Rights and
Responsibilities
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Catholic tradition teaches that
human dignity can be protected and a healthy community can be achieved
only if human rights are protected and responsibilities are met.
Therefore, every person has a fundamental right to life and a right to
those things required for human decency. Corresponding to these
rights are duties and responsibilities -- to one another, to our
families, and to the larger society. |
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Social Outreach opportunities
Kinship
(www.kinship.org
or 612-588-4655) helps children, ages
5-15, in need of additional support, realize their God
given potential through adult friendships.
Kinship also provides a unique service opportunity for individuals, couples and
families to put their faith into action on behalf of children. The goal
of these relationships is to provide children with trusting, positive adult role
models. These relationships, in turn, enhance the children's ability to
overcome barriers to healthy development. Studies show that mentoring reduces:
Violent Behavior by 52%; School Drop Outs by 52%; Drug Abuse by 46%; and Teen
Pregnancy by 35%.
ARC’S
Value Village
(http://www.arcgreatertwincities.org)
ARC has many volunteer opportunities for small groups and individuals. Arc
offers one-time as well as on-going opportunities with flexible hours—days,
evenings and weekends, 7 days a week! Volunteers help unpack and sort donations
such as clothing, accessories, household items, books, toys, jewelry, etc. and
help prepare them for the sales floor. Other volunteer projects include hang
and tag clothing, price sticker hard goods and stock the merchandise on the
sales floor. Arc Value Village is located at the northwest corner of Winnetka &
Medicine Lake Road (2751 Winnetka Ave). Contact Molly Lindblad at (952)
915-3652 or
mollylindblad@arcgreatertwincities.org to
schedule a volunteer shift.
Furniture:
For those in need of used furniture & household items or
who would like to donate items for families who are in need, please contact
Bridging - 952-888-1105 – or Families Moving Forward - 612-529-2185.
Social Justice opportunities
Affordable
Housing
Homes
within Reach
(www.homeswithinreach.org)
creates and preserves affordable home ownership in western
suburban Hennepin County to low and moderate-income households. HWR offers the
opportunity for people to live in communities in which they work and or reside,
creating stable communities and households, through the advantages of
homeownership. By preserving and recycling available resources, the program
maximizes the public and private investment being made in workforce housing.
Close to home, a land trust home is being purchased in Maple Grove through the
efforts of local parishes and community members. To learn how this can also
happen in the New Hope area, contact Jason in the Parish office.
Transportation
Transportation affects all within a community. How we go to and from our places
of work, community & school events and church has a great ripple effect. This
ripple also currently doesn’t offer many choices, beyond a personal car, for our
area. This greatly impacts those on the lower side of the economic scale.
Without a car, it often means fewer options for a higher paying job; needing a
car forces one to spend more on transportation. Below is an opportunity to work
with local organizations (like ISAIAH), congregations, businesses and public
officials in securing transit that benefit all within our area. The Bottineau
transit way is apart of larger metropolitan transit plan that will connect
existing or to be built transit lines - Hiawatha, Central Corridor and Northstar.
To learn more, contact Jason in the Parish Office.
Public hearings on the Bottineau transit way (County Rd 81)
Two series
of open house meetings are planned for the study to seek input from area
residents, businesses and institutions. The first series were held in July of
2008 to gather input on corridor needs and the range of alternatives to be
studied. The second series of open houses will present preliminary findings
regarding the feasibility of the most promising alternatives for public input in
the Spring of 2009. Meeting dates, times and locations will be posted on
http://www.bottransit.org/schedule.htm
as they become available.
Overview
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Human Dignity |
Common Good | Rights and Responsibilities |
Option for the Poor |
Participation
Dignity of Work I
Stewardship of Creation I
Solidarity I
Role of
Government I Promotion of Peace
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