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Social Justice Newsletter 
March 12, 2015

Today's newsletter has an important article about the still new and mostly unheard of Food Sovereignty Movement.  Please read it.  You may also be enjoy reading three parishioners thoughts about Marriage and the Family.  The last section of the newsletter has links to two articles by Thomas Reese, SJ.  The first has startling facts and insights about U.S. involvement with Islamic countries. The second is a beautifully written reflection about Pope Francis's first two years as head of the Catholic Church.

 

Building the Food Sovereignty Movement - Meeting a Local Need Everywhere

   
At the Social Justice Forum in February, Alexandra Toledo, Development Director of the Food First Institute for Food and Development Policy, first mentioned La Via Campesina, the international peasants movement which launched the idea of "food sovereignty" in 1996 at the World Food Summit. She then spoke of the microclimates in Peru (which produces 4,000 varieties of potatoes) and special situations in South Korea, Mali and Ecuador.  In reference to the Bay Area she described urban farming advocacy by the Oakland Food Policy Council and the film "Occupy the Farm" with its vision of an alternative to the food system we have now. 

Thoughts on Marriage and the Family

Three comments were sent in by CCOP parish members in response to a request by Social Justice Committee members to think about and discuss "Marriage and the Family". 
  
1. It is important that families operate as a "partnership" where husband and wife can split essential family and household tasks and each do their part. We always know each is there for the other and to support our family.
   
2. We think it is valuable for family members to be conscious of each other's development and contribute to that development.  Children and adults grow cognitively, emotionally, and spiritually as well as physically.  We can pay attention to where the other person is in each of these areas and notice when they advance in some way or when they are puzzling about something.  Being a good companion involves being observant and responsive.
 
3. Here are some thoughts on what is needed for a successful marriage:
    
The reason a couple gets married is seldom the reason they stay married. When people first meet someone, they have a fantasy about who that person is...

 

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