Resource on US Prisons and Poverty

Greetings– After talking with our OEF Chaplain, CJ Boykin, about his passion for injustices in the United States legal system, I decided to foist upon you the newsletter below.  This is a special issue of Hunger News & Hope (from Seeds of Hope) that focused on US prisons and their…

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Garden of Hope: A Liturgy

Greetings, OEF siblings– I am posting here a liturgy that has been adapted for the OEF.  It came from the 2014 Seeds Hunger Emphasis packet, which emphasized care for all creation.  Hope you enjoy it.  (The art is by Sally Lynn Askins.) Peace to you, Katie        …

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We’re on a Mission from God

They were in an upper room, huddled in fear behind locked doors, when suddenly Jesus was in the room with them. He said to them, “Peace be with you.” Twice he said that, and the second time he breathed on them, and said, “As I have been sent, so I…

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Liturgy for the Butterflies

Dear siblings, I am posting here the “butterfly” liturgy that Brother Coyote and I prepared for our 2014 Chapter.  Coyote wrote it originally for Earth Day last year, and he asked me to edit it and make it more ecumenical, and then lay it out.  For Chapter we tweaked it…

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Franciscan Leaf of Hours

Dear siblings, Here is a layout of the Franciscan Leaf of Hours, written by Brother Coyote, one of your JPIC animators, and laid out by Katie, your other JPIC animator.  This will be familiar to some of you.  Coyote led us with the matins and compline part of this at…

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