model fares in terms of
advancing the sustaining and flourishing of life and providing
sustainable livelihoods.
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