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Justice & Peace

For 2011-12 year, the Justice and Peace Coalition will continue exploring the theme Nurturing the Common Good and: 

• Organizing activities around justice issues before policy-makers
  
• Presenting education and discussion events on the concept of The Common Good
  
• Participating in efforts of Archdiocesan Office of Social Justice
• Offering advocacy letter-writing on human rights issues
• Serving Peace/Fair Trade coffee at all parish event
• Supporting justice efforts led by Cabrini members

  "We are not on earth to guard a museum, but to cultivate a flowering garden of life."
                                                                                                        --Pope John XXIII

		Each August, Cabrini sponsors a team to assist with the construction of a Habitat for Humanity home. Volunteers work for two weeks on a home that  will be donated to a family without affordable housing. Habitat for Humanity International has constructed 225,000 homes for 1 million people, world-wide.
As a part of its focus on 'The Common Good', Coalition members invited the zAmaya Theater Project to make a presentation on preconceptions about homelessness. The performers, formerly homeless themselves, asked participants to line up according to how close they perceived themselves to becoming homeless: one paycheck, a half year without work, etc.
Our kitchen help on Justice & Peace hospitality Sunday		Cabrini has chosen to serve Peace Coffee at parish events. Peace Coffee is committed to sustainable production by offering only Fair Trade-Certified coffees purchased from Cooperative Coffee, an importer that frequently pays producer groups higher prices than required by Fair Trade standards.