Manitoba selects Delegate to 2010 Orientation Assembly

Members attending the Manitoba Regional meeting selected Verden Jeancart to attend the AOA as their delegate. Verden is the chairman of the St. Boniface (English) Diocesan Council.
Verden writes: I have been involved with Development and Peace for about ten years in two different parishes in Prince Albert Diocese and in St.Boniface Diocese. We discussed the Strategic Plan questions at the Manitoba Regional meeting in Winnipeg . The consensus of the meeting was that Development and Peace continues to advocate for the poor in the Global South and that we do not give up our autonomy. We must follow our mission statement supporting our partners in the third World in the pursuit of alternatives to unjust social, political and economic structures. We must also educate the Canadians about the causes of impoverishment of peoples and mobilize actions for change.