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The Holy Cross International Justice Office  animates and unites the social justice work of the four Congregations of Holy Cross. Providing issue analyses, action strategies, and networking opportunities, the Office seeks to develop a well-informed, unified, public Holy Cross voice which impacts the critical justice issues of our time. 


The Impossible Hamster - This entertaining video by The New Economics Foundation demonstrates the dangers of unlimited growth. From YouTube (1:10 minute)

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UPDATED: 3 Feb 2010

Our CLIMATE CHANGE section provides resources and information on this critical issue, as well as  updates on how the Family of Holy Cross is responding to global climate change.

Orient Jan/Fév/Mar 2010

Perspectives online! Sisters of Holy Cross in Haiti: Genesis of La Forêt La Source

Growth isn't possible, a report by The New Economics Foundation (NEF).

This report argues that indefinite global economic growth is unsustainable.  Just as the laws of thermodynamics constrain the maximum efficiency of a heat engine, economic growth is constrained by the finite nature of our planet’s natural resources (biocapacity). 

Posted 2 February 2010.


In Low-Lying Bangladesh, The Sea Takes Human Toll, Yale Environment 360, posted 2 February 2010

World Health Organization releases new report linking climate change and health impacts, 13 January 2010.  

Protecting health from climate change: connecting science, policy and people


Pope Benedict XVI Urges New Climate Agreement: Address to Diplomatic Corp, 11 January 2010

Environmental Refugees Unable to Return Home, New York Times, 3 January 2010

Message for the 43rd World Day of Peace 2010: If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation 

- Pope Benedict XVI, 1 January 2010. 


Holy Cross Joint Statement on Climate Change: 

Sisters of Holy Cross: Earth Beats (latest edition). 

Saint Croix Solidaire Déc 2009


Brazil Justice Net

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