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Water

Water. Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. Corporate Stand. Water is a human right and a public good. ‘Water is a sacred gift that connects all life’. UN Commission on Sustainable Development , May 2010. Claudette Bastien, Sally Duffy. UN photo. Phyllis Douillard, Dorothy Guha.

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Water

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  1. Water Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary

  2. Corporate Stand Water is a human right and a public good ‘Water is a sacred gift that connects all life’

  3. UN Commission on SustainableDevelopment, May 2010 Claudette Bastien, Sally Duffy UN photo Phyllis Douillard, Dorothy Guha

  4. UNANIMA INTERNATIONAL

  5. Julie Lise Claudette Mission Sector North Cadillac Street, Montreal, Canada

  6. Mission Sector North • Concern for Haiti after the January 2010 earthquake • DanyLafferière, Haitian, Canadian writer: “The majority of the people in Port-au-Prince slept outdoors that night, under the stars. [. . .] As we were lying on the ground, we could feel every tremor of the earth in our deepest being. We were one body with the Earth.” cnn.com

  7. Comité Eau Secours International • Claudette serves with the Coalition Eau Secours to protect the waters of Québec

  8. Mission Sector South Brazil Marjorie, Agnes Hoy, Aparacida Agnes participated in planning the annual walk to the reservoir in Sao Paulo, Brazil to promote action to protect water for all

  9. Mission Sector South Brazil Monique Fortier and Françoise Bernard (inset) work with impoverished women in Maceió. Monique above with children in the landless movement alerts people about water issues

  10. Mission Sector South Sisters and Associates Peru Brigid Marjorie • SNJMs urge soft drink companies to improve water use practices • SNJMs boycott Coca Cola products

  11. Lesotho • Sustainability project • for AIDS orphans 2010 • Raise chickens • Problems with drainage • system affecting • health of orphans • and chickens

  12. Lesotho January 2011 Maryland Clinic

  13. Spokane Mission Centre • Thanked local ‘Champions of Water’ duringEarth Water Day • Joined Episcopal Diocese and Interfaith Council hostingCandlelight Vigil to observe EarthHour, March 24 • Held ‘Celebrate the SacredEarth’ workshop St. John Evangelist Cathedral

  14. California Mission Centres • Water-Sacred Gift and Source of Life (blog developed by HelenGarvey) • Post your comment! • Water issues in California • Delta area northeast of San Francisco supplies water to most of California

  15. Water Issues in California

  16. Marylhurst Mission Centre • ‘Water: A Human Right?’ • MarylhurstHomecoming 2009 • Cecilia A. Ranger, SNJM, PhD Marylhurst tower

  17. Seattle Mission Centre • St. Anthony’s Grade School in Renton, WA studied ‘Care for All Creation’ bookletsfrom IPJC St. Anthony’s students

  18. Seattle Mission Centre • Mimi Maloney showed DVD ‘Flow’ to ecumenical groups in Olympia, WA • Seniors in ContemporaryProblems, Holy Names Academy, Seattle, WA discussedprotectingaccess to safe water for all

  19. Katie Welch Seattle Mission Centre SNJM Youth Justice Forum in Winnipeg challenged HNA students to “Water is a right for life for all” Global SolidarityWeek ‘09 Sr Charlyne Sr Josephine Avery Haller Maddie Braman Natalie Izzo

  20. An oil-stained pelican leaves its nest as oil washes ashore on an island that is home to hundreds of brown pelican nests as well at terns, gulls and roseated spoonbills in Barataria Bay just inside the coast of Louisiana, Saturday, May 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

  21. Water Committee 2010 challenge Advocate toprotect trans-boundary waters globally as an essential right for all life

  22. SNJM Action 2010-2011

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