WEBINAR: Understanding Compassion: A 50-State Immigration Initiative Wed., Feb. 22, 4-5 p.m. Eastern Time
FAN
staff member Sr. Marie Lucey, OSF and FAN Action Commissioner Kent
Ferris, OFS host a webinar to share what they learned at a Jan. 11-13
conference on immigration sponsored by the USCCB's Migration and Refugee
Services and Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. in Salt Lake
City.
Sr. Marie, who oversees FAN's immigration work, and Kent,
who supervises the Immigration Office for the Diocese of Davenport, will
provide current information, review strategies, and answer questions.
Please join us as we grow in understanding how Franciscans can bring
compassion to the U.S. immigration system.
Read FAN member Sr. Dorothy Moczygemba CSSF's reflection on the FAN blog on her experience of the conference.
REGISTER ONLINE
WEBINAR: Leaping into Public View - Training in Media
Strategy
 John Gehring, Faith in
Public Life
With Lonnie Ellis, FAN Director of
Organizing
Leap Day! Wednesday, February 29, 4-5 p.m.
Eastern Time
REGISTER
ONLINE
John is offering this training for
getting into the news media, using upcoming FAN press events on money in
politics as the test case. (Above photo: A December 2011 FAN "Golden
Calf" event that drew significant media attention.) He will go through
important topics like messaging, making pitches to reporters, and
writing press releases.
John serves as Senior Writer
and Catholic Outreach Coordinator at Faith in Public Life in Washington
D.C., and previously worked for Catholics in Alliance for the Common
Good.
FAN Joins the March
for
Life
Taking the Polar Bear
Plunge
On Jan. 21, 2012, FAN staff and members
took the "polar bear plunge" to raise awareness about global climate
change.
Read
a Catholic News Service blog post on the
event
Read
coverage on the U.S. Catholic blog
View
more photos on FAN's Flickr
page
No Flow for
Keystone XL Pipeline
 On Jan. 18, 2012, the President accepted the
State Department’s recommendation to reject the proposed Keystone XL
Pipeline from the tar sands of Alberta, Canada to refineries in Texas.
Congress had given the Administration a 60-day window to make a
decision, which the State Department found insufficient to consider
potential costs and impacts.
FAN members actively
opposed the pipeline proposal. Find photos, statements, and additional
resources about the pipeline in this FAN
news
story.
C4C:
Franciscan Care for Creation
FAN Inaugurates New Small Group Formation
Process Focusing on Ecological
Justice
The C4C Franciscan Care for Creation program is the
Franciscan Action Network’s adult formation program
to prepare communities to live out our ecological vocation by addressing
local, national, and international issues. This six-session program
includes prayer, stories, visuals, readings, discussion, and a
companion
DVD.
FAN's effort to
promote civility in discourse extends
to conversations about how we care for all members of
Creation. C4C is an excellent tool for engaging in
reflective dialogue and constructive action to make a
difference in your community. Your local action can lead to
national transformation that affects our brothers and
sisters around the
world.
To learn more about
C4C, click
here.
To
purchase the C4C facilitator's guide use the button
below to visit our new product
area.
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