How many slaves work for us? By Maria Elena Perales Do we, as consumers, know how we contribute to forced labor? For example, the clothes we wear, the coffee we drink, and the fish and chocolate we consume all contribute to our slavery footprint. Have we ever...
Freedom Is Coming Judy Molosky, CSJ February 8th is the Feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita (ca.1869-8 February 1947). All who work to end Human Trafficking take Josephine as our model of how to live in hope while in bondage. We pray for the same energy and...
May Justice Flourish Jeanne Christensen, RSM In our day may justice flourish and peace abound throughout all the nations! (Psalm 72: 7) We must pray for our brothers and sisters throughout the world for whom justice is simply an illusion. Among these are persons traumatized by the evil...
Lights of Hope in the Darkness Anne Victory, HM The time has just changed from daylight savings to standard time for many across the world, and in the northern hemisphere, the days are shorter, darker, and in some regions, colder. World, national and local events seem to...
TACTICS SIMILAR TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING Sally Duffy, SC Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently began bussing immigrants to places such as New York City, Chicago, and Washington DC to draw attention to more traditional cities governed by Democrats. Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida financed the flying of immigrants,...
How Bad Can a Chocolate Pumpkin Be? Jeanne Christensen, RSM The Catholic Health Association has a spring campaign called “How Bad Can a Chocolate Bunny Be?” Let’s plagiarize and ask “How bad can a chocolate pumpkin be? Or a chocolate turkey? Or a chocolate Christmas tree?” How bad?...
Why not use the word “slavery” when referring to trafficking? Sister Michelle Loisel, DC [caption id="attachment_16929" align="alignright" width="348"] Picture by Martha Dansberger[/caption] Over the past few months, there have been several articles written and discussions at webinars I have attended on the words “slavery” and “trafficking.” It is common...
Land of the Brave? Yes. Home of the Free? Not really. Theresa Flores July has always been one of my favorite months. My family always held our annual Family Reunion on the 4thof July in Indiana and got together each year with those with whom we shared...
“That they all may be one.” John 17:21 By Margaret Louise Brown Christ’s Farewell Discourse, as written in the Gospel of John, shares His final request. That humans live together as one. At the same time, the Bible reminds us that humans are easily distracted by their desire...
Words Survivors Want to Hear Kathleen Bryant RSC We have so much to learn from the soulful stories of victims, survivors, and thrivers from their experience of being trafficked. We have even more to learn from their collective wisdom and resilience. I invited survivors/thrivers to share the words...
