Magnificent open-air market

by Mary Beth Gray, SND on November 12, 2013

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Sister Mary Beth Gray,  a trained Awakening the Dreamer and Wake Up (for young adults) facilitator for the Pachamama Alliance who  just returned from Amazon Rainforest as the guest writer of the JPIC blog.  This is the fifth entry of the series.  Her journey continues…

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The Middle of the Earth

by Mary Beth Gray, SND on November 5, 2013

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Sister Mary Beth Gray,  a trained Awakening the Dreamer and Wake Up (for young adults) facilitator for the Pachamama Alliance who  just returned from Amazon Rainforest as the guest writer of the JPIC blog.  This is the fourth entry of the series.  Her journey continues…. On our way to the Andes, we stopped at the equator, the […]

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Guayasamin: “Picasso of the South”

by Mary Beth Gray, SND on October 29, 2013

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 Sister Mary Beth Gray,  a trained Awakening the Dreamer and Wake Up (for young adults) facilitator for the Pachamama Alliance who  just returned from Amazon Rainforest as the guest writer of the JPIC blog.  This is the third entry of the series.  Her journey continues…. Having arrived in Quito one day early to acclimatize to the altitude, […]

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Roads, the Beginning of the End of an Ecosystem

by Mary Beth Gray, SND on October 22, 2013

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From Sister Kathleen Ryan, SND:   For the next several weeks, we welcome Sister Mary Beth Gray,  a trained Awakening the Dreamer and Wake Up (for young adults) facilitator for the Pachamama Alliance who  just returned from Amazon Rainforest as the guest writer of the JPIC blog.  This is the second  entry of the series.  Her journey continues…. […]

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The Amazon Rainforest–The Place Where it all Began!

by Mary Beth Gray, SND on October 15, 2013

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From Sister Kathleen Ryan, SND: Welcome back to the Sisters of Notre Dame Living Justly blog.  This year we are going to have multiple writers contributing to the blog.  For the next several weeks, Sister Mary Beth Gray,  a trained Awakening the Dreamer and Wake Up (for young adults) facilitator for the Pachamama Alliance  just returned from […]

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Easter, a Celebration of our Baptism in Christ

by Kathleen Ryan, SND on March 26, 2013

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I’d like to begin with a story.  A friend of mine and a great friend of peace and justice, Rev. Dick Sering, worked for more than 30 years as a Lutheran minister in the city of Cleveland.  His organization, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries (LMM) is one of the largest faith-based organizations dedicated to working with the […]

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Earned Income Tax Credit–Money You Earned–Claim it Now

by Kathleen Ryan, SND on January 29, 2013

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 It’s been called the greatest anti-poverty program of our day. To put a little extra money in the pockets of working people is the goal of the Earned Income Credit (EIC).  This federal tax credit reduces the tax burden on low or moderate income workers in America. The EIC is commonly called “the working family’s […]

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Remembering Sandy Hook Elementary School

by Kathleen Ryan, SND on December 17, 2012

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My community gave me a great gift when they asked me to write this blog.  18 years of writing a column for the diocesan Catholic newspaper should have been enough preparation to write a message to the readers about social justice and working for peace.  It was– until Sandy Hook.  For the past several days […]

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So to honor Him When We Come

by Kathleen Ryan, SND on December 4, 2012

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“Come, they told me. A newborn king to see. Our finest gifts we bring. To lay before the king..So to honor him. When we come.”   (Lyrics from the Christmas Carol, The Little Drummer Boy)  Most of us have our favorite Christmas carol.  The Little Drummer Boy is mine. The song invites me to the birth.  […]

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