USCCB Petition on U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy

Dear Life, Justice and Peace Contacts,

Urge President Obama to Change Outdated Nuclear Weapons Policy

The Obama administration is currently weighing cuts in U.S. nuclear forces. Within a few weeks, the President will be making important, once-in-a-decade decisions on the Presidential nuclear weapons policy "guidance." This guidance affects everything from war plans to the size, structure and cost of the nuclear arsenal. It will help determine whether we continue to live with the threat of nuclear annihilation or move closer to a world free of the danger of nuclear war. Sign this USCCB petition to press President Obama to make good on his commitment to "put an end to Cold War thinking" and pursue further, dramatic steps that would make us all safer from the threat of nuclear weapons. Sign the Petition now. Petition deadline is March 31^st.

Social Action Summer Institute

Save the date for this year's Social Action Summer Institute (July 29-August 1, 2012), a four-day national institute for Catholic social justice ministries on "Called to Transformative Community: Addressing Poverty Today." Join social action leaders from across the country for dynamic sessions and speakers, including: David Beckmann, President of Bread for the World; Jack Jezreel and Joe Grant of JustFaith Ministries; Fr. John Rausch, Director of the Catholic Commission on Appalachia; sessions on international & domestic poverty by staff of Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Relief Services, and USCCB-JPHD; and more. The Institute will be held at Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY. Learn more here.

In Christ’s peace,
Jim

Jim Thomas
Director of Adult Faith Formation for
Catholic Social Teaching and Family Life
Archdiocese of Seattle
710 - 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104-2017
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“If we cultivate ... seeing others as our brothers and sisters, solidarity, justice, mercy and compassion will naturally well up in our hearts.” ~Pope Benedict XVI, Message for Lent 2012