Welcome to the March 9, 2022 edition of Just 3 Things, the weekly social action newsletter of the Office of Human Life & Dignity. If this email was forwarded to you, and you'd like to receive it each week, please click here.
We continue to pray for peace in Ukraine and for a welcome for all the refugees who have been forced to flee. If you missed Archbishop Cordileone's Rosary for Peace last week, you can view the video here.
Melissa Vlach
Social Action and Digital Media Coordinator
Office of Human Life & Dignity
Archdiocese of San Francisco
Social Action and Digital Media Coordinator
Office of Human Life & Dignity
Archdiocese of San Francisco
Please contact your legislators and urge them to support the Afghan Adjustment Act. This would provide those who have fled Afghanistan, who currently have a temporary status, with a way to become lawful permanent residents.
Currently these individuals would have to apply for asylum, which is a lengthy process and requires documents that many Afghans were encouraged to destroy in the lead-up to the evacuation. Your voice is needed to tell our Congressional representatives that it is our duty to support those who were forced to flee.
Father John Jimenez took some time to visit the jail in San Bruno on Ash Wednesday, where he was able to distribute ashes individually at each cell and pray with the people.
Although in-person services have been limited throughout the pandemic, the Restorative Justice Ministry has been able to conduct some services virtually, in addition to in-person visits by Father Rene Iturbe, S.M., chaplain. As restrictions lift, the Ministry plans to resume more in-person visits by volunteers as well.
High school juniors and seniors are invited to participate in a religious liberty essay contest on the theme "witnesses to freedom." Entries should discuss a person or group that stood up for religious freedom.
Sponsored by the USCCB Committee for Religious Liberty in collaboration with the Secretariat of Catholic Education and Our Sunday Visitor Institute, the contest offers prizes up to $2,000 and inclusion in Our Sunday Visitor. All entries are due by March 30, 2022.
What's coming up:
- March 12 _ Restorative Justice Monthly Breakfast at St. Agnes. Buy tickets here.
- March 19 _ Restorative Justice Monthly Breakfast at St. Mark. Buy tickets here.
- April 24 _ Respect Life Essay Contest Mass and Awards Ceremony. Learn more here.
- May 20-22 _ Women's Retreat for Healing after Abortion. Learn more here.