VIVAT Workshop
16 January 2012
All the Provinces reported on their JPIC activities. Included in their reports were the following topics: HIV /AIDS treatment, prevention and rehabilitation; Street Children; Rights of Indigenous Peoples; Land alienation and tribal lands; Children; Women; Domestic/Migrant Workers; People affected by leprosy; the Physically and mentally challenged individuals; and Rag Pickers. Additional reports were given on initiatives for income generation, vocational training and the conflicts in the Middle East (Palestinian Rights), Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. The reports stressed the importance of networking both with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the governments for the rights of the people.
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31 December 2011
We, members of VIVAT INTERNATIONAL, a Non-Governmental Organization of missionary Congregations, network for the respect of human life and the safekeeping of the environment through lobbying, sharing of information and advocating with the instances where decisions are made, nationally as well as internationally.
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14 December 2010
En AmĂ©rica Latina y el Caribe, observamos que la mayorĂa de nuestros pueblos viven realidades que impiden que las personas se desarrollen de una manera plena como seres humanos creados a imagen y semejanza de Dios. Existen alianzas entre los gobiernos con empresas transnacionales que buscan su propio lucro en contra del bien comĂşn y la integridad de la creaciĂłn. Observamos que existe una “mafia de redes perversas” en la trata de personas, de armas y de tráfico de drogas, que promueven guerrillas, violencia, inseguridad, muerte, desplazamiento y destrucciĂłn sistemática de la naturaleza.
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8 June 2010
On April 15-17, nine congregations gathered together for a Vivat North America workshop in Washington, DC. These congregations included: Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, Divine Word Missionaries, Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Adorers of the Blood of Christ, Camboni Missionaries, Camboni Sisters, Holy Rosary Missionary Sisters, Spiritans, and the Little Sisters of the Assumption. The first evening [...]
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18 January 2010
We the members and associate members of VIVAT International, from 8 religious congregations, namely, 1. DIVINE WORD MISSIONARIES (S.V.D) 2. SISTER SERVANTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (S.Sp.S) 3. THE SPIRITANS (C.S.Sp) 4. COMBONI MISSIONARIES (M.C.C.J) 5. COMBONI MISSIONARY SISTERS (C.M.S) 6. SISTERS OF ADORERS OF BLOOD OF CHRIST (A.S.C) 7. OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE (O.M.I) [...]
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14 December 2009
Participants came from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru. Miguel Heinz SVD with support from Bolivian members was responsible for organizing the workshop. Zelia Cordeiro SSpS and Daniel LeBlanc OMI from the New York office were present to lend a supporting hand, learn from participants, and present various aspects of our work at the UN. [...]
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14 December 2009
For the first time members of the eight religious congregations that form VIVAT International came together for a week- long workshop in Brazil. There were 40 participants. The workshop included a day on spirituality…
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14 December 2009
Monte Cucco, Rome March 11-15 2007. VIVAT International was created on November 18th, 2000 when its rust newly formed Board of Directors convened, and issued its first official communique. In it was written its principal vision to develop advocacy work in the United Nations believing that its humanitarian vision is consistent with the Justice and [...]
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