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The Spring 2017 edition of the Catalyst highlights key pieces of CPJ’s work including our Lenten Give it up for the Earth! campaign, the government consultations on national housing and poverty plans, and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

It also features opinion pieces from a few of our friends on Canada’s 150th anniversary, the blessing of refugees in Canada, and St. Patrick’s Day.

By Shawn Sanford Beck on March 15th, 2017

From the Catalyst, Spring 2017

Nestled in the liturgically purple lenten desert is a tiny green shard of resurrection.

Like a verdant weed sprouting up in the newly-ploughed spring garden mud, the feast day of blessed Patrick feels like it should belong to the Paschal season, rather than the penitential 40 days which precede it. I’m drawn to St. Patrick’s Day as a parable: a tiny, homely hologram of the power of the Spirit to break in where she is not expected, an anticipatory interruption.

CPJ expresses solidarity with Muslim community in the wake of shooting 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Ottawa, ON: January 30, 2017 — Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) expressed solidarity with the Muslim community of Quebec City in the wake of the shooting at the Islamic Cultural Centre last night. 

• Breaking the Barriers By Darlene O’Leary
• Faith and the Way We Vote By Brad Wassink
• Climate Action Through the Arts By Monica Lambton
• Poverty Isn’t a Problem to Be Fixed By Derek Cook
• Let’s Do More to Help All Refugees By Bolu Coker
• Meaningful Measures of Progress By Kathy Vandergrift
• Fishing for Solutions to the Climate Crisis By Lois Mitchell

• My Town Is Flooding By Rev. Adam Snook
• ​Consulting on Climate: Let’s Make Our Voices Heard By Karri Munn-Venn
• We Are All Connected to Climate Change An infographic by Miriam Mahaffy
• ​A Discussion on Basic Income By Jamie Swift and Mary Boyd
• Ski With the Cree By Katherine Walsh
• Education is Critical to Reconciliation By Amie Nault
• Groundings: Be Encouraged to Address Poverty By Meghan Mast

Jesus Dies and Is Risen Jesus shows us that even in death, sorrow, and struggle, we can know life, mercy, and hope. The reality of poverty beats down the spirit and isolates people from each other. We know this pain is a daily reality in Canada for so many – the child who goes to…

• Refugee Health Care Restored by Rachel DeBruyn
• COP21: Three Next Steps for Churches by Miriam Mahaffy
• Stories from “Prayers for COP21 in Paris
• Faith Perspectives Matter in Seeking Justice by Darlene O’Leary
• The Earth is Our Mother by Michelle Nieviadomy
• ​A Chance to End Child Poverty for Good by Anita Khanna
• Groundings: Faith Rooted in Migration Stories by Naomi Kabugi

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON: January 20, 2016 – For years, Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) has called for fairness and appropriate prioritization in the Canada Revenue Agency’s activities. Today, we welcome the government’s announcement to take clear steps in the direction by ending the CRA’s political activities audit program. Many Canadians support the work of…

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• What Election 2015 Means for Public Justice by Joe Gunn
• Shouting It From the Rooftops by Michèle Biss
• Inter-faith Statement Links Poverty and Climate Justice by Randolph Haluza-DeLay, PhD
• A Better Future for Our Children by Karri Munn-Venn
• 5 People Who Are Praying for Paris By Miriam Mahaffy
• Groundings: An Advent Call to Listen in the Face of Fear by Dena Nicolai