OMI JPIC MeetingOMI JPIC MeetingGeneral House RomeOctober 20 – 25 2009

Vision of JPIC MinistryVision of JPIC Ministry

The Oblate Constitutions and Rules; specifically Rules 9a & 9b, guides the JPIC Committee

“action on behalf of Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation is an integral part of evangelization…

Oblates identify themselves with the poor, sharing their life and commitment to justice;

others are present where decisions affecting their future of the poor are being made.…

wherever they work, Oblates will collaborate, according to their vocation and by every means compatible with the Gospel in changing all that is a cause with oppression and poverty.”

Solidarity with/Preferential Solidarity with/Preferential Option for the PoorOption for the Poor

“With the liberating person of Jesus Christ at the center, we are called to experience His Love and make it a shared reality. Justice and peace are truly missionary dimensions of the U.S. Catholic Church” (OMI/OCUS Regional Congress 1981)

Structure of Province JPICStructure of Province JPIC

Province JPIC Committee Appt by Provincial

8-12 members; Oblates and laityEx officio membersMeets twice a yearReports to the Prov. Council after each

meeting

The CommitteeThe Committee

The Washington DC StaffThe Washington DC Staff

Role of Province JPIC Role of Province JPIC CommitteeCommittee

Advises and/or makes recommendations to the Provincial in Council on specific issues dealing with Justice, Peace & the Integrity of Creation, as well as the establishment of policy relating to these same values.

Generates, with the assistance of the national JPIC office in Washington, tools to aid province membership in responding to specific JPIC issues.

Animates the membership of the province, especially in the geographic areas where the committee members live and minister.

Relates to and keeps itself informed concerning the work of the 3 components of the Provinces’ JPIC ministry (the National Office in Washington, the Ecological Initiative in Godfrey, and the Parish Outreach Project which works out of Chicago).

Receives updating reports from the province director of Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation ministry.

GS JPIC MandateGS JPIC Mandate

DC Office asked to be GS JPIC presence in Washington/NY since 2002 (Associate Director)

Advocacy/Animation/ConsultationFCI/CSR mission for OIPIndigenous; Responsible Investing;

Ecology as prioritiesWorld Social Forum OrganizingQuarterly E NewsletterFormation session; Bangkok; Warsaw;

Lima;

PrioritiesPriorities

A fair, transparent and democratic political system

A just and sustainable economic systemA model of development and style of life

that respects the earth and eco systemA system of global governance in global

institutions that respects and protects the rights of all nations and peoples

ImplementationImplementation

Mission in the theater of IdeasMission in the political and public sectorMission in the corporate and private

sectorMission in education and formation for

JPICMission in coalition and collaboration with

others of like mind and commitment

Participate in the debate on Participate in the debate on IdeasIdeas

Protection and promotion of Human Dignity

Expansion of the understanding of Human Rights; right to water etc

Expanding and deepening an appreciation of understanding of the fragility of our eco system

Engage in the debate on “Mission” “Development”; Fair Trade; Profit; Interest; Restorative Justice etc.

Mission in the political and Mission in the political and public sectorpublic sector

Promoting representative democraticGovernment at all levelsActively participating in the constitutional

and legislative process at appropriate levels

Advocacy with elected officialsMonitoring the service of the justice

system and the work of civil servants

Mission in the corporate and Mission in the corporate and private sectorprivate sector

Active ownership of assets especially stocks and other investments

Meeting with leaders of corporationsProposing resolutions to address issues of

concernAdvocating for appropriate regulation of

corporations(See Tenke Fungurume PP: Katanga

Congo)

Extractive CompaniesExtractive Companies

Mission in Education and Mission in Education and Formation for JPICFormation for JPIC

Website content www.omiusajpic.org

Newsletters 2,500 plus electronicallyBriefing PapersEducational resourcesArticlesPresentation yearly at all formation

houses in Province

Briefing PapersBriefing Papers

COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION AND BORDER REFORMS. Oblate JPIC Committee meeting - Oct 15 -16. Godfrey, IL George Kombe Ngolwe

Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Lessons from Healthcare debate

With a comprehensive immigration bill likely to be introduced by the end of or early next year, we look at the health care debate now for lessons about the likely course of immigration reform.

Immigration reform will be a real battle and will get ugly. The Obama Administration and its allies must be ready to respond to the onslaught of ugliness. It will be a 24/7 demonization event that we are seeing on healthcare on Fox, Lou Dobbs, talk radio, and right wing critics. In order to win this debate, Obama and the allies need to be better prepared than they were for the health care talk hall failures.

# Immigration laws must be reformed to avoid distractions. Healthcare debate has turned into immigration reform debate. Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst “You Lie” after Obama’s health care plan for undocumented immigrants shifted public debate from Obama healthcare to immigration debate.

# Unlike Healthcare which will spend tax payer’s money, comprehensive immigration reform that will legalize the undocumented workers would improve wages and working conditions for all workers and increase tax revenues for cash-strapped federal states and local governments.

-The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that $66 billion in new revenue over 10 years would have been generated if the 2006 immigration reform bill, which would have legalized most of our undocumented population, had passed.

-New legal immigrants to the U.S. would provide a net benefit of $407 billion to the Social Security system over 50 years, according to a study by the National Foundation for American Policy.

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Mission in coalition and Mission in coalition and collaboration with others collaboration with others

I.D. and join some of other Catholic and religious groups and organizations

I.D. and join other like minded non governmental organizations

Collaborate with student GroupsSupport local communities

Coalition OrganizationsCoalition Organizations 

Africa Faith and Justice Network

Bread for the World

Eighth Day Center

Haiti Reborn

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

Interfaith Funders

Merrimack Valley Project

National Catholic Rural Life

Pax Christi

Seamless Garment (now Consistent Life)

Socially Responsible Investment Coalition (SA)

Washington Office on Latin America

Latin America Working Group

Coaliton for Justice in the Maquiladoras

International Interfaith Investment Group (OIP)

Jubilee USA Network

Solidarity Active and StrongSolidarity Active and Strong

Oblates and collaborators◦US Local parishes and communities in the

province◦Bolivia◦Peru◦Bangladesh◦Brazil◦Zambia◦Sri Lanka◦Guatemala

Solidarity Active Needs Solidarity Active Needs improvementimprovement

◦Collaborators and Oblates◦Philippines ◦Ireland◦Congo◦Nigeria ◦Japan◦Kenya◦Canada◦Poland

Financial SectorFinancial Sector

Caritas in Veritate: June 2009World Bank; International Monetary Fund;

G7; G20; UN;Governance of WB/IMFFinancial Regulatory Reform;Tobin Tax/Levy; Tax HavensDerivatives; Leverage; Compensation

Human RightsHuman Rights

Right to WaterRight to FoodFree Prior and Informed ConsentRight to MigrationHuman traffickingTortureLandmines

EcologyEcology

Oblate Ecological InitiativeOblate Learning CenterStrong Screens on InvestmentsWork on Coca Cola and other beverage

companies on Water UseEnvironmental JusticeWork on Mining companies: Peru;

Indonesia; Bolivia; Congo; Philippines etc

ThanksThanks

“The social doctrine of the Church has unceasingly highlighted the importance of distributive justice and social justice for the market economy, not only because it belongs within a broader social and political context, but because of the wider network of relations within which it operates”. CV #35