Faith in Action Committee

Faith In Action Volunteer Opportunities

BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS

Faith in Action Committee Volunteer Opportunities

St. James Faith in Action is actively supporting the mission of Hands of Peace which brings together youth from Israel, Palestine, and the United States to dialogue and develop leaders for peace. Volunteers are needed to:

Drive teens to program activities – sign up for a shift: July 6-25
Serve lunch with Faith in Action Team on July 20
Host participants in your home July 6-25

Lunch Information:

Christy Bohan at christybohan@cox.net or Shirley Giese at shirleyjgiese@gmail.co…

Driver and Host Information:

Melanie Stanek: mstanek@handsofpeace.o… or 215-666-2916.
https://handsofpeace.org/summer-program/

2022 Special Message from Pope Francis.

Read HERE!

Promoting Equality & Justice

Mission Statement

Grounded in the Gospel and Catholic Social Teaching, our mission is to educate and work in solidarity and inclusiveness for justice, equality, respect and dignity for all our brothers and sisters and care for God’s creation.

Purpose

We accept the obligation to follow Pope Francis’ insistence that we open our closed hearts by EDUCATING our community about the social justice issues that affect us, especially the most vulnerable, and PROMOTING projects, programs, policies that respect the dignity of all, by addressing issues regarding discrimination related to race, gender, sexual orientation, religion; poverty, education, housing, policing, immigration, and care of the planet.

Committee Members

Parish Staff: Father Gerard Lecomte, Deacon Peter Hodsdon

Co-Chairs: Christy Bantugan-Bohan, Shirley Giese

Clare McDonald, Abigail Pablo, Bob Gilleskie, Teresa Perez, Luna Espinosa, Sheyla Tellez, Barbara Meyers and Susan Clark

Subcommittees:

New Members Always Welcome!

Pax Christi San Diego

We are a national and international Catholic peace and justice movement that seeks to model the Peace of Christ in our witness to the mandate of the nonviolence of the cross. This is a local chapter of Pax Christi USA. Coordinator: Christy Bantugan-Bohan. www.paxchristisocal.org. Meetings are on the third Thursday of the month from 6:30 pm to 8 pm. Email christybohan@cox.net for more information.

Creation Care

The Creation Care Ministry advocates through civic and charitable acts, loving concern for, and protection of, all the natural gifts of God. The focus of this ministry is Pope Francis’ 2015 Encyclical PRAISE TO YOU (Laudato Si) On Care for Our Common Home. Email Bob Gilleskie rjgilleskie@san.rr.comfor more information.

Immigrant Advocacy

We advocate for the safety and well-being of our sisters, brothers, and children in immigrant families including their health, housing, education, employment, and protection from discrimination.

Volunteers provide ESL and citizenship preparation through Pathways to Citizenship https://www.pathwayssd.org. EMAIL Clare McDonald at clarewhitemcdonald@gmail.com for more information.

Human Trafficking

Catholic social teaching proclaims the dignity of the human person and the sanctity of all human life. Because every life is a gift from God and is sacred, it deserves to be protected and nurtured; we each have a responsibility to fight against the violation and degradation of our brothers and sisters. Eliminating human trafficking and empowering survivors has been a historic concern of the Catholic Church.

Have an interest in learning more or getting involved?

Contact:

Christy Bantugan-Bohan christybohan@cox.net
Shirley Giese shirleyjgiese@gmail.com

Helpful Links:

USCCB Catholic Social Teaching https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catholic-social-teaching/upload/catholic-social-teaching-handout-adults-digital.pdf

Laudato Si https://laudatosi.com/watch

Alliance San Diego https://www.alliancesd.org

NCICC (North County Immigration & Citizenship Center) https://www.northcountycitizenship.org

The Faith in Action Committee, created in June 2020, is a subcommittee of the St. James-St. Leo Pastoral Council.