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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Learning and Lobbying: New wine and new wineskins
May 8, 2023
In May of 2023 ORCIE and Joint Ecological Ministry (JEM) organized a successful, multi-day "Learning & Lobbying” series, culminating in meetings in Ottawa on Parliament Hill with MPs and Senators...
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