Merry and Blessed Christmas from Our New Adopted Family 

(left to right) Mapendo(12) Maombi (5), Chadrack (5),   Jolie (Mom) Seth (4) and Uncle Damien. They are refugees from the Congo     and are delighted to have a new family here in the US! They wish their SCC family a Merry and Blessed Christmas and a Happy new year! 

National Migration Week 2020                                                                                           National Migration Week is January 5-11 and the theme for this year is "Promoting a Church and a World for All”  It is a call to stand in solidarity with the marginalized, especially migrants, DACA and TPS holders, refugees, and those seeking asylum. We are called to live the Gospel and support  all of God’s children, for “the Church which ‘goes forth’... can move forward, boldly take the initiative, go out to others, seek those who have fallen away, stand at the crossroads and welcome the outcast” (Evangelii Gaudium, 24).       





 
                                                                                          Jose y Maria by Everett Patterson                                 

Resources from Education for Justice 
25 | Christmas: Toolbox
29 | Feast of the Holy Family: Prayer  
Jan, 1| New Year's Day: Prayer                                                                                                             World Day of Peace: Reflection                                                                                                       Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: Toolbox 

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month 

Check out the toolkit put out by USCCB  with resources and prayers for National Human Trafficking Prevention month in January.                                                                                                                    National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month and Day of Prayer toolkit

As 2020 approaches, we pray that we may discern how we might deepen our commitment to build a better world where all of God's creation can live in peace and prosperity.  “By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high shall break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.” (Luke 1:78-79)

https://educationforjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Christmas-Prayer-Help-Us-To-See-You.111815.pdf

“Christmas is you, when you decide to be born again each day and let God into your soul.  The Christmas angels are you, when you sing to the world a message of peace, justice and love. The Christmas gift is you when you are truly friend of every human being. The Christmas greeting is you when you forgive and re-establish peace. The Christmas dinner is you when you serve bread and hope to the poor person who is by your side. You are, yes, Christmas night, when humble and conscious, you receive in the silence of the night the Savior of the world without noise or great celebration; you are a smile of trust and tenderness, in the inner peace of a perennial Christmas that established the Kingdom within you.  --Pope Francis