Mercy and Justice Core Community

Suzanne Printy, MJCC Coordinator
Tel: 339-7847
printysg@gmail.com

The mission of the Mercy and Justice Core Community is to support parish social ministry activities related to corporal and spiritual works of mercy, companionship to those in need, education (Catholic social teaching and social justice programs), community and global solidarity, and social justice advocacy.

Guiding Scripture

Matthew 25: 35,36: "For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me."

Parish Goals

• Develop a coordinated approach to Catholic Social Teaching by educating parishioners, enhancing existing efforts, and developing new ways to minnister to the poor and marginalized.
  • Promote the themes of the Catholic Social Teaching through educational forums at the parish and community levels, and
  • Develop a coordinated approach to enhancing existing efforts and developing new ways to minister to the poor and marginalized.

Anticipated Actions for 2015-2016

1. October and November - In the Footprints of St. Francis and the Sultan (Just Faith module); Fred Springer, facilitator
2. November and December - assist with Thanksgiving meals, MOGS Angels, Christmas boxes (especially boxes for Monticello)
3. January 15 & 16 - Assist Grace Mission Episcopal Church with grocery distribution at Springfield Apartments, Joe Louis Street. January 15 at 2:00pm to 4:00pm; January 16 at 9:00am to 12:00noon.
4. February 19 & 20 - 3rd Annual Symposium on Human Rights and Religion - The Dignity of the Individual and the Death Penalty; February 19 (8:30-9:30pm) and February 20 (9:30am to 2:00pm). Keynote speaker: Dale S. Recinella, author of "Now I Walk on Death Row: A Wall Street Finance Lawyer Stumbles into the Arms of a Loving God"; also featuring George Kain, PhD, "The Slow and Painful Abolition of Capital Punishment in the United States".
5. March and April - Church of Second Chances (Just Faith Ministries' module including the stories of incarcerated people and injustices in the judicial system through the lens of faith.)
6. June 4 - A Full Summer - a meal packaging event, sponsored by St. John's Episcopal church, Hope2theHungry, First Baptist Church of Tallahassee, and Second Harvest of the Big Bend.  www.afullsummer.org

Ongoing Actions

• Encouraging and delivering donations to Good News Outreach at PO Box 3304, Tallahassee FL 32315 or at their new location: 347 Office Plaza Drive, Tallahassee 32301.
• Encouraging donations to and volunteering with the new Homeless Shelter (Kearney Center) off West Pensacola Street: The Shelter / Kearney Center, 2650 Municipal Way, Tallahassee, FL 32304
• Encouraging donations to St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Quincy, FL.

Monthly Meetings