The UN-NGO and International JPIC Service are happy to announce the new collaboration between the Continental Popular Education Network and our UN-NGO Representative, with the support of our international JPIC Coordinator.

Welcome back to our newsletter, New Frontiers! This edition covers a six-month period of JPIC and UN-NGO activity.

March 22 is World Water Day!

The 11th grade students of Sapporo Sacred Heart School, Hokkaido, Japan decided that the Bicentennial of St. Philippine Duchesne’s crossing to new frontiers was a good occasion to invite the Sacred Heart family worldwide to carry out a new action together.

A letter to the Family of the Sacred Heart from the JPIC CoCo. This includes a “Summary of the Meeting Process” and “Next Steps Looking to the Future.”

The JPIC and UN-NGO logos are designed to represent the work of JPIC in the Society of the Sacred Heart, in our congregation, and at the UN. They match each other with some symbols but they also retain their uniqueness.

As we respond to our Call to Be and Act as One Body, our contribution to the global achievement of the SDGs becomes more effective. Let us recommit to working together for world peace, justice, and human dignity for all by bringing to this international forum our national and local experiences.

This issue highlights some recent visits and participation in events of the UN-NGO and the International JPIC Service. Several of these events focus on some efforts of the Society of the Sacred Heart to help raise awareness and prevent human trafficking.

Here are five photos of recent “significant moments” in the life of our communities, provinces, or regions in different parts of the world.

From April 16-20, 2018, several RSCJ formed a delegation to attend the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York.