ORCIE joins coalition of organizations in advocating for $1 billion
December 4, 2024
Youth Climate Corps investment Over 180 faith-based organizations and civil society groups have officially endorsed the Youth Climate Corps open letter launched on December 4, 2024. The launching event hosted...
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Demanding a just, fossil-free future at Ottawa-Gatineau Climate March
September 25, 2024
On the Season of Creation Action Day, September 21, 2024, ORCIE participated in the Gatineau-Ottawa Climate March alongside friends from Fridays for Future and various partner organizations, including Citizens for...
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ORCIE and Partners Meeting with Minister Guilbeault and Faith Leaders
September 15, 2024
After months of ORCIE’s dedicated efforts to arrange a meeting with Minister Guilbeault, the opportunity finally came on August 28, 2024. ORCIE, together with KAIROS and Citizens for Public Justice...
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My Experience Visiting the Hill in Canada with ORCIE
May 12, 2024
Earlier this spring, I had the privilege of travelling to Ottawa for a climate justice advocacy effort on Canada’s Parliament Hill. Working with the Office of Religious Congregations for Integral...
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Learning and Lobbying: Embracing the energy transition
March 30, 2024
In March 2024, ORCIE organized a three-day “Learning & Lobbying” series, which culminated in in-person meetings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa with MPs and top civil servants to discuss the...
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Divestment announcements
January 24, 2024
ORCIE is proud to have played a role in Saint Paul University’s recent announcement that it has divested from fossil fuels! Do you know of other Catholic colleges and universities...
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Friday for Futures Ottawa & Gatineau
September 15, 2023
On September 15th, 2023 ORCIE was on Parliament Hill with friends from Fridays for Future, For the Love of Creation, KAIROS, Development and Peace-Caritas Canada, Citizens for Public Justice and...
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Taking part in reconciliation: Inside the process of life-changing workshops
July 27, 2023
This third article in the Global Sisters Report shares experiences with Returning to Spirit. Read the full article here: https://www.globalsistersreport.org/news/taking-part-reconciliation-inside-process-life-changing-workshops
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For Catholic sisters in Canada, reconciliation is a mosaic of action, reconciliation is a mosaic of action
July 27, 2023
This second article in the Global Sisters Report includes a section on ORCIE. Read the full article here: https://www.globalsistersreport.org/news/catholic-sisters-canada-reconciliation-mosaic-action
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A year after Pope Francis’ Canada trip, sisters walk long road to reconciliation amid boarding schools’ bitter legacy
July 24, 2023
This article in the Global Sisters Report highlights Sr. Priscilla Solomon and has a great quote from Sr. Sheila Smith: “There’s a whole debate around ‘Can this relationship be reconciled,...
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