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8/7/2019 Share Life Calendar 2011
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This SolidarityCalendarintroduces yourfamily to the workof DevelopmentanDpeacepartners inAsia, Africa, Latin
America and theMiddle East.
Throughout his ministryJesus felt compassion whenfaced by human suffering.Today, we are called to feel thissame depth of compassion whenwe think of the people of Asia,Africa, Latin America and theMiddle East, many of whom sufferfrom an overwhelming number of
crises and injustices.DevelopmentanD peace is part of themany struggles of people in theGlobal South for justice. Their work,and ours, is guided by compassion.Through your generous donations,you help build a world of justice.
Give Generously
Compassion means to suffer with and it therefore goes hand-in-handwith the c ore value of so lidarity-that sense of responsibility we feel for
othe rs by virtue of our interdependence as members of one human family.Lesley-A nne Knigh t, Sec re tary Gene ral, Caritas In ter nationalis.
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Sunday monday tueSday wedneSday thurSday friday Saturday
Pray for the peopleof Africa in theirmany countries.
13FirstSunday of
Lent
1211IndonesiasKRUHA helps ruralcommunities managelocal water, insteadof seeing it bottledand sold afar.MARCH
ASHWEDNESDAY
9
BOTTLEDWATER FREE
DAY!
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19
On your map, markthe African countries
whereDevelopmentanDpeace has partners.
for each country
Sierra Leones Network Movement for Justice andDevelopmenthas helped 6,000 families feed themselvesand manage their communities for the common good.
donate 1817MadagascarsCatholic Bishopssupport TARATRA,a project which helpsminers achieve saferworking conditions.
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giveSince 1993, more than
35,000 young peoplehave learned how toco-operate peacefully atBurundis Kamenge YouthCentre.
1514Jesusbegan to
weep. How wouldJesus express
compassiontoday?
John 11.35
20Pray for the poorof Latin America,
struggling for land,livelihoods and dignity.
secondSunday ofLent
Brazils MSThashelped 33,000landless familiesdevelop farmingcommunities onunderused land.
donate
21 22 CAMPO, in Mexico,has helped 500
women create smallbusinesses and earn
their frst income.
23
GuatemalasSERCATEtrains men toend family violence.
24
give 26
tohelp
In Peru, the 1,500kitchens belongingto the Federationof PopularKitchensfeed100,000 peopleevery day.
How manycountries can you
fnd in Latin Americawhere our partners
work?
25
thirdSunday of
Lent
Pray for our partners inthe Middle East on their
hopeful journey to peace.
27 INSAN, in Iraq,helps those
made homelessby war.
Give
28 29 30 31Friendship Villagehelps young Israeliand Palestinian leaders learn to buildpeace through dialogue in Jerusalem.
1
APRIL
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THINKFAST.
Check theJust Youth website (
oyouth.devp.org)for youth activities,including
3fourthsunday ofLent
Pray for ourpartners in Asia,
building compassionatedemocracies.
Cambodias YouthResource DevelopmentProgramteachesnon-violent action tocommunities losing theirland.
4 The PhilippineEducationalTheatre Associationuses theatre toencouragepeople to votein elections. to help
5Timor-Lestes Justiceand Peace Commissionused peace-buildingskills to turn youthaway from violentgang activities.
76 How many Asianpartners can youfnd in the
ShareLifeMagazine?
8 donate
for eachone
9
Pray forDevelopmentanD peacepartners throughout the
world, able to helpduring emergencies.
10SolidaritysundayHaitian partners learned lessons fromSalvadoran partners on how best torebuild their country after the 2010earthquake.
11 12Through CaritasPakistan, DevelopmentanD peace
helped withfood, shelter, clean waterand healthcare forthose made homeless bysevere oods.
13 14I will put my spirit
within you, and youshall live.
Ezekiel 37.14
15 16PLEASE
DONATE
$5
Pray for all ourpartners as theywork for justice.
17 18
PALMSUNDAY
19 20We, the people of East Timor, must commit ourselves totruth and reconciliation, to justice and peace. We must travelwith hope, looking behind the horizon to a compassionatedemocracy. It is our road to Easter to Resurrection.
Bishop Belo ofEast Timor, 2000.
How does your familyexpress compassion?
HOLYTHURSDAY
21 Give generously incompassion.
HOLYSATURDAY
23I am theresurrectionand the life,says theLord.
GOODFRIDAY
22
John 11.25, 26
EASTERSUNDAY
Rejoice!He is arisen.
24 Express your compassionand solidarity !
www.devp.org
DPC-11-S-05
DESIGNANDILLUSTRATIONS:LILCH
Pick up a copyof this yearsShareLife Magazine.
Stick a world mapon your fridge or wall.(or use the back of this calendar)
Locate the partners inthis Calendar and the
Magazine on your map.
3.2.1.
Discover a world of Justice ! Ready, set, go !
GiveGenerously