Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns

Resource packets

 

• Get involved in the Maryknoll 2008 elections project
• How to engage incumbents on the issues
• MOGC election positions
• Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship (link to U.S. Catholic Bishops’ statement) 

Climate change 

• Maryknoll statement on climate change
• The greening of Mixteca Alta 

Economic justice 

• Introduction piece (includes links to Catholic social teaching, Maryknoll statements and other links)
• Maryknoll trade statement
• Statement by Interfaith Working Group on Trade and Investment (IWG)
• Kenyan EPZs
• Moral Imperatives for Addressing Structural Adjustment and Economic Reform Measures (Religious Working Group on the World Bank/IMF)
• El Salvador: Impact of U.S. policy 

HIV/AIDS

• Maryknoll's commitment to combatting HIV/AIDS (includes glossary of terms and resources) (PDF file)

Migration

• Introduction piece
• Root causes of migration
• “Toward global solidarity” Maryknoll migration statement 2006
• Newsletter from Kim Nagy, Maryknoll lay missioner
• The story of Pedro

Peace and security 

• Introduction
• U.S. and international treaties
• Peace, security and the U.S. elections
• Excerpts from letter from Cathy Breen, former lay missioner
• ICC deserves more attention
• East Timor