Global Homelessness
In the November Resources for Mercy Global Presence, Sr. Angela Reed rsm quotes from UN Human Rights Council:

Homelessness is an extreme violation of the rights to adequate housing and non-discrimination and often also a violation of the rights to life, to security of person, to health, to protection of the home and family and to freedom from cruel and inhuman treatment.

Mercy Global Action has made a commitment to being part of a movement “THE SHIFT” that seeks to change the way we think and interact with housing and home. It is a paradigm shift that calls for an understanding of housing as:

• A human right not a commodity
• A vehicle for equality, dignity and inclusive community

 People and Deep Social Change
Sr. Ailish O’Brien rsm, currently on mission in South Sudan, has also contributed to Mercy Global Presence Resources. A quote from her article (November 2019) captures how Sisters of Mercy continue to influence change in every time:

Sisters of Mercy have always been involved in education. That is our tradition. My ministry here in South Sudan , to assist the South Sudanese through education, is at the same time old and new. The difference is that in this place I am doing it in collaboration with lay and religious men and women, called by God from all parts of the globe, living together in a mixed, intercultural inter-congregational community, in partnership with South Sudanese people, supported by agencies worldwide, and with the one vision of bringing about positive change in the newest country in the world.”

 LET US PRAY

Let us find ourselves in the beauty of the world when we open our eyes.
Let our souls be refreshed when we greet the new day.
Let us look at each day as a new beginning, a chance to be kind, to do good, to offer inspiration, to be strong, and to strengthen our resolve to enable all our brothers and sisters to live their lives with dignity.
Let us always know our blessings.   (MGP)

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