Justice and Peace

• St. Paul's Meal Ministry
  • One way that CCM responds to the call of Jesus to serve the poor.
  • Once a month, we prepare, serve, and share a meal and God's love with our downtown neighbors.
  • Done through the Justice Ministries of St. Paul's Episcopal Church located in the inner-city of Newport News.
  • POC: Murph
• PB & J sandwiches
• feed the poor!
• The second Wednesday of each month CCMers join area young adults at Our Lady of Mount Carmel
• Make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
• Distributed to area hungry through Backdoor Ministry at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
  • serves our inner-city poor.
• POC: Nicole Kardaras
• Empower Hampton Roads (EHR)
  • Interfaith coalition
• Organizes and mobilizes citizens of our community to influence those who make and shape public policy to be responsible and accountable in creating justice for all the people of Hampton Roads.
• CCM is the first campus ministry to join EHR in doing the work of justice.
• CCMers were present for the first meeting of the Peninsula Housing Equity Team and plan to remain participating members.
• POC: Nicole Kardaras
• Heifer International
• Seeks to end world hunger.
• CCM does the work of justice by raising consciousness about world hunger
• Work of Heifer International by conducting an annual fundraiser both on
  • The CNU campus and
  • at the Fair Trade Festival held each October at nearby Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
• POC: Nicole Kardaras
• Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)
• Domestic anti-poverty social justice program of the U.S. Catholic bishops
• Seeks to break the cycle of poverty by educating for justice and providing funding to empower the poor.
• CCM contributes to CCHD's annual drive
  • Currently selling bracelets to raise consciousness about the plight of the poor and the work of CCHD
• POC: Nicole Kardaras
• Alternative Spring Break
• Student led week long experience
• Affords students an opportunity to put Catholic Social Teaching into action.
• Through a process of discernment during the fall semester, students select sites where they serve the poor during spring break.
• POC: Nicole Kardaras

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