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News &
Upcoming Events
Fall 2008
Save the
Date! Friday December 5th,
Canticle Place will be hosting
their Holiday Bouquet Sale from
11-5pm, located at 26W105 Roosevelt Road &
Community Drive on the Marianjoy Campus. Click to view their
flyer
and contact information.
Monday
December 1, 2008 is World AIDS
Day, Canticle Ministries invites you to attend their
community prayer service at the Wheaton Franciscan Chapel at
7pm. The chapel is located on the campus of the Wheaton
Franciscan Sisters. Down load a flyer or read their press release. For further information
please contact Jeana Stewart @ 630-588-9165.
Please join Family Shelter and
the JPIC Office on Thursday October 23,
@ 6:00pm- 8:30pm for an Open Labyrinth Walk with victims of
Domestic Violence. To view pictures from this
heartfelt evening, click here.
Summer 2008
World
Vision Experience AIDS from September 6-14 to be held at the First
Presbyterian Church in Glen Ellyn. "Step into Africa " an
interactive exhibit, free, open to the public and volunteer
opportunities. Click here to download flyer.
Prayer
Vigil at the Lake for AIDS - on September 12, at 6:30pm to be held at
Lake Ellyn 645 Lenox Road in Glen
Ellyn. Community-wide
prayer with worship & ecumenical prayers led by community
church leaders and candle lit prayer walk. For information
about this event, visit their website http://www.centerstagechicago.com/recreation/lake-ellyn.html
The AIDS 5K
(3.1 miles) RUN/WALK Chicago 2008!, Join Canticle Ministries on September 20. To register, pledge and for
more information please call 630-588-9165. To down load their
flyer click here.
Save the
Date!! October 11, 2008 - Earth Summit Comes to Wheaton
Franciscan Campus. click
here for more details and registration.
Spring
2008
Canticle
Ministries will be having their annual Plant Sale on Friday
May 16th from 11:00a.m.-6:00p.m. and on Saturday May 17th from
8:00a.m.-2:00p.m. @ the Promenade
Courtyard of the Wheaton Franciscan Campus. Proceeds from this sale will fund
the Canticle Ministries Scholarship
for high school students impacted by HIV. To download their
flyer, directions and more information click here.
Free Cone Day! from
Ben & Jerry's on Tuesday April 29th,
between noon and 8:00pm at participating B&J scoop
shops. The ONE Campaign recently got their own flavor
from Ben & Jerry called ONE
Cheesecake Brownie. To locate the nearest scoop shop in your
area use this link, http://www.benjerry.com/scoop_shops/
Friday May
2nd, is World AIDS Orphans Day.
Nearly 25 million children worldwide have lost one or
both parents to AIDS – equivalent to the number of people
living in New York, Paris, Rome and Bangkok combined. In
sub-Saharan Africa alone, over 12 million children have been
orphaned by the pandemic. Experts believe that millions more
orphans remain unaccounted for in India, China and Russia. By
2010, the number of AIDS orphans worldwide is expected to by
tens of million children. To find out more about this day and
resources on how you can show your support visit these links.
http://www.worldaidsorphans.org/, http://www.globalactionforchildren.org/resources/resources_on_orphans_and_vulnerable_children,
http://www.globalaidsalliance.org/info/fact_sheets,
http://www.jlica.org/reading.htm, http://www.unicef.org/french/uniteforchildren/knowmore/knowmore_28896.htm.
Peace Day 2008, will be
observed on Saturday May 3, 2008.
Twenty-fifth Anniversary of US Bishops' Pastoral Letter. This
event will be hosted by The Diocese of Joliet Peace and Social
Justice Ministry, located at 402 S. Independence Blvd,
Romeoville, IL. For extensive information on this event and
how to RSVP, please click here.
For more information, email
the Justice, Peace & Integrity of
Creation Office.
updated 12/03/2008
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