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| February 16, 2006 Edition | ||||
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Global Solidarity Week:
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The observance is spearheaded by the diocesan Office of Justice and Pastoral Outreach. "The goal of this celebration is to open the eyes of people in the Diocese of Madison to our brothers and sisters throughout the whole world," said Susanna Herro, office director.
The Diocese of Madison is involved in the Catholic Relief Service (CRS) Global Solidarity Partnership program with the Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga in northern Ghana.
Members of the diocesan Global Solidarity Partnership Committee created free resource packets to help parishes educate people on how they can commit themselves to the common good for people around the world.
This packet includes: a two-sided bulletin insert; prayers to start meetings and within liturgy; information packet for families; information packet for schools, religious education, and youth ministry; and information packet for parishes.
To order a resource packet, contact Ben Weisse in the Office of Justice and Pastoral Outreach, phone 608-821-3164 or e-mail bweisse@straphael.org
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Speaker shares experiences
MCFARLAND/MADISON -- A senior staff member from Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Ghana will speak in McFarland and Madison during Global Solidarity Week.
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Hippolyt Pul will talk about "Building Hope and Faith: Transforming African Communities Affected by the Curse of Poverty." He will speak on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. at Christ the King Parish, 5306 Main St., McFarland, and Friday, Feb. 24, at 12:05 p.m. at the Bishop O'Connor Center, 702 S. High Point Rd. (bring your own lunch or purchase lunch for $7 at the door).
Pul has worked with CRS for 15 years, but his first contact with the agency came years earlier. After his father died when Pul was in fourth grade, the family lost its primary bread-winner. Pul received meals in school provided by CRS.
"The salvation for our people in that part of the country was education, so people took education very seriously," said Pul, who is now part of an international network of "alumni" from his area that work to help the next generations of students.
Pul graduated from the University of Ghana and received a Master's Degree in Social and Public Policy from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He has worked with CRS since 1990 and is currently with its West Africa Regional Office in Ghana.
In his talks, he will discuss how such issues as governance, conflict, education, and food security interact with poverty. He will also share his own experience as a young recipient of a CRS-supported school program.
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