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Social Action Commission of the Diocese of Charlottetown
Publisher: c/o Mary Boyd, Social Action Office, P.O. Box 1689, Charlottetown, P.E.I.Year Published: 1981 Resource Type: Organization Cx Number: CX2314 The Social Action Commission of the Diocese of Charlottetown describes its purpose as one of "educating the people of the Diocese on all matters related to social justice and working for transformation within the Church and the province......education which leads to action for social justice." Abstract: Connexions has published multiple abstracts on the Social Action Commission of the Diocese of Charlottetown. - - - This abstract was published in Connexions Digest in 1981: The Social Action Commission of the Diocese of Charlottetown describes its purpose as one of "educating the people of the Diocese on all matters related to social justice and working for transformation within the Church and the province......education which leads to action for social justice." The Commission outlines its more specific objectives as 1) working with other groups whose goals are similar; 2) proposing social action policies for the Diocese; 3) educating itself and others through consciousness-raising about injustices ranging from the local to the international level; 4) devising new models for social transformation and 5) working with those who are oppressed, e.g. tenants, low-income people, unorganized workers, fishermen, farmers, etc. The Commission claims that it has been influenced by recent statements of the Canadian Catholic Bishops on socio-economic issues. The following materials produced by the Commission are available by writing the above address: a) 1980 Annual Report (Social Action Commission) - This 45-page report includes reports and newsclippings about the Commission's involvement in a whole host of issues including regional disparity, native people, Northern Ireland, housing, farming, health and develoment education; b) Brief to the National Farm Products Marketing Council (1980); c) Brief to the Commission of Inquiry into the Island's Fishing Industry (1980); d) Brief to the Commission of Inquiry into the Welfare Assistance Program (1980); e) Brief to Health Services Review (Hall Commission), 1979-80. - - - This abstract was published in Connexions Digest in 1982: The Social Action Commision of the Diocese of Charlottetown describes its purpose as one of "educating the people of the diocese on all matters related to social justice and working for transformation within the Church and the province...(and) education which leads to justice". The commision is committed to working with the oppressed (e.g. native people, tenants, low-income people, unoganized workers, fisherpeople, farmers). The Commission has published a number of briefs to government on many of these issues. The Social Action Commission has addressed the current crisis in Central America through its involvement with other social justice organizations in P.E.I., including the El Salvador Information Group, Development and Peace, and Ten Days for World Development. Some of these groups activities have included workshops and events related to Central America ( in February 1982, Ten Days sponsored a speaker from Nicaragua), letter-writing campaigns to the Canadian government,and meetings with Federal government officials. The Commission staffperson notes a strong and growing response from the people in P.E.I. to the Central America issues. In March of 1982, the staffperson to the Commission and all the Catholic diocesan social action directors in the Atlantic Region sent a letter to Newfoundland M.P. John Crosbie protesting the visit of two Progressive Conservative M.P. s to El Salvador during the recent elections there. - - - This organization no longer exists. Subject Headings |