Water Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
UN Commission on SustainableDevelopment, May 2010
UN photo
Phyllis Douillard, Dorothy Guha
Claudette Bastien, Sally Duffy
Mission Sector North• Concern for Haiti after the January 2010
earthquake
• Dany Lafferière, 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
Comité Eau Secours International
• Claudette serves with the Coalition Eau Secours to protect the waters of Québec
Mission Sector South
Agnes participated in planning the annual walk to the reservoir in Sao Paulo,
Brazil to promote action to protect water for all
Marjorie, Agnes Hoy, Aparacida
Brazil
Mission Sector South
Monique above with children in the landless movement alerts people about water issues
Monique Fortier and Françoise Bernard (inset)
work with impoverished women in Maceió.
Brazil
Mission Sector South
• SNJMs urge soft drink companies to improve water use practices
• SNJMs boycott Coca Cola products
Peru
Sisters and
Associates
BrigidMarjorie
Lesotho
• Sustainability project for AIDS orphans 2010• Raise chickens• Problems with drainage system affecting health of orphans and chickens
Spokane Mission Centre• Thanked local ‘Champions of Water’
during Earth Water Day• Joined Episcopal Diocese and
Interfaith Council hosting Candlelight Vigil to observe Earth Hour, March 24
• Held ‘Celebrate
the Sacred Earth’
workshopSt. John Evangelist Cathedral
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
Marylhurst Mission Centre
• ‘Water: A Human Right?’• Marylhurst Homecoming 2009• Cecilia A. Ranger, SNJM, PhD
Marylhurst tower
Seattle Mission Centre• St. Anthony’s Grade School in
Renton, WA studied ‘Care for All Creation’ booklets from IPJC
St. Anthony’s students
Seattle Mission Centre• Mimi Maloney showed DVD ‘Flow’ to
ecumenical groups in Olympia, WA• Seniors in Contemporary Problems, Holy
Names Academy, Seattle, WA discussed protecting access to safe water for all
Seattle Mission Centre
Global Solidarity Week ‘09
SNJM Youth Justice Forum in Winnipeg challenged HNA students to “Water is a right for life for all”
Avery Haller
Katie Welch
Maddie Braman
Natalie Izzo
Sr Charlyne
Sr Josephine
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)
Water Committee 2010 challenge
Advocate to protect trans-boundary waters globally
as an essential right for all life