INTERNATIONAL MOTHER EARTH DAY 2025
Dear sisters and brothers, April 22 we commemorate the INTERNATIONAL MOTHER EARTH DAY, and as the JPIC Team of the Claretian Family, we share this material for awareness and reflection on a reality that necessarily involves us—as part of humanity and as a believing community, as recipients and protectors of the generous gift the Creator has given us in nature.
We are living in a truly complex and critical moment, as a consequence of how we, as a species, have related to our planet—with attitudes and actions that bring us dangerously close to the irreversible degradation of our “Common Home.”
As the Claretian Family, it is our responsibility to take a stand and act in the face of what lies ahead, inspired by the Christian message and grounded in solidarity—knowing that the most vulnerable are the ones who face the greatest challenges in responding to the environmental crisis.
May the Lord of Life enlighten and encourage us in this mission, in defense of life.
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EASTER SUNDAY
On this important feast day in our Christian liturgy, the JPIC office would like to offer you a reflection by one of our many brothers committed to the poor and marginalised in this global village in which we live. This time it is Fr. George Kannanthanam, who has dedicated his entire life to the poorest and is currently in charge of the Sumanahalli centre, which he also founded, in Bangalore, India. He is undoubtedly one of the many prophets we have in our Claretian congregation, who help us to see with critical spirit the reality of social injustice and to raise awareness about defending its victims. I invite you to reflect on the Paschal Mystery on this Holy Saturday from the perspective of the victims and the disadvantaged, who are none other than our sisters and brothers in this global fraternity.
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22 MARCH 2025 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WATER
From the JPIC office we want to give importance to this international day of water because there are still more than two billion people in the world who do not have access to water and it is good that we become aware of this. On the other hand, we want to make ourselves aware that water is part of our lives and therefore of our spirituality. Water is an element of creation that interconnects all the dimensions of our life and we offer a reflection of how Saint Anthony M. Claret himself lived this.
As a Claretian family, let us make this international day a moment of reflection, prayer and awareness. May sister “water” help us to contemplate our creator, and to serve all of Creation, including our brothers and sisters.
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International Women’s Day.
On 8 March we celebrate International Women’s Day. A time to reflect and promote the dignity of women as a Claretian family. In the words of St John Paul II: ‘For this to happen, the dignity of women must be promoted above all in the Church.’ (Ecclesia in Europa 2003, n. 43)
On this occasion, we would like to thank the Claretian sisters RMI who have prepared this prayer-reflection to celebrate in community and raise awareness of this principle of the Social Doctrine of the Church, the defence of the dignity of the person.
Following the invitation of the Claretian sisters in this prayer, let us remember all the women who have been and are part of our lives and, in addition to congratulating them, let us promote their dignity.
