2025 Programme for “Digital Delegates” of Religious NGOs to the HLPF on Sustainable Development
Click on the following links to view the programme in English, Español, Português, and Français. Eligibility to Participate: Affiliation with a congregation of Catholic Sisters, Brothers, and priests, including Members of any congregation Lay co-members, associates, employees, mission partners of any congregation Members of any lay association that is affiliated with a congregation Significant personal experience in/of one of the countries whose government will present a progress report at the 2025 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), for example: currently lives or recently lived in the country is currently responsible for liaising with Religious in the country is currently responsible for supporting projects in the country Ability to read and converse in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and/or French Goals for participants: Build understanding of the role of the Religious voice in the UN system and global efforts toward just, sustainable development Establish or deepen understanding of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…
December Global Community Hour: Human Rights
We are pleased to invite you to JCoR’s Global Community Hour on Friday, 13 December 2024, from 7:00-8:00am (Guatemala City, Mexico City) / 8:00-9:00am (New York, Bogotá, Havana, Lima) / 10:00-11:00am (Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires) / 3:00-4:00pm (Central Africa time) / 6:30-7:30pm (India Standard time). This meeting is part of a series of monthly online gatherings for Religious from around the globe to come together in prayer for our world and to shine a light on the most pressing justice issues emerging in your respective nations and regions. In recognition of Human Rights Day, the theme for our gathering this month is human rights. “Human rights can empower individuals and communities to forge a better tomorrow. By embracing and trusting the full power of human rights as the path to the world we want, we can become more peaceful, equal and sustainable. This Human Rights Day we focus on how…
November Global Community Hour: Extractivism and the Environment
We are pleased to invite you to JCoR’s Global Community Hour on Friday, 8 November 2024, from 7:00-8:00am (Guatemala City, Mexico City) / 8:00-9:00am (New York, Bogotá, Havana, Lima) / 10:00-11:00am (Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires) / 3:00-4:00pm (Central Africa time) / 6:30-7:30pm (India Standard time). This meeting is part of a series of monthly online gatherings for Religious from around the globe to come together in prayer for our world and to shine a light on the most pressing justice issues emerging in your respective nations and regions. As we approach the 29th Session of the Conference of Parties on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), also known as the UN Climate Change Conference, we recognize the negative effects of mining and extractive industries on the environment and how the degradation of our environment exacerbates climate change and its ramifications. Therefore, we are especially inviting individuals to…
Summit of the Future: an Education Session for & by Religious NGOs at the United Nations
Join us for an education session on the upcoming Summit of the Future! Date & Time: Tuesday, 17 September, from 10am to 11:30am (New York City Time) Participate in person: Basement meeting room of the Salvation Army (221 E 52nd St, New York, NY 10022) Participate virtually: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUuf-6urTsvG9dMtXwVI20vXcLRg5jhiBuM Resource persons for this session will include: Sr. Beatriz Martinez Garcia, SSND (School Sisters of Notre Dame) Sr. Durstyne Farnan, OP (Dominican Leadership Conference) Sr. Jean Quinn, DW (UNANIMA International) Liana Almony (UNANIMA International) Fr. Rohan Dominic, CMF (Proclade Internazionale Onlus) Teresa Blumenstein (Justice Coalition of Religious)
JCoR SDG Lab at the 2024 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
The annual High Level Political Forum (HLPF) took place from 8-17 July this year. It functions as the central United Nations platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Each year, the forum focuses on a select few SDGs, and government leaders voluntarily report on their national progress toward achievement of these SDGs. The SDGs of focus this year are 1, 2, 13, 16, and 17. In addition to reports from governments, the HLPF also includes events sponsored by civil society groups, to highlight their perspectives on implementation and progress toward the SDGs in their respective countries. JCoR joined the conversation by offering a series of virtual discussion, which we are calling the “JCoR SDG Lab.” This series showcased Catholic Religious and their partners’ perspectives on progress and good practices towards sustainable development. It ran from 22-29 July and include sessions…
March Global Community Hour: Climate Action
Click on the following links to access the prayer text and slides from JCoR’s March Global Community Hour. We are pleased to invite you to JCoR’s Global Community Hour on Friday, 8 March 2024, from 7:00-8:00am (Guatemala City, Mexico City) / 8:00-9:00am (New York, Bogotá, Havana, Lima) / 10:00-11:00am (Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires) / 3:00-4:00pm (Central Africa time) / 6:30-7:30pm (India Standard time). This meeting is part of a series of monthly online gatherings for Religious from around the globe to come together in prayer for our world and to shine a light on the most pressing justice issues emerging in your respective nations and regions. In preparation for this year’s High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), we are facilitating a series of gatherings focused on HLPF review themes, and this month we will continue with SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its…
RUN Education Session: Faith & Climate Distress
This educational presentation was led by Blair Nelsen of Waterspirit for the representatives of Catholic Religious NGOs to the United Nations (RUN) in January 2024.
2024 Programme for “Digital Delegates” of Religious NGOs to the HLPF on Sustainable Development
Click on the following links to view the programme in English, Español, and Portuguese. Participants: Religious Sisters, Brothers, priests, associates, and partners in mission who are based in, or have significant personal experience in, countries who will present VNR reports to the 2024 HLPF Goals for participants: Build understanding of the role of the Religious voice in the UN system and global efforts toward just, sustainable development Establish or deepen understanding of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the related High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) and Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) on progress toward achieving them Get support from UN representatives of Religious NGOs toward participation in your national and global conversations on SDG progress Meet and learn from other women and men Religious and their partners who are seeking to implement and monitor SDGs in your region and other parts of the world Format: Series of…
October Global Community Hour: Care for Creation
Click here to access the prayer from the October Global Community Hour We are pleased to invite you to JCoR’s Global Community Hour on Friday, 13 October 2023, from 8:00-9:00am (Central time, Central America) / 9:00-10:00am (New York time) / 3:00-4:00pm (Central Africa time) / 6:30-7:30pm (India Standard time). This meeting is part of a series of monthly online gatherings for Religious from around the globe to come together in prayer for our world and to shine a light on the most pressing justice issues emerging in your respective nations and regions. As the Season of Creation comes to a close and we look toward COP28 (UN climate change conference), we are especially inviting individuals who would like to share their experience with care for creation, both successes and challenges. As usual, all voices and justice concerns are welcome in this communal space. We will convene in this manner…
JCoR Virtual Meeting for All Sub-Regions of Latin America and the Caribbean
To transition from a year full of workshops throughout many sub-regions of Latin America (Andean-Amazonian, Caribbean, Southern Cone, and Mesoamerica), JCoR convened a virtual meeting for the whole continent at the beginning of December 2022. This gathering featured an exchange of updates on work undertaken in each sub-region towards campaigns themes that were selected during the year’s previously-held workshops. JCoR’s leaders in Latin America also shared a series of short videos highlighting key issues of justice currently concerning the region (deforestation, extreme poverty, inflation, migration). These four sub-regions will continue to communicate and organise around their selected areas of concern in 2023. Como transición de un año lleno de talleres a lo largo de muchas subregiones de América Latina (Andino-Amazónica, Caribe, Cono Sur y Mesoamérica), el JCoR convocó una reunión virtual para todo el continente a principios de diciembre de 2022. En esta reunión se intercambiaron actualizaciones sobre el trabajo realizado en…
Joint Action for Environmental Justice: Tree Planting in Zimbabwe (December 2022)
At a workshop convened by JCoR and the Justice and Peace Desk of the Conference of Major Religious Superiors of Zimbabwe (JPIC Zim) in October, a JCoR/JPIC-Zimbabwe network was formed for the purpose of facilitating joint responses from many Catholic congregations to various justice-related concerns in the country. At a team-building gathering of the network’s leadership group in November, the group elected to begin their collaboration with an effort to respond to deforestation in Zimbabwe through a tree-planting campaign that was launched on Zimbabwe’s National Tree Planting Day. This national initiative is celebrated each year on the first Saturday of December, because that is typically the point in the country’s rainy season when soil is primed for seedlings to take root successfully. A large number of tree seedlings were acquired and distributed for this campaign by the Dominican Sisters of Peace and Claretian Missionaries, who are coordinating JCoR’s activities in…
Shoeless on Sinai: A Digital Pilgrimage to COP27
From 6 to 18 November 2022, the governments who are parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will convene in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt for the conference widely known as “COP27.” Sharm el-Sheikh sits on the Sinai Peninsula, the land held sacred by followers of Abrahamic religions as the place where God appeared to Moses and called him to a mission of liberation. On each day of this conference, you are invited to pray in solidarity with the whole Earth community and, in a special way, with the Catholic Sisters, Brothers, priests, and other faith leaders who will be advocating for environmental justice in the UN proceedings on the Sinai Peninsula. Join your sisters and brothers—in Sinai and around the world—in this “digital pilgrimage” by participating in one or more of the activities below, or click here (or on the images below) to view the pilgrimage flyer in English,…
October Global Community Hour: Climate Change
Click here to access the prayer from October’s Global Community Hour We are pleased to invite you to JCoR’s Global Community Hour on Friday, 14 October 2022, from 8:00-9:00am (Central time, Central America) / 9:00-10:00am (New York time) / 3:00-4:00pm (Central Africa time) / 6:30-7:30pm (India Standard time). This meeting is part of a series of monthly online gatherings for Religious from around the globe to come together in prayer for our world and to shine a light on the most pressing justice issues emerging in your respective nations and regions. This month, we are especially inviting individuals who would like to speak about topics relating to climate change and climate justice. As usual, all voices and justice concerns are welcome in this communal space. We will convene in this manner on the second Friday of each month. A flyer with additional information can be found above, and you can click here to…
JCoR SDG Lab at the 2022 High Level Political Forum
Series of showcases of Catholic Religious and their partners’ perspectives on progress and good practices toward SDGs 4, 5, 14, 15, and 17 The annual High Level Political Forum (HLPF) will take place from 5-15 July this year. It functions as the central United Nations platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Each year, the forum focuses on a select few SDGs, and government leaders voluntarily report on their national progress toward achievement of these SDGs. The SDGs of focus this year are 4, 5, 14, 15, and 17. In addition to reports from governments, the HLPF also includes events sponsored by civil society groups, to highlight their perspectives on implementation and progress toward the SDGs in their respective countries. JCoR will join the conversation by offering a series of virtual conversations, which we are calling the…
JCoR Environmental Ministries Showcase (Africa & Asia)
This presentation of ministry projects being carried out by Catholic Religious Sisters and Fathers in various parts of the African continent was convened by JCoR during the 66th UN Commission on the Status of Women. The theme for this UN conference was an exploration of the intersection of gender equality and environmental sustainability and justice. This presentation of ministry projects being carried out by Catholic Religious Sisters and Fathers in various parts of Asia was convened by JCoR during the 66th UN Commission on the Status of Women. The theme for this UN conference was an exploration of the intersection of gender equality and environmental sustainability and justice.
My Voice, Our Equal Future: Girls Speak to Climate Change
This event joins the themes of International Day of the Girl 2021 and CSW66. It provides space for a global conversation among girls, who will discuss their contributions to climate justice, the obstacles they see and their hopes for the future. In Our Common Agenda, António Guterres mentions youth 39 times. He writes, “Listen to and work with youth”. This event seeks to do just that – especially with girls. Girl advocates will approach climate change from perspectives such as education, technology, Covid19, food security and period poverty. Este evento une los temas del Día Internacional de la Niña 2021 y de la CSW66. Este evento ofrece un espacio para una conversación global entre las niñas, que discutirán sus contribuciones a la justicia climática, los obstáculos que ven y sus esperanzas para el futuro. En Nuestra Agenda Común, António Guterres menciona a los jóvenes 39 veces. Escribe: “Escuchen y trabajen…
JCoR’s 2022 HLPF Delegation Programme
The governing member NGOs of the Justice Coalition of Religious (JCoR) invite their delegates who will be participating in some portion of the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) to participate in a series of joint orientation sessions and preparatory projects designed for Religious Sisters, Brothers, priests, Associates, and partners in mission. 2022 HLPF Delegation Programme (with registration links) *Please register separately for each session you will attend live.* Session 1: Flyer Resources Recording Session 2: Flyer Resources Recording Session 3: Recording Las ONGs miembros de la Coalición por la Justicia de los Religiosos (JCoR) invitan a sus delegados que participarán en alguna parte del Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible (HLPF) de 2022 a participar en una serie de sesiones conjuntas de orientación y proyectos preparatorios diseñados para Hermanas, Hermanos, Sacerdotes, Asociados y Socios en Misión. Programa de la Delegación del HLPF 2022…
2021 Orientation for Religious NGOs’ Representatives to the UN
November 2021 orientation offered by and for Catholic Religious NGOs’ representatives to the United Nations. Part 1: Origins & Purpose of the UN System and its Sustainable Development Goals Presented by: Beth Blissman, PhD, Co-Member and UN Representative of the Loretto Community (Sisters & Co-Members of Loretto) Part 2: Role of Religious NGOs at the UN Presented by: Teresa Blumenstein, New York Coordinator of the Justice Coalition of Religious Part 3: Experiential Wisdom: Homelessness Advocacy at the UN Presented by: Jean Quinn, DW, Executive Director of UNANIMA International Part 4: Earth Advocacy at the UN Presented by: Kevin Cawley, CFC, UN Representative of Edmund Rice International
RUN Education Session: New Human Rights Council Resolutions
This educational presentation was given by Sandra Epal-Ratjen of Franciscans International for the representatives of Catholic Religious NGOs to the United Nations in November 2021.
Justice at the heart of global transformation
