<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170</id><updated>2012-02-16T22:42:23.214-05:00</updated><category term='Québec-Nouveau-Brunswick'/><category term='Jeunes'/><category term='BC-Yukon'/><category term='Newfoundland and Labrador'/><category term='Saskatchewan'/><category term='Ontario'/><category term='OA'/><category term='Maritimes'/><category term='Blogue'/><category term='Photos'/><category term='AO'/><category term='Manitoba'/><category term='Alberta'/><category term='Blog'/><title type='text'>Assemblée d'orientation - Orientation Assembly</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>113</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-1340584651189948233</id><published>2010-07-09T10:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T10:51:15.083-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Lettre du Président</title><content type='html'>Chers amis,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il y a quelques semaines seulement, le 19 et le 20 juin, neuf délégués régionaux, deux représentants de la jeunesse, les membres du conseil national et quelques membres du personnel de Développement et Paix de divers services et de toutes les régions du pays se sont réunis pour l’Assemblée d’orientation alternative. Cet événement très attendu et qui a fait beaucoup parler de lui ne nous a pas déçus, car nous avons profité de ce moment privilégié pour réfléchir et discuter de notre mouvement et du prochain plan stratégique de notre organisation pour 2011-2016.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Au cours des mois qui ont précédé la rencontre, nous avons présenté de nouvelles idées et de nouveaux moyens de communication entre nous par l’entremise du blogue de l’AOA, créé à temps pour les Assemblées régionales. C’était la première étape du périple vers notre assemblée « alternative ». Vous vous souviendrez qu’à chacune des assemblées régionales, nous avons discuté de l’incidence du climat politique actuel dans ce pays, du contexte de l’Église catholique au Canada et dans le monde, ainsi que de certains sujets de préoccupation déterminés en consultation avec nos partenaires du Sud. Chaque région a désigné son propre délégué et rédigé un rapport enrichi des commentaires, des suggestions et de la participation des membres de la base. Plus de 500 membres ont participé à cette discussion et consultation pancanadienne sur les orientations futures de Développement et Paix.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ces rapports et leur synthèse sont à l’origine de l’ordre du jour de l’Assemblée d’orientation alternative. Notre expérience intensive de deux jours a commencé par l’écoute de vos voix transmises par les courts vidéoflips (messages vidéo/voix) que vous avez pris la peine d’enregistrer dans chacune des assemblées régionales qui ont eu lieu en avril et en mai. Encore une fois, c’était un moyen nouveau et innovant d’établir des liens entre les gens, et nous pouvons être fiers du résultat. Vos messages à l’AOA ont formé les remarques d’ouverture de l’Assemblée et donné le ton à l’événement tout entier. Les mots ne me permettent pas de rendre justice à la justesse avec laquelle vous avez cerné l’objectif central de l’assemblée. Vous nous avez rappelé qui nous sommes comme organisme, quelle est notre raison d’être, notre message et où nous devrions concentrer nos énergies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tout au long de la première journée, nous avons établi des liens avec bon nombre d’entre vous par d’autres moyens également. Le blogue de l’AOA est devenu le portail sur le monde extérieur de notre modeste assemblée. Nous avons partagé images et questions avec vous en temps réel, et reçu et lu vos commentaires et suggestions lors des discussions en plénière. Plus tard dans la journée, nous avons joint 20 autres délégués diocésains grâce à nos 8 ateliers par téléconférence pour passer des orientations stratégiques aux actions stratégiques. Tout le monde a évoqué le sentiment de proximité éprouvé pendant les discussions, bien que certains d’entre vous aient été physiquement assez éloignés de Montréal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le samedi soir, pendant que nous nous réunissions pour notre liturgie et le volet social de notre assemblée, un comité de synthèse a travaillé jusque tard dans la nuit à compiler les réflexions et les impressions de la journée et a rédigé un rapport préliminaire qui a été présenté au groupe rassemblé le dimanche matin. Nous avons eu de nouveau l’occasion de réagir et d’inclure les commentaires des participants virtuels qui se trouvaient à l’extérieur de la salle. Bien que le rapport définitif ne soit pas tout à fait prêt et vous parviendra seulement au mois d’août, nous pouvons déjà en partager avec vous les conclusions et les points stratégiques préliminaires que ce processus a permis de dégager, et qui ont reçu l’entière approbation de tous les participants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vision, mission et valeurs&lt;br /&gt;Le temps est venu pour Développement et Paix de se redresser et d’affirmer fièrement notre identité. Réaffirmons nos valeurs enracinées dans l’enseignement social de l’Église et l’Évangile. Notre mission et notre vision de la justice sociale n’ont pas toujours été bien comprises; et ces derniers temps, force est de constater que nous nous sommes mis sur la défensive.&lt;br /&gt;Nous estimons que dorénavant, nous devrions adopter une position proactive et ne jamais tenir pour acquis que les gens savent qui nous sommes ou ce que nous faisons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vision : En 2011-2016, nous nous voyons réaffirmer notre option préférentielle en faveur des pauvres, tout en intégrant une option préférentielle en faveur de la Terre par une meilleure compréhension des enjeux d’écojustice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;« Notre message est si fort et si vrai que nous ne pouvons pas échouer. » « Développement et Paix émergera comme une force avec laquelle il faut compter. » (des membres rassemblés à l’AOA).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quelles sont nos priorités stratégiques pour 2011-2016?&lt;br /&gt;• Rehausser la visibilité, l’image et la présence de Développement et Paix sur la scène publique. Le tout passe par une utilisation intensifiée et plus diversifiée des médias, qu’il s’agisse des médias traditionnels ou des nouvelles technologies.&lt;br /&gt;• Réaffirmer notre double mandat (partenariat et éducation) et renforcer notre position dans le plaidoyer et l’engagement public.&lt;br /&gt;• Renforcer et mobiliser nos membres, qui constituent notre capital le plus précieux.&lt;br /&gt;• Établir de plus solides alliances stratégiques et collaborer plus étroitement au sein de l’Église, avec le clergé, les évêques et les paroissiens et tous ceux et celles qui partagent nos valeurs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sans l’évoquer directement comme une priorité stratégique, tous ont convenu que nous devons concentrer nos efforts sur le renforcement et la diversification de nos sources de financement et notre stabilité financière. La fiabilité de nos deux modes de financement traditionnels et historiques (l’ACDI et le Carême de partage) doit être accrue par une stratégie qui intégrera de nouvelles méthodes de travail et rehaussera notre autonomie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un rapport plus complet et plus définitif expliquera les actions stratégiques qui ont été suggérées pour mener à bien notre mission dans les cinq prochaines années. Dès l’automne, le conseil national et la direction de Développement et Paix collaboreront afin d’incorporer tous ces commentaires en un plan stratégique intégré pour 2011-2016.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En conclusion, l’AOA et ses préparatifs sont riches en enseignements. Les évaluations font état d’une satisfaction globale, mais aussi de préoccupations concernant la suite des choses. La responsabilité clé du conseil national et de la direction consiste à s’assurer que le dynamisme et le consensus atteint ensemble se traduisent en actions concrètes que nous pouvons réaliser tous ensemble.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J’aimerais, avec votre permission, partager quelques déclarations entendues à l’issue de notre assemblée, et des messages à retenir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;« Soyons la voix de ceux qui n’en ont pas. »&lt;br /&gt;« Nous n’avons pas de partenaires; nous sommes des partenaires dans la communauté des problèmes que nous affrontons. »&lt;br /&gt;« Nous avons une responsabilité partagée de nous assurer que le mandat de Développement et Paix se réalise. »&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Des remerciements bien spéciaux à tous ceux et celles qui ont participé de près ou de loin, qui nous ont aidés dans les préparatifs de cet événement par l’entremise des conseils diocésains et des assemblées régionales et à vous tous qui font en sorte, jour après jour, que notre voix et notre message sont entendus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dans la paix et la solidarité,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pat Hogan&lt;br /&gt;Président du conseil national&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-1340584651189948233?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/1340584651189948233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/07/lettre-du-president.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1340584651189948233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1340584651189948233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/07/lettre-du-president.html' title='Lettre du Président'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-1554851117037471214</id><published>2010-07-09T10:34:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T10:48:57.288-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>Letter from the President</title><content type='html'>Dear friends,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a few weeks ago, on June 19th and 20th, nine regional delegates, two youth representatives, members of National Council and some of Development and Peace’s staff from across departments and around the country, came together for the Alternative Orientation Assembly. This much anticipated and much talked about event did not disappoint us, as we shared this privileged moment to reflect on and discuss our movement and organization’s next strategic plan for 2011-2016.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the months leading up to the meeting, we introduced new ideas and ways of communicating with each other through the AOA blog, set up in time for the Regional Assemblies. Thus began our trek towards our “alternative” assembly. You will recall that at each of the Regional Meetings, we discussed the impact of the current political climate in Canada, the context of the Catholic Church in Canada and in the world, as well as some of the issues of concern that have emerged in consultation with our Southern partners. Each Region named a delegate and drafted a report rich with comments, suggestions and input from membership at the grassroots. Over 500 members participated in this Canada-wide discussion and consultation on the future orientations of Development and Peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These reports and their synthesis became the basis for the Agenda of the Alternative Orientation Assembly. We began our intensive two-day experience by hearing your voices, through the short flips (video/voice messages) which you carefully recorded in each of the Regional Meetings in April and May. This again was a way to connect people in a new and innovative way and we can be proud of the result. Your messages to the AOA were our opening comments and set the tone for the rest of the meeting. I cannot express enough how profoundly your words spoke directly to the core purpose of the gathering. You reminded us of who we are as Development and Peace, why we exist, what our message is and where our energy should be focused.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Throughout the first day, we connected with many of you through other means as well. The AOA blog became the portal of our small gathering to the outside world. We shared pictures and questions with you in real time, and received and read your comments and suggestions back through the plenary discussions. Later in the day, we joined another 20 diocesan delegates through our 8 teleconference workshops to move from strategic orientations to strategic actions. Everybody spoke of the closeness they felt during the discussions even though some of you were physically quite far away from Montreal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the Saturday evening, as we gathered for our liturgy and social gathering, a synthesis committee worked late into the night assembling some of the thoughts and impressions of the day and drafted a preliminary report which was presented to the assembled group on Sunday morning. We had once again the opportunity to feed back and include comments from participants outside the room. Though the final report is not ready just yet and will only be sent to you in August, we can already share with you the first conclusions and initial strategic points that emerged from this process and, which received full endorsement from all who were participated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vision, mission and values:&lt;br /&gt;The time has come for Development and Peace to stand tall and speak proudly of who we are. Let us reaffirm our values, rooted in Catholic Social Teaching and the Gospel. Our mission and vision of social justice has sometimes not been well understood; and in recent times, we have admittedly taken a defensive stance. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We feel that going forward, we should now take on a proactive stance and never take for granted that people know who we are or what we are about. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vision: In 2011-2016, we see ourselves reaffirming our preferential option for the poor, while incorporating a preferential option for the earth through a better understanding of eco-justice issues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Our message is so strong and true that we cannot fail”. “Development and Peace will emerge as force to be reckoned with” (from the members assembled at the AOA).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are our strategic priorities for 2011-2016?&lt;br /&gt;• Increasing visibility, public image and presence of Development and Peace. This means increased and more diversified use of media, both traditional and new technologies.&lt;br /&gt;• Reaffirming our dual mandate (partnership and education) and strengthening our position in advocacy and public engagement.&lt;br /&gt;• Strengthening and mobilizing our membership as this is our most precious asset.&lt;br /&gt;• Building stronger strategic alliances and working more closely within the Church, with Clergy, the Bishops and Parishioners and all others who share our values. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Though not cited directly as a strategic priority, all agreed that we have to put energy and focus on strengthening and diversifying our financial sources and stability. Our reliance on our two traditional and historic forms of funding (CIDA and Share Lent) must be augmented by a strategy which will incorporate new ways of working and ensure more independence to our work. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A more complete and final report will tell of the strategic actions which were suggested in order to accomplish our mission in the next five years. As of the Fall, both National Council and Management of Development and Peace will work together to incorporate all of this input into an integrated strategic plan for 2011-2016. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, there is much to be learned from the AOA and the lead-up to the event. The evaluations speak of an overall satisfaction but also of concerns on how this will all unfold. This is the key responsibility of National Council and Management: to ensure that the energy and consensus reached together translates into concrete action which we can all take on together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Allow me to share a few final statements as we left the Assembly and headed home with this message. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Let us be the voice for those who have none”&lt;br /&gt;“We don’t have partners; we are partners facing common issues together”&lt;br /&gt;“We have a shared responsibility to ensure that Development and Peace’s mandate is a living and breathing one”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A special thanks to everyone who took part directly or indirectly in the event, those who helped us prepare, through the Diocesan Councils and Regional Meetings and all of you who ensure, on a daily basis, that our voice and message is heard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In peace and solidarity,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pat Hogan&lt;br /&gt;President, National Council &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-1554851117037471214?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/1554851117037471214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/07/letter-from-president.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1554851117037471214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1554851117037471214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/07/letter-from-president.html' title='Letter from the President'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-6825745028416558031</id><published>2010-06-20T11:54:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T11:56:52.892-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>Closing Remarks: Time for action!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB458FnAljI/AAAAAAAAAJM/y-577YikHuQ/s1600/pat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB458FnAljI/AAAAAAAAAJM/y-577YikHuQ/s200/pat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484885100644570674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The orientation assembly is now wrapping up, but please continue to send us your messages and comments as these will definitely taken into consideration for the final report.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Everyone in the room agrees that over these last two days large orientations and priorities have been set for D&amp;amp;P, however, now comes the next challenge, which is to set the specific actions that will allow D&amp;amp;P to meet these objectives and attain its potential. It will require collective action from all of us across the country.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And lastly, we must never forget the strength and courage of our partners in the Global South. As it was put so eloquently this weekend, "We don't have partners, we are partners."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thank you to everyone who participated and continue to send your messages!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-6825745028416558031?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/6825745028416558031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/closing-remarks-time-for-action.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/6825745028416558031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/6825745028416558031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/closing-remarks-time-for-action.html' title='Closing Remarks: Time for action!'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB458FnAljI/AAAAAAAAAJM/y-577YikHuQ/s72-c/pat.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-243975888266300002</id><published>2010-06-20T11:51:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T12:03:54.765-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Message de Pat Hogan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB45vpLwAxI/AAAAAAAAAJE/U4GYVZxoAKM/s1600/pat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 103px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB45vpLwAxI/AAAAAAAAAJE/U4GYVZxoAKM/s200/pat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484884886855615250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Président du conseil national, Pat Hogan remercie d'abord les différentes personnes qui ont veillé au bon ordre de cette assemblée.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Josianne Gauthier, responsable de cette assemblée, remercie tout particulièrement les membres qui ont participé aux conférences téléphoniques et déposé, dans les dernières heures, une soixantaine de commentaires dans le blogue de l'AO.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pat Hogan tient à redire que Développement et Paix est bien vivant et qu'il a clairement réaffirmé, cette fin de semaine,  son engagement envers l'enseignement social de l'Église et envers le mandat qu'il poursuit depuis plus de quarante ans.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-243975888266300002?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/243975888266300002/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/message-de-pat-hogan.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/243975888266300002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/243975888266300002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/message-de-pat-hogan.html' title='Message de Pat Hogan'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB45vpLwAxI/AAAAAAAAAJE/U4GYVZxoAKM/s72-c/pat.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-1999621636958603072</id><published>2010-06-20T11:20:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T11:26:35.600-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Les six priorités pour notre programme 2011-2016</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4y4YMDx1I/AAAAAAAAAIk/r_9GRtwWMU4/s1600/IMG_0915.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4y4YMDx1I/AAAAAAAAAIk/r_9GRtwWMU4/s200/IMG_0915.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484877340330936146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;Réaffirmer notre identité&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mobiliser le membership&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Viser la stabilité financière et la diversification&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Travailler au coeur de l'Église&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Améliorer la visibilité et l'image publique&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Renforcer les partenariats et les alliances&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-1999621636958603072?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/1999621636958603072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/les-six-priorites-pour-notre-programme.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1999621636958603072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1999621636958603072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/les-six-priorites-pour-notre-programme.html' title='Les six priorités pour notre programme 2011-2016'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4y4YMDx1I/AAAAAAAAAIk/r_9GRtwWMU4/s72-c/IMG_0915.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-7595970406076917668</id><published>2010-06-20T11:10:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T11:22:55.171-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>The six priorities for our 2011-2016 strategic planning</title><content type='html'>Here are the six selected priorities:&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;- Reaffirming our identity&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;- Mobilizing the membership&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;- Aim to diversify funding sources&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;- Work at the heart of the Church&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;- Improve the visibility and the public image of D&amp;amp;P&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;- Reinforce alliances and partnerships&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-7595970406076917668?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/7595970406076917668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/six-priorities-for-our-2011-2016.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7595970406076917668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7595970406076917668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/six-priorities-for-our-2011-2016.html' title='The six priorities for our 2011-2016 strategic planning'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-5002388870264541265</id><published>2010-06-20T11:05:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T11:08:17.415-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Des choix difficiles</title><content type='html'>Les membres présents ont tenté en ateliers de définir les trois priorités pour notre programme 2011-2016. Voici ce qui a été entendu. Entre parenthèses, le nombre de fois où les propositions ont été répétées.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stabilité et diversification financière (6)&lt;br /&gt;Message clair, simple et concis - visibilité (5)&lt;br /&gt;Mobilisation du membership (4)&lt;br /&gt;Mieux utiliser les médias sociaux (3)&lt;br /&gt;Préoccupation envers les jeunes (3)&lt;br /&gt;Outils pour le clergé&lt;br /&gt;Présence des visiteurs dans les médias sociaux&lt;br /&gt;Enseignement social de l'Église&lt;br /&gt;Définir la vision et la mission de Développement et Paix&lt;br /&gt;Faire des alliances avec des groupes&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-5002388870264541265?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/5002388870264541265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/des-choix-difficiles.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5002388870264541265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5002388870264541265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/des-choix-difficiles.html' title='Des choix difficiles'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-8542232488630218060</id><published>2010-06-20T10:58:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T11:05:11.758-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>Narrowing our focus</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Gradually the group is coming to consensus as to what D&amp;amp;P needs to focus on in the next five years:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Approaching foundations that could possible support us&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Working with solidarity visitors using social media to create better awareness&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create tools for parishioners and clergy&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Place accent on diversification of financial resources (this came up several times)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Work to make our message clear and easy to understand, make ourselves known; adapting our message to different audiences&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;To have a clear and concrete identity&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Making alliances with social justice groups&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Enter more into social media&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mobilizing and recruiting members&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have a dynamic approach to reaching youth&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-8542232488630218060?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/8542232488630218060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/narrowing-our-focus.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/8542232488630218060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/8542232488630218060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/narrowing-our-focus.html' title='Narrowing our focus'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-3252455940845865277</id><published>2010-06-20T10:09:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T10:49:27.862-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Ce qui manque</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4qZF1AjPI/AAAAAAAAAIU/E5jPv5lvx1k/s1600/IMG_0913.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4qZF1AjPI/AAAAAAAAAIU/E5jPv5lvx1k/s200/IMG_0913.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484868006733450482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Y a-t-il des thèmes qui ne sont pas présents dans la synthèse? Voici ce que les délégués ont identifié.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;La diversification et la stabilisation des ressources financières (5 mentions)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Le plaidoyer (3 mentions) et l'éducation à la solidarité internationale (3 mentions)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Le liens avec les paroissiens et paroissiennes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Les visites de partenaires au Canada&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;L'éducation à la solidarité internationale pour les enfants du primaire et du secondaire&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Une réflexion sur notre identité&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Le renforcement du membership auprès des catholiques non pratiquants, les communautés culturelles et les individus qui partagent nos valeurs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Les voyages d'immersion au Sud&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Valorisation des membres&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-3252455940845865277?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/3252455940845865277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/ce-qui-manque.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3252455940845865277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3252455940845865277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/ce-qui-manque.html' title='Ce qui manque'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4qZF1AjPI/AAAAAAAAAIU/E5jPv5lvx1k/s72-c/IMG_0913.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-7152829323420011288</id><published>2010-06-20T10:07:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T10:51:50.323-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>Missing elements? What should we add to our report?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4q3FfzbOI/AAAAAAAAAIc/UI2UQRqeijI/s1600/IMG_0914.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4q3FfzbOI/AAAAAAAAAIc/UI2UQRqeijI/s200/IMG_0914.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484868522040585442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After further group discussions some missing elements were identified. Those that are highlighted are under consideration to be added to the final report.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Strengthening and mobilizing our members, including parishioners&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Greater emphasis on advocacy&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;The diversification of revenues and financial stability&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit from partners from the Global South&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Need to include outreach to children&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Clarification of who we are, our identity&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Education and advocacy are linked but both need a firm identity&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Greater emphasis on the Catholic Social Teachings and Caritas in Veritate&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A recruitment strategy must encompass non-practicing Catholics, ethno-cultural communities and those who share our values&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Do a better follow-up after immersion trips&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Need to engage teachers and others in the educational profession&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Need to reach the 25 to 55 age group&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Gives us the means to reach our financial objectives&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Education versus awareness&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;The role of the members in realizing the strategic planning&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Anything to add? Let us know!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-7152829323420011288?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/7152829323420011288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/missing-elements.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7152829323420011288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7152829323420011288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/missing-elements.html' title='Missing elements? What should we add to our report?'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4q3FfzbOI/AAAAAAAAAIc/UI2UQRqeijI/s72-c/IMG_0914.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-1334006645600867665</id><published>2010-06-20T09:49:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T09:55:01.658-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Gauging the temperature of the Themes</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-1088e92e30a86055" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v1.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D1088e92e30a86055%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332187737%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D531E2CC8769D1FCD3B92A2188DEB938FB9C70C0D.19BB6825217D62B44F712F44B0B23E43660950E1%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1088e92e30a86055%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D2DLzlHm9QceEGCzByZULtw_IO-k&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v1.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D1088e92e30a86055%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332187737%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D531E2CC8769D1FCD3B92A2188DEB938FB9C70C0D.19BB6825217D62B44F712F44B0B23E43660950E1%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1088e92e30a86055%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D2DLzlHm9QceEGCzByZULtw_IO-k&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-1334006645600867665?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/1334006645600867665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/gauging-temperature-of-themes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1334006645600867665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1334006645600867665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/gauging-temperature-of-themes.html' title='Gauging the temperature of the Themes'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-1059825898538798223</id><published>2010-06-20T09:47:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T10:20:46.938-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Synthèse des débats d'hier</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4efhzwKMI/AAAAAAAAAIE/099k1YdJ8X8/s1600/IMG_0907.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 96px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4efhzwKMI/AAAAAAAAAIE/099k1YdJ8X8/s200/IMG_0907.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484854923184056514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Les membres du comité synthèse ont résumé les délibérations d'hier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;L'AO a d'abord réaffirmé la vision de Développement et Paix. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;On a ensuite mis l'accent sur l'importance de l'engagement avec l'Église et les évêques du Canada.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;L'organisme doit renforcer et mobiliser son membership. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Il doit améliorer sa visibilité et son image publique.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Il faut renforcer nos partenariats et nos alliances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-1059825898538798223?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/1059825898538798223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/synthese-des-debats-dhier.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1059825898538798223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1059825898538798223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/synthese-des-debats-dhier.html' title='Synthèse des débats d&apos;hier'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4efhzwKMI/AAAAAAAAAIE/099k1YdJ8X8/s72-c/IMG_0907.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-7138586232989898692</id><published>2010-06-20T09:47:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T09:51:08.610-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>We need you input: Synthesis of yesterday's discussions</title><content type='html'>Here is a synthesis of the ideas and themes that came out of yesterday's discussions:&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;- Reaffirming our vision&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;- Better engagement with the Church and clergy&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;- Mobilizing and reinforcing our membership&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;-Improve the visibility of the organization and its public image&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;- Strengthening our partnerships and alliances&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Do you agree with this list? What would you add? Remove? What are your ideas for strategies to address these objectives?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-7138586232989898692?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/7138586232989898692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/synthesis-of-yesterdays-discussions.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7138586232989898692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7138586232989898692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/synthesis-of-yesterdays-discussions.html' title='We need you input: Synthesis of yesterday&apos;s discussions'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-8184931925050432187</id><published>2010-06-20T09:40:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T09:43:39.166-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>The big themes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4a_xYZHhI/AAAAAAAAAH8/FmEKeOhy-Aw/s1600/IMG_0903.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4a_xYZHhI/AAAAAAAAAH8/FmEKeOhy-Aw/s200/IMG_0903.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484851079073570322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In lengthy discussions with our partners, they defined our work by the following themes, and it seems that everyone in the room agrees:&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Peace and Conflict&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Management and Control of Natural Resources&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Empowerment of Women&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Citizen Participation&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Eco-justice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Do you agree? Are there any missing?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-8184931925050432187?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/8184931925050432187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/big-themes.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/8184931925050432187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/8184931925050432187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/big-themes.html' title='The big themes'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4a_xYZHhI/AAAAAAAAAH8/FmEKeOhy-Aw/s72-c/IMG_0903.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-6752864116735059603</id><published>2010-06-20T09:31:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T10:17:46.539-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Les grands thèmes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4ZzvEDhoI/AAAAAAAAAHk/m-hBxcNUdV0/s1600/f.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4ZzvEDhoI/AAAAAAAAAHk/m-hBxcNUdV0/s200/f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484849772781340290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Voici les grands thèmes de nos programmes au Sud.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Paix et conflit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Gestion et contrôle des ressources&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Autonomisation (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;empowerment&lt;/span&gt;) des femmes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Participation citoyenne et démocratique&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Justice environnementale&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Qu'en pensez-vous?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-6752864116735059603?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/6752864116735059603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/les-grands-themes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/6752864116735059603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/6752864116735059603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/les-grands-themes.html' title='Les grands thèmes'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4ZzvEDhoI/AAAAAAAAAHk/m-hBxcNUdV0/s72-c/f.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-2162782548628918410</id><published>2010-06-20T09:30:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T09:40:18.580-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>Partner message: D&amp;P must continue to support human rights work</title><content type='html'>Last  night, our assembled members had the opportunity to hear another testimonial from one of our partners from the Palestinian Territories. Raffoul Rofa is executive director of the Saint-Yves Society of the Latin Patriarchate, a human rights organization and legal resource centre in Jerusalem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He spoke at length about the difficult challenges faced by families, women, youths and individuals living in the Palestinian Territories, whose rights are often ignored. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He left off with a special message for D&amp;P and its members. Here is an extract:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;" Through its involvement in Human Rights work and through its partnership with different human rights Organizations including the Society of Saint Yves, Development and Peace is empowering the poor and the oppressed of the world to attain at least some of their rights. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the context in which the Society of Saint Yves works, the partnership with Development and Peace is enabling the Society to hire people, lawyers and paralegals in this case to provide essential legal assistance and aid to many people both Christian, Muslim, immigrants and even Jews on a couple of occasions who otherwise would not have been able to get such assistance and aid should they were left to their own devices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Development and Peace's partnership with the Society of Saint Yves allows the Society to provide vital services to the poor, the oppressed and the marginalized of the Holy land through resorting to peaceful means of resolving these problems thus leading by example and proving to people that it is possible to resolve problems peacefully without the need to resort to violence which nearly always results in adverse results even if the person who reverted to violence was the victim or the oppressed side. "&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-2162782548628918410?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/2162782548628918410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/partner-message-d-must-continue-to.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2162782548628918410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2162782548628918410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/partner-message-d-must-continue-to.html' title='Partner message: D&amp;P must continue to support human rights work'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-4515347983179772759</id><published>2010-06-20T09:12:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T09:15:00.428-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Dimanche matin - Sunday morning</title><content type='html'>9 h 13. La rencontre débute. Meeting begins.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-4515347983179772759?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/4515347983179772759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/dimanche-matin.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4515347983179772759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4515347983179772759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/dimanche-matin.html' title='Dimanche matin - Sunday morning'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-1865301474930310447</id><published>2010-06-20T09:01:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T09:40:37.357-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Entre repliement et ouverture</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4aQ4ySW1I/AAAAAAAAAH0/cncu-UBA4ug/s1600/IMG_0901.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4aQ4ySW1I/AAAAAAAAAH0/cncu-UBA4ug/s200/IMG_0901.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484850273607375698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hier, nos discussions tenues à l’assemblée d’orientation ont été très intéressantes. En parcourant le blogue, vous aurez la chance de découvrir sur quoi celles-ci portaient. Je vous invite à poser vos commentaires.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lors de nos discussions en atelier, trois priorités ont été énoncées pour notre plan stratégique 2011-2016.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1)Améliorer notre image publique&lt;br /&gt;2)Recruter de nouveaux membres&lt;br /&gt;3)Stabilisation des finances&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La question que je me pose principalement est comment atteindre ces objectifs, en tant qu’organisation catholique. Ceux-ci sont reliés les uns aux autres. Allons-nous centrer nos énergies pour nous faire connaître au sein même de l’Église, auprès du clergé et des catholiques pratiquants? Je crois que cette possibilité est importante. En effet, il est étonnant de voir que nous sommes parfois peu connus auprès d’eux. Mais je crois que cette alternative comporte certaines limites. En effet, ces personnes représentent à peine 8% de la population et sont de plus en plus âgées. Elles sont déjà sollicitées par différentes causes et peinent parfois à financer leur propre paroisse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Est-ce possible de rejoindre le grand public en général, les catholiques non pratiquants et toutes personnes de bonne volonté pouvant être d’accord avec notre mission? Est-ce possible de rester fidèle à l’Église tout en allant au dehors de l’Église? Je crois que oui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il est évident de voir qu’il y a un écart grandissant entre les jeunes et le milieu ecclésial dont Développement et Paix est principalement présent. Les jeunes sont éloignés des structures traditionnelles de l’Église. Ce milieu leurs devient de plus en plus étranger et, à tort ou à raison, ils peuvent entretenir une certaine image négative de celui-ci. La déconfessionnalisation des écoles publiques au Québec et de d’autres provinces accentue cet écart.  De plus, avec l’immigration, des personnes d’autres croyances religieuses sont également davantage présentes au pays.  Malgré toutes ces différences, beaucoup d’entres eux seraient intéressés à s’impliquer dans notre organisme si seulement nous pourrions les rejoindre. C’est un peu déjà ce qui se passe actuellement auprès de nos groupes de jeunes. Les membres dans cette catégorie que nous réussissons à rejoindre sont de plus en plus diversifiés et sont de toutes croyances religieuses.  L’enjeux selon moi, est d’adapter notre discours pour que, tout en conservant notre appartenance à l’Église catholique, celui-ci  soit adapté à une société sécularisée et pluraliste.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peut-être que cela peut être perçu, pour certains, comme une menace, comme une volonté de nous détacher de l’Église catholique. Je crois plutôt que ce nouveau contexte pourrait être une occasion extraordinaire pour créer des ponts avec des personnes qui sont éloignées de l’Église. Cela serait une occasion pour travailler sur nos valeurs communes, mettre de l’avant l’œcuménisme et le discours interreligieux. Cela serait même une occasion de briser certains préjugés que des personnes peuvent entretenir envers l’Église catholique. Entre repliement et ouverture, voilà un défi que Développement et Paix devra faire face dans l’avenir. Je suis convaincu qu’il est possible de rester fidèle à l’Église, tout en allant au dehors de l’Église. C’est même la survie de l’organisme qui en dépend...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean-François Langlais, représentant des jeunes francophones (18-35 ans)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-1865301474930310447?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/1865301474930310447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/entre-repliement-et-ouverture.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1865301474930310447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1865301474930310447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/entre-repliement-et-ouverture.html' title='Entre repliement et ouverture'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB4aQ4ySW1I/AAAAAAAAAH0/cncu-UBA4ug/s72-c/IMG_0901.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-1341141408627659280</id><published>2010-06-19T16:14:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T16:18:45.527-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>That's it for today! - Bonsoir !</title><content type='html'>We want to thank everyone who followed us today and sent their comments. All the messages are being read and we are making sure that everyone's voice is being heard. Don't hesitate to send us more messages and comments this evening. And we will be back tomorrow, blogging away!&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Merci à chacun et à chacune pour votre participation à ce blogue. Tous vos messages seront lus et pris en considération. Continuez d'envoyer des messages ce soir. Nous serons de retour demain !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-1341141408627659280?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/1341141408627659280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/thats-it-for-today-bonsoir.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1341141408627659280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1341141408627659280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/thats-it-for-today-bonsoir.html' title='That&apos;s it for today! - Bonsoir !'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-3048534360850035297</id><published>2010-06-19T15:44:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T15:52:20.881-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Retour sur les ateliers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB0f3vFlw_I/AAAAAAAAAHE/UZFJBx9SnUg/s1600/IMG_0893.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 106px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB0f3vFlw_I/AAAAAAAAAHE/UZFJBx9SnUg/s200/IMG_0893.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484574963600311282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Les différents rapporteurs d'ateliers ont nommé les deux priorités sur lesquelles ils se sont entendus:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Influencer les politiques au Nord (1)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Appuyer les groupes de femmes (1)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Influencer le clergé (2)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Adapter notre message aux différents publics (1)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Recruter de nouveaux membres (1)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Raconter les expériences de nos partenaires (1)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Augmenter notre visibilité (3)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Renforcer les alliances (2)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-3048534360850035297?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/3048534360850035297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/les-differents-rapporteurs-dateliers.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3048534360850035297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3048534360850035297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/les-differents-rapporteurs-dateliers.html' title='Retour sur les ateliers'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB0f3vFlw_I/AAAAAAAAAHE/UZFJBx9SnUg/s72-c/IMG_0893.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-2378947854721709487</id><published>2010-06-19T15:35:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T16:08:53.522-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>Alliances and awesomeness.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB0jw9yKPrI/AAAAAAAAAHM/3_na7rQw9rg/s1600/IMG_0899.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB0jw9yKPrI/AAAAAAAAAHM/3_na7rQw9rg/s200/IMG_0899.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484579245332774578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I never did my blog introduction (sorry!) but I thought I would post while here at this fabulous assembly!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm Kaitlyn - the youth rep for Anglophone Canada, from Ottawa. I'm so thrilled to be a part of this dynamic and motivating discussion of where we've been, where we're at, and where we're going. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm very inspired by the forward-thinking discussion being had by all here. We just took part in a workshop where each group divided up and discussed priorities and strategies for implementation. Our group was discussing how we should adjust our strategies to address our changing role in the Catholic Community as well as the current Canadian political context. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I was a little bit worried about how concrete and solution-based our discussions would be, but it turns out that I had nothing to fear! I feel really confident about the strategies that have emerged from this section. What excited me most is the discussion around building alliances with other groups within th Catholic community, other international social justice organizations, and strengthening links with the Catholic education systems. We have so much to gain by working together - the opportunity to raise our own public profile, the enhanced capacity to lobby the government in favour of stronger support for international development, a chance to learn from the experiences and stories of other groups and their members, a larger network of contacts that can be mobilized for our educational campaigns - the list is endless! Pretty stellar, eh? :) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thank you for your presence, virtual or physical, and I can't wait to see what comes out of the rest of this weekend!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In solidarity,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Kaitlyn DK&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-2378947854721709487?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/2378947854721709487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/alliances-and-awesomeness.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2378947854721709487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2378947854721709487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/alliances-and-awesomeness.html' title='Alliances and awesomeness.'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB0jw9yKPrI/AAAAAAAAAHM/3_na7rQw9rg/s72-c/IMG_0899.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-1299077630943729641</id><published>2010-06-19T15:33:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T15:45:31.997-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Ideas emerging and taking shape</title><content type='html'>The assembled members just participated in groups discussions that included delegates in provinces across Canada who participated by telephone conference. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here are some of the ideas that emerged:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Try to have a better influence on the politics of the North&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To support women's groups&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To build alliances at the membership base and strengthen the capacity of the membership&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To promote our legitimacy&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Stabilize finances&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Emphasize the Catholic Social Teachings&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Adapt our message and our material to various audiences to better engage a wide range of people&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To have a clearer message&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To promote our achievements&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Recruit new members&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Improve our public image&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Listen to the experiences and needs of our partners&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To better explain the work of our partners&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Engage the clergy&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Raise our public profile and visibility, which will help fundraise&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Reinforce our alliances and partnerships&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-1299077630943729641?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/1299077630943729641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/ideas-emerging-and-taking-shape.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1299077630943729641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1299077630943729641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/ideas-emerging-and-taking-shape.html' title='Ideas emerging and taking shape'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-7157236680353870337</id><published>2010-06-19T15:22:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T15:25:36.917-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Succès et défis</title><content type='html'>Depuis ce matin, les membres et délégués expriment leurs opinions sur l'avenir du mouvement. Mais il faut aussi reconnaître nos réalisations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce qui nous encourage:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- l'engagement de nos membres&lt;br /&gt;- nos partenaires&lt;br /&gt;- les voyages dimmersion&lt;br /&gt;- notre histoire - 43 ans&lt;br /&gt;- l'Enseignement social de l'Église&lt;br /&gt;- notre détermination et notre voix unique&lt;br /&gt;- notre appui aux groupes de femmes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nos défis:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- l'intégration de nos partenaires&lt;br /&gt;- tout le travail à faire au Nord&lt;br /&gt;- notre message n'est pas clair&lt;br /&gt;- nous ne mettons pas assez l'accent sur nos succès.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-7157236680353870337?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/7157236680353870337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/succes-et-defis.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7157236680353870337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7157236680353870337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/succes-et-defis.html' title='Succès et défis'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-6219075837240854225</id><published>2010-06-19T14:37:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T15:08:00.101-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Cheers and Challenges</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB0Vg4v4Q4I/AAAAAAAAAG0/TpNJI_RHxC4/s1600/IMG_0888.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB0Vg4v4Q4I/AAAAAAAAAG0/TpNJI_RHxC4/s200/IMG_0888.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484563575940334466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;The room is buzzing with lots of discussion, as delegates consider ways and means to guide D&amp;amp;P over the next five years. From this morning, there emerged some of the more encouraging aspects emerging from this process and some of the challenges that will need to be overcome.&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Here are some of the Cheers:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Commitment and passion of members&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Our partners&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exposure trips&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The level of analysis in our approach&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;D&amp;amp;P’s 43-year history&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Catholic social teachings&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Care for humanity&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Holding firm to our principles and to our commitments to our partners and people in the Global South&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The desire for a clear and simple message &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The faith and action of D&amp;amp;P&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The results of advocacy activities&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;D&amp;amp;P’s strong and unique voice&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Support to women’s groups and reaffirmation of that support&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;To tap into more information from Global South&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Consensus of vision amongst members&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The engagement of those involved with D&amp;amp;P&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Recognize change without losing hope or our mission&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Potential for communication between partners and us&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                                              &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Three common themes emerged:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;There is a common vision emerging of what environmental justice should be, that it must be tied to social justice and not veer D&amp;amp;P away from its mission.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; There is a genuine enthusiasm and appreciation for the emerging presence of youth within the organization and recognition that activities should engage youth and encourage them to participate.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Recognition that D&amp;amp;P should reach out to others outside of the Church who share D&amp;amp;P's values.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Challenges:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The challenge of integrating our Partners&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Some communities feel isolated&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The work that needs to be done in the North&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The rapid advance of climate change and its impact on increasing poverty&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The policies that negatively affect the Global South don’t seem to be changing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;That D&amp;amp;P does not have a broader reach; there is not enough awareness of what we do – even after 43 years of existence&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The need to connect all the issues together&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;D&amp;amp;P's message is not clear and can make it difficult to transmit; our history is not known&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;We don’t put enough accent on our achievements&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lack of resources, such as materials and animators, to respond to all the needs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Reacting quickly enough to emerging realities&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; Three themes emerged:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;D&amp;amp;P’s message is very nuanced and can be difficult to express, which has impeded the organization from taking its place among public opinion.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Canadian policies are detrimental to local production in the Global South.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;It is difficult to recruit new members; new strategies and approaches need to be adopted.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;Let us know what you think! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-6219075837240854225?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/6219075837240854225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/cheers-and-challenges.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/6219075837240854225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/6219075837240854225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/cheers-and-challenges.html' title='Cheers and Challenges'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB0Vg4v4Q4I/AAAAAAAAAG0/TpNJI_RHxC4/s72-c/IMG_0888.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-4521538890514828914</id><published>2010-06-19T14:09:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T14:11:53.909-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Conférences téléphoniques: 19 membres branchés</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB0IWT20YSI/AAAAAAAAAGs/99AE9wALscg/s1600/tel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 130px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB0IWT20YSI/AAAAAAAAAGs/99AE9wALscg/s200/tel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484549100587475234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dix-neuf membres viennent de joindre les huit ateliers de l'après-midi. Ils ont pu le faire par téléphone car chaque salle était pourvue d'une coupole pour conférence téléphonique.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-4521538890514828914?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/4521538890514828914/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/conferences-telephoniques-19-membres.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4521538890514828914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4521538890514828914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/conferences-telephoniques-19-membres.html' title='Conférences téléphoniques: 19 membres branchés'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB0IWT20YSI/AAAAAAAAAGs/99AE9wALscg/s72-c/tel.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-3488280450724981296</id><published>2010-06-19T13:43:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T14:52:16.909-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Neuf priorités potentielles</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB0DjFqBk7I/AAAAAAAAAGk/pG0zyOu5O-U/s1600/IMG_0888.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB0DjFqBk7I/AAAAAAAAAGk/pG0zyOu5O-U/s200/IMG_0888.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484543822555878322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Les membres sont actuellement divisés en huit groupes. On leur a soumis neuf priorités potentielles pour notre travail au Canada. Les membres doivent en choisir trois.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) recruter de nouveaux membres.&lt;br /&gt;2) impliquer les membres actuels.&lt;br /&gt;3) engager les membres du clergé.&lt;br /&gt;4) renforcer les alliances.&lt;br /&gt;5) améliorer l'image publique et la visibilité.&lt;br /&gt;6) influencer les politiques publiques.&lt;br /&gt;7) confronter ceux qui questionnent notre mission.&lt;br /&gt;8) stabiliser nos finances.&lt;br /&gt;9) renforcer les capacités du personnel et des membres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plusieurs membres ont joint cette discussion par téléphone. Vous aimeriez y aller de vos choix? Appuyez sur le bouton de commentaires. Nous voulons vous lire.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-3488280450724981296?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/3488280450724981296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/travail-en-ateliers.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3488280450724981296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3488280450724981296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/travail-en-ateliers.html' title='Neuf priorités potentielles'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TB0DjFqBk7I/AAAAAAAAAGk/pG0zyOu5O-U/s72-c/IMG_0888.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-1700479801371553798</id><published>2010-06-19T13:36:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T13:41:43.614-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Questions to consider</title><content type='html'>&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 15px; "&gt;The assembled delegates are now about to discuss some key strategic questions to guide us over the next five years. Here are the questions, please send us your feedback on this questions:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:Arial, serif;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:Arial, serif;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;How should D&amp;amp;P adapt its strategies for 2011-2016?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;What priorities should we focus on as an organization for our work within Canada?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; "&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;What guidelines would you propose, to be built into the strategic plan?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 15px; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;How should we adapt our strategies to take a clearer position on ongoing issues around us?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"&gt;&lt;i&gt;How should our successes and our weaknesses  guide our strategies for the period 2011-2016?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"&gt;&lt;i&gt;How can the work of our Southern partners (learning, inspiration) guide our strategies in Canada for the period 2011-2016?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-1700479801371553798?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/1700479801371553798/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/questions-to-consider.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1700479801371553798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1700479801371553798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/questions-to-consider.html' title='Questions to consider'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-630389628988544597</id><published>2010-06-19T13:30:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T13:32:57.261-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Message from our Senegalese Partner RADI - The North: Problems and Solutions</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBz_EwKGaPI/AAAAAAAAAGc/uCNTMB3gcOE/s1600/dame.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBz_EwKGaPI/AAAAAAAAAGc/uCNTMB3gcOE/s200/dame.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484538903342246130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Mr. Sall is the Executive Director of the Reseau Africain pour le Développement Intégré in Senegal and we are very grateful to have him with us today. He shared with the group a very powerful message about the development progress and food insecurity in his country.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;To summarize, he highlighted that the fact that the objective to reduce is hunger by half 2015 is not often. We need to go further. Economists are often too often too far from the realities that exist on the ground. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;In Senegal, the government has yet to solve issues of improving agriculture in the country. If we are to address poverty, you must address the question of agricultural since it is the rural populations that experience poverty and food insecurity. The market may be full of food, but if people don’t have the money to access this food, then the market is ineffective. People have the right to choose their own food, which is why food sovereignty is so important. And the G8 needs to consider this solution, especially the context in the Global South and the local experience of the people. The politics in the North can create solutions but it can create problems, as well. We need to work to minimize the problems.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-size:11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-630389628988544597?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/630389628988544597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/message-from-our-senegalese-partner.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/630389628988544597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/630389628988544597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/message-from-our-senegalese-partner.html' title='Message from our Senegalese Partner RADI - The North: Problems and Solutions'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBz_EwKGaPI/AAAAAAAAAGc/uCNTMB3gcOE/s72-c/dame.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-4518919737371115988</id><published>2010-06-19T13:09:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T13:30:07.089-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Message du Sénégal</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBz6ReQucqI/AAAAAAAAAGU/Gamn22miA-M/s1600/dame.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 121px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBz6ReQucqI/AAAAAAAAAGU/Gamn22miA-M/s200/dame.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484533624318358178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dame Sall, directeur général du Réseau africain pour le développement intégré (RADI) a présenté aux délégués certains enjeux qui se posent aujourd'hui aux paysans du Sénégal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En 1996, il y avait 827 millions d'affamés dans le monde.En 2000,  les objectifs du millénaire voulaient réduire de moitié ce nombre. Aujourd'hui, qu'en est-il?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le monde produit assez de nourriture pour nourrir 12 milliards de personnes, selon Dame Sall. «Pourquoi avoir fixé un objectif aussi modeste? On peut certainement faire mieux.» Le Sénégal a un taux de pauvreté énorme. 52 % de la population vit avec moins de 2 $ par jour. Les pauvres habitent en majorité les régions rurales. L'insécurité alimentaire y est persistante.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La souveraineté alimentaire fait appel à une question de droits. Droit de choisir, pour des États ou groupes, leurs propres politiques agricoles et droit de choisir, pour la population, la nourriture qu'elle consomme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aujourd'hui, dans le monde, compte 854 millions d'affamés, rappelle Dame Sall. «Pour débloquer le développement au Sud, il faut nettoyer les politiques au Nord».&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-4518919737371115988?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/4518919737371115988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/message-du-senegal.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4518919737371115988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4518919737371115988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/message-du-senegal.html' title='Message du Sénégal'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBz6ReQucqI/AAAAAAAAAGU/Gamn22miA-M/s72-c/dame.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-2686149848659828349</id><published>2010-06-19T13:04:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T13:30:40.914-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Message from the Centre of Environmental Concerns</title><content type='html'>Watch a special message from one of our partners in the Philippines at this link and let us know what you think:&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/DevPeaceTV#p/a/u/0/fGF3rs6S3v4"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/DevPeaceTV#p/a/u/0/fGF3rs6S3v4"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/user/DevPeaceTV#p/a/u/0/fGF3rs6S3v4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-2686149848659828349?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/2686149848659828349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/message-from-centre-of-environmental.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2686149848659828349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2686149848659828349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/message-from-centre-of-environmental.html' title='Message from the Centre of Environmental Concerns'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-7036893311537963360</id><published>2010-06-19T12:08:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T12:08:51.784-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bon appétit</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzrgeZUiyI/AAAAAAAAAGM/QvLKVYF44Xc/s1600/IMG_0875.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzrgeZUiyI/AAAAAAAAAGM/QvLKVYF44Xc/s200/IMG_0875.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484517389378030370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-7036893311537963360?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/7036893311537963360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/bon-appetit.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7036893311537963360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7036893311537963360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/bon-appetit.html' title='Bon appétit'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzrgeZUiyI/AAAAAAAAAGM/QvLKVYF44Xc/s72-c/IMG_0875.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-8578031149278491801</id><published>2010-06-19T11:58:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T12:03:28.995-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>Inspired at the AOA</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzqN8YXAGI/AAAAAAAAAGE/kFP0GbB2A64/s1600/dick.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzqN8YXAGI/AAAAAAAAAGE/kFP0GbB2A64/s200/dick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484515971497918562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dick Mynen here, coming from inside the room at the AOA. What a wonderfully inspired group this is. As a new member of the national council, it’s hard to imagine a better way to bring the voice of BC to Development and Peace than to be part of a meeting where people from across the country and the world are coming together in person here in Montreal as delegates and more importantly from the blog site, emails, prepared submissions and from video feeds right across the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is truly is a National Assembly, where the voices of our grass roots are shaping our thoughts and focusing our discussions on what the people are saying. The issues of our roots, faith, branding, education, the environment our ecology, and at the fore front, the people of the global south whom we are here to serve. They, we, are all part of the conversation while change is everywhere around us and within us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please keep your comments and thoughts coming from across Canada as we are eager for your input as we help to set the stage for the next 5 year strategic plan.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-8578031149278491801?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/8578031149278491801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/inspired-at-aoa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/8578031149278491801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/8578031149278491801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/inspired-at-aoa.html' title='Inspired at the AOA'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzqN8YXAGI/AAAAAAAAAGE/kFP0GbB2A64/s72-c/dick.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-223897401122651349</id><published>2010-06-19T11:49:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T11:53:23.389-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Des éléments encourageants? Décourageants?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzn4S8aj4I/AAAAAAAAAF0/01O_JLa_XCI/s1600/IMG_0879.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzn4S8aj4I/AAAAAAAAAF0/01O_JLa_XCI/s200/IMG_0879.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484513400574349186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Qu'est-ce qui vous encourage actuellement? Qu'est-ce qui vous décourage? Les délégués discutent maintenant de cela. Ils vont l'écrire sur des feuilles jaunes (signes d'espoir) ou roses (découragement).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-223897401122651349?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/223897401122651349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/des-elements-encourageants.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/223897401122651349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/223897401122651349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/des-elements-encourageants.html' title='Des éléments encourageants? Décourageants?'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzn4S8aj4I/AAAAAAAAAF0/01O_JLa_XCI/s72-c/IMG_0879.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-7918055959241416551</id><published>2010-06-19T11:25:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T11:57:02.094-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Feedback from the regions</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzonQeJkaI/AAAAAAAAAF8/B12rzFEP5NM/s1600/IMG_0878.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzonQeJkaI/AAAAAAAAAF8/B12rzFEP5NM/s200/IMG_0878.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484514207364387234" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At all the Regional Assemblies, we asked members to record messages for the delegates of the Orientation Assembly. After listening to all the messages from across the country, some common ideas and themes have emerged. Here are some of them:&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The immersion trips are very important for creating solidarity between D&amp;amp;P members and our partners in the Global South;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;There is a need to work more actively to reach people who are not very active with their Church but who share our values;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;To have more materials available would be helpful to get D&amp;amp;Ps work made known;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;There is a need to get the word out more about D&amp;P;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;D&amp;amp;P needs a clear identity and branding;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;D&amp;amp;P members could benefit from training as advocates for our causes;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;From these points and those from your regional assemblies, please let us know what encourages you most and what discourages you most?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-7918055959241416551?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/7918055959241416551/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/feedback-from-regions.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7918055959241416551'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7918055959241416551'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/feedback-from-regions.html' title='Feedback from the regions'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzonQeJkaI/AAAAAAAAAF8/B12rzFEP5NM/s72-c/IMG_0878.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-798693664446837250</id><published>2010-06-19T11:07:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T11:34:23.919-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>Message from B.C.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;font-family:Tahoma,'Sans Serif',Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Thanks for posting the heart warming message from Luis Arriaga Valenzuela from our partner in Mexico, Centro Prodh. It is so important for us to hear from our partners and, about their work to enable us to be in solidarity with them realizing the importance of our collaboration. We learn a great deal from our connections with such groups and have a better understanding of the overwhelming need there is for people everywhere to struggle for structual changes that bring dignity to all. We are called by God in a particular way to be in communion with our sisters and brothers who are facing social repression, poverty, lack of adequate food and who lack basic human rights.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Each of us has our part to play in this struggle and we are thankful for our many partners throughout the world who continue to provide support to those with the greatest need. May God continue to bless them and keep them safe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Barry Nelson, DC Nelson, BC Diocese&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;PS Looking forward to many more comments on the blog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-798693664446837250?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/798693664446837250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/message-from-bc.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/798693664446837250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/798693664446837250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/message-from-bc.html' title='Message from B.C.'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-6203218140294062153</id><published>2010-06-19T10:58:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T11:47:26.233-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Message de notre partenaire</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzmSChjPjI/AAAAAAAAAFc/4jZGtqyegcc/s1600/IMG_0886.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzmSChjPjI/AAAAAAAAAFc/4jZGtqyegcc/s200/IMG_0886.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484511643820047922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Luis Arriaga Valenzuel, directeur du Centro de Derechos ProDH (Mexique) a présenté ses salutations aux participants et participantes. Voici des extraits de son message:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les fondements du Centro Pro reposent sur la prémisse selon laquelle la dignité de la personne humaine est à l’image de Dieu, bien que ce centre soit l’œuvre de la société civile qui converge vers des espaces hétérogènes et pluriels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tout acte qui porte atteinte à cette dignité, qu’il s’agisse de torture ou de viol perpétré par des fonctionnaires, est un acte perpétré contre Dieu qui porte à conséquence. Les efforts que nous déployons visent donc à protéger la dignité de tous les êtres humains en général et, en particulier, de ceux et de celles qui proviennent des secteurs exclus de notre société, notamment les femmes, les autochtones, les migrants et les victimes de l’oppression sociale. Les institutions comme le Centro Proet Développement et Paixqui offrent généreusement leur appui au genre de travail que nous réalisons contribuent à favoriser des changements structurels visant à éliminer la discrimination au Mexique pour que nous puissions vivre dans ce pays avec dignité, dans le plein respect de l’exercice de nos droits humains.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-6203218140294062153?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/6203218140294062153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/message-de-notre-partenaire.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/6203218140294062153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/6203218140294062153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/message-de-notre-partenaire.html' title='Message de notre partenaire'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzmSChjPjI/AAAAAAAAAFc/4jZGtqyegcc/s72-c/IMG_0886.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-5866903162543511623</id><published>2010-06-19T10:28:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T10:32:30.111-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Nos projets et programmes au Sud</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzU3r3ek-I/AAAAAAAAAFM/rWt0YWAb7X4/s1600/gilio.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 108px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzU3r3ek-I/AAAAAAAAAFM/rWt0YWAb7X4/s200/gilio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484492499363730402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Directeur du Service des programmes de développement, Gilio Brunelli explique que durant les cinq prochaines années, Développement et Paix entend 1) travailler avec les acteurs de changement dans les différents pays, 2) œuvrer à plusieurs niveaux à l'intérieur des pays (local, régional, national), mais aussi au niveau des conditions de vie des population (action, réflexion, plaidoyer) et 3) favoriser renforcement de la société civile. Développement et Paix travaillera avec quelque 150 partenaires locaux.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-5866903162543511623?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/5866903162543511623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/nos-projets-et-programmes-au-sud.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5866903162543511623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5866903162543511623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/nos-projets-et-programmes-au-sud.html' title='Nos projets et programmes au Sud'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzU3r3ek-I/AAAAAAAAAFM/rWt0YWAb7X4/s72-c/gilio.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-621593535970818096</id><published>2010-06-19T10:22:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T12:07:59.216-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Message from International Programs Director</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzV7Xb2CcI/AAAAAAAAAFU/pbkq4vNqMZU/s1600/gilio.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzV7Xb2CcI/AAAAAAAAAFU/pbkq4vNqMZU/s200/gilio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484493662110222786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;International Programs Director's message:&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here are some key points from his message:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the five-year planning being done in line with our CIDA application, we are guiding not by trying to receive money, but to ensure continued support to our partners. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our approach is to work with local people because they are the main actors in development and this key for sustainable development.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our work aims to empower the poor. We want to create prosperity, and by this we mean a well-being that comes from human dignity and beyond meeting basic fundamental needs. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are trying to address the structural issues that create poverty. For example, this means going beyond building schools, but showing that schools are properly funded by their governments, are teachers well-paid, etc.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The theme of environmental justice stems from our roots as a social justice organization. We don't aim to become an environmental organization, but to address environmental impacts on people, specifically the poor.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To achieve this we will work with labour groups, women's groups, community radio stations, human rights groups and environmental justice groups.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-621593535970818096?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/621593535970818096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/international-programs-directors.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/621593535970818096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/621593535970818096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/international-programs-directors.html' title='Message from International Programs Director'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzV7Xb2CcI/AAAAAAAAAFU/pbkq4vNqMZU/s72-c/gilio.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-8841281604617631955</id><published>2010-06-19T10:01:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T11:50:29.217-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>Message from Luis Arriaga Valenzuela, Partner from Mexico</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBznPO80e1I/AAAAAAAAAFk/nXoM9cldrjQ/s1600/IMG_0881.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBznPO80e1I/AAAAAAAAAFk/nXoM9cldrjQ/s200/IMG_0881.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484512695127669586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luis is Executive Director of the Centro Prodh, a human rights centre in Mexico and a D&amp;amp;P partner. He sent us a special message for the Orientation Assembly:&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"PRODH was founded in 1988 by members of the Society of Jesus in Mexico, as a response to the climate of increasing state repression against social activists, Church leaders and political dissidents. The Jesuits created this centre as a means of fighting for the human rights of the general population, which at that particular time, was experiencing great suffering under an authoritarian regime.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Centro Prodh's core value is the belief that the dignity of each human being is in the image of God. Its members, however, work actively in a broad spectrum of many different, and iften overlapping, sectors of our civil society.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thus, any act violating this dignity, perpetrated by government officials, is an act committed against God and, as such, carries repercussions. Our work focuses on protecting the dignity of all human beings, most specifically, the dignity of those who are most excluded from our society: women, indigenous peoples, migrants and victims of social repression. Through their generous support for the type of work we do, institutions such as Centro Prodh and D&amp;amp;P contribute tot he advancement of structural changes towards the elimination of discrimination in Mexico and a society allowing its people to live in dignity in the full enjoyment of their human rights.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the cause we are championing and this is why we would like to thank all the volunteers of D&amp;amp;P for their important work on behalf of human rights. More specifically, we thank them for supporting noble causes, such as those espoused by the Centro Prodh, which aim to build a world of great humanity, brotherhood and equality to all."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-8841281604617631955?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/8841281604617631955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/message-from-luis-arriaga-valenzuela.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/8841281604617631955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/8841281604617631955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/message-from-luis-arriaga-valenzuela.html' title='Message from Luis Arriaga Valenzuela, Partner from Mexico'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBznPO80e1I/AAAAAAAAAFk/nXoM9cldrjQ/s72-c/IMG_0881.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-4829923544097545272</id><published>2010-06-19T09:52:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T09:56:47.332-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Vent de changement</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzMkSHNpuI/AAAAAAAAAFE/wcU0sE6__iY/s1600/IMG_0867.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzMkSHNpuI/AAAAAAAAAFE/wcU0sE6__iY/s200/IMG_0867.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484483369939871458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Développement et Paix doit-il changer? L'animateur D'Arcy Martin a lancé aux participants et participantes cette question et les a invités à se placer sur une seule ligne. À gauche, ceux et celles qui souhaitent beaucoup de changements. À droite, ceux et celles qui croient qu'il faut poursuivre sur notre lancée et notre histoire. Rapidement, les gens ont créé une ligne ou... le milieu, le centre, était majoritaire. «Nous devons respecter nos racines, notre histoire, nos traditions. Mais nous sommes aussi dans un moment stratégique qui doit nous amener à prendre des décisions importantes», a déclaré un des membres.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-4829923544097545272?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/4829923544097545272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/vent-de-changement.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4829923544097545272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4829923544097545272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/vent-de-changement.html' title='Vent de changement'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzMkSHNpuI/AAAAAAAAAFE/wcU0sE6__iY/s72-c/IMG_0867.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-7923455740582354969</id><published>2010-06-19T09:45:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T09:56:54.134-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>Orientation Assembly underway</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzMiA1c25I/AAAAAAAAAE8/MzT6oPJBDvs/s1600/IMG_0862.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzMiA1c25I/AAAAAAAAAE8/MzT6oPJBDvs/s200/IMG_0862.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484483330942229394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a warm welcome from D&amp;amp;P President Pat Hogan and the introduction of this weekend's animator D'Arcy Martin, the assembly is now underway. D'Arcy is a longtime collaborator of D&amp;amp;P and his links with us go back to the 1970s. He is an adult educator and social activist and it is our pleasure to have him with us this weekend to guide through the many topics and issues that we will need to address this weekend.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The room here is packed and everyone is listening attentively to the messages sent from the Regional Assemblies. There are great ideas being expressed from embracing environmental justice to considering other areas to explore such as human trafficking, but with the caveat of always staying true to our mission of addressing poverty and injustices in the world. If you have any ideas or messages to add send them now!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-7923455740582354969?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/7923455740582354969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/orientation-assembly-underway.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7923455740582354969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7923455740582354969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/orientation-assembly-underway.html' title='Orientation Assembly underway'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzMiA1c25I/AAAAAAAAAE8/MzT6oPJBDvs/s72-c/IMG_0862.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-6423319367822674377</id><published>2010-06-19T08:58:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T09:07:53.148-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Mot d'ouverture du président</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzA7h-gLGI/AAAAAAAAAE0/XSaDO8CCBgY/s1600/pat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 146px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzA7h-gLGI/AAAAAAAAAE0/XSaDO8CCBgY/s200/pat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484470575195761762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;«L'assemblée d'orientation doit être l'occasion de tirer une ligne sur le sable» , indique Pat Hogan, président du conseil national, dans son mot d'ouverture. Il souhaite que cet événement important  soit l'occasion de débuter de nouveaux projets et programmes, de marquer notre confiance en l'avenir.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-6423319367822674377?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/6423319367822674377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/mot-douverture-du-president.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/6423319367822674377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/6423319367822674377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/mot-douverture-du-president.html' title='Mot d&apos;ouverture du président'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBzA7h-gLGI/AAAAAAAAAE0/XSaDO8CCBgY/s72-c/pat.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-2526882303174522659</id><published>2010-06-19T08:41:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T08:47:21.903-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Participation à l'AO</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBy7yEewHzI/AAAAAAAAAEs/e133VgZvlyM/s1600/assemblee.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 124px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBy7yEewHzI/AAAAAAAAAEs/e133VgZvlyM/s200/assemblee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484464915100999474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Une trentaine de délégués et de membres du conseil national de Développement et Paix ont pris place autour des quatre grandes tables disposées au 4e étage du siège social de l'organisme à Montréal.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Les délibérations vont se dérouler en français et en anglais.  Les représentants de chaque région ont déposé des objets symboliques à l'avant de la salle de rencontres.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-2526882303174522659?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/2526882303174522659/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/participation-lao.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2526882303174522659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2526882303174522659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/participation-lao.html' title='Participation à l&apos;AO'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBy7yEewHzI/AAAAAAAAAEs/e133VgZvlyM/s72-c/assemblee.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-2334088816329814752</id><published>2010-06-19T08:30:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T09:09:48.560-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Début officiel de l'AO</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBy4wcPIswI/AAAAAAAAAEk/unn-wQz2huM/s1600/IMG_0843.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 119px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBy4wcPIswI/AAAAAAAAAEk/unn-wQz2huM/s200/IMG_0843.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484461588583330562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Il est 8h30. D'Arcy Martin va déclarer officiellement ouverte l'Assemblée d'orientation 2010. D'Arcy connaît bien Développement et Paix. En 1974, il  participait déjà à la rédaction de matériel pédagogique!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-2334088816329814752?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/2334088816329814752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/debut-officiel-de-lao.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2334088816329814752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2334088816329814752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/debut-officiel-de-lao.html' title='Début officiel de l&apos;AO'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBy4wcPIswI/AAAAAAAAAEk/unn-wQz2huM/s72-c/IMG_0843.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-9063305728797370046</id><published>2010-06-18T16:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T16:37:18.641-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Assemblée d'orientation alternative</title><content type='html'>Après la lecture de tous les documents d’études émis sur le sujet, voici mes commentaires. Les sujets qui ont retenu mon attention sont :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La pauvreté dans le monde et spécialement dans les pays du Sud avec qui nous collaborons à augmenter le niveau de vie. Il est inconcevable qu’encore aujourd’hui des gens meurent d’une insuffisance alimentaire pour bien se nourrir. Les pays hautement industrialisés sont préoccupés à toujours accroître la productivité pour mieux consommer et tenir un standard de vie élevé. Cette consommation à outrance ne mène nulle part sinon à détruire notre planète.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il faut revoir le fonctionnement de notre système économique basé sur la consommation et non sur les besoins réels de la personne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lors de la crise économique, des milliards ont été dépensés pour remettre le système en marche. Quand nous faisons face à une crise, il faut éteindre les feux. Nous n’avons pas le choix mais après, une réflexion s’impose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il faut revoir nos critères de développement et les baser sur le bien-être de la personne et de son environnement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La personne a besoin de manger, de boire, de se loger, de s’habiller et de sociabiliser. L’être humain est un être sociable. De plus, dans toutes sociétés, la croissance spirituelle est un élément important à respecter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C’est par un nouveau plan de développement que nous devrons voir à combler ces besoins pour les personnes des pays du Sud avec qui nous collaborons. Dans l’application de ce plan, le respect de la terre devra toujours faire partie de nos préoccupations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour se faire, voici selon moi les sujets que je favorise pour la prochaine étape 2011-2016 :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Établir des liens solides avec les autorités de l’église catholique pour une action concertée.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Établir des liens avec les fonctionnaires et la ou le ministre de l’Agence Canadienne De Développement International (ACDI).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Établir un plan de développement pour les pays du Sud avec les gens du Sud et du Nord en tenant compte de la personne sans oublier les préoccupations de l’environnement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Aide monétaire pour les pays du Nord au développement des pays du Sud par des entendes dialoguées et sans confrontations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Début du plan de développement en établissant des priorités : établir un climat de paix, gérance des sommes obtenues, de l’agriculture et de la souveraineté alimentaire, de l’eau saine pour tous, éducation pour tous, santé,  exploitation des richesses naturelles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simone Fournier&lt;br /&gt;Présidente Conseil diocésain&lt;br /&gt;Développement et Paix&lt;br /&gt;Saint-Jean-Longueuil&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-9063305728797370046?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/9063305728797370046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/assemblee-dorientation-alternative.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/9063305728797370046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/9063305728797370046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/assemblee-dorientation-alternative.html' title='Assemblée d&apos;orientation alternative'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-4730491931788345534</id><published>2010-06-18T16:32:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T16:33:23.920-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogue'/><title type='text'>Insérer un commentaire, c'est facile</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBvX-wBYi5I/AAAAAAAAAEc/YXERZa_GIf8/s1600/BLOG2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 139px; height: 66px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBvX-wBYi5I/AAAAAAAAAEc/YXERZa_GIf8/s200/BLOG2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484214444296276882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;La lecture d'un billet vous incite à commenter? N'hésitez pas à le  faire. Sous chaque message, vous trouvez toujours le terme &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;«comments»&lt;/span&gt; précédé d'un chiffre (0,  1, 2 ou le nombre de commentaires reçus).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 - Appuyez sur le mot &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;«comments»&lt;/span&gt;. Un formulaire apparaît.  Il vous suffit d'insérer votre commentaire dans l'espace blanc.&lt;br /&gt;2 -  Sous ce carré blanc, on trouve le menu déroulant &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;«Comment as:»&lt;/span&gt;. Choisissez alors &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;«Anonymous»&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;3 - Appuyez sur le  bouton &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;«Post Comment»&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-4730491931788345534?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/4730491931788345534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/inserer-un-commentaire-cest-facile.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4730491931788345534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4730491931788345534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/inserer-un-commentaire-cest-facile.html' title='Insérer un commentaire, c&apos;est facile'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBvX-wBYi5I/AAAAAAAAAEc/YXERZa_GIf8/s72-c/BLOG2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-8438018253801140763</id><published>2010-06-18T16:22:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T16:28:27.105-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>We want to hear from you!</title><content type='html'>Welcome to the 2010 Orientation Assembly. I will be one of your intrepid bloggers for the weekend, bringing you updates on the topics being discussed, workshops, presentations and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your voice is very important in the process and we want to hear from you. As we post updates, please send us your comments. You can do this by clicking on the comments line in the white box at the bottom of the post. If you are having difficulties, you can also e-mail me your comments at &lt;a href="mailto:kelly.didomenico@devp.org"&gt;kelly.didomenico@devp.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will try to post as many comments as we can, and all of them will be shared with the assembled delegates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I look forward to hearing from you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kelly, D&amp;amp;P Communications Officer&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-8438018253801140763?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/8438018253801140763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/we-want-to-hear-from-you.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/8438018253801140763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/8438018253801140763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/we-want-to-hear-from-you.html' title='We want to hear from you!'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-5045526279048690469</id><published>2010-06-18T14:10:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T16:31:52.168-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>A quelques heures de l’Assemblée d’Orientation Alternative 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/TBu27Xn_FgI/AAAAAAAAANE/KkRqia0wB8s/s1600/2010+Fran%C3%A7oise+Lagac%C3%A9+DP+%283%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 100px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/TBu27Xn_FgI/AAAAAAAAANE/KkRqia0wB8s/s200/2010+Fran%C3%A7oise+Lagac%C3%A9+DP+%283%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484178102323975682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Françoise Lagacé&lt;/span&gt;, présidente du Conseil diocésain de Gatineau,&lt;br /&gt;représentante du Québec à l’Assemblée régionale Québec Nouveau Brunswick&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je suis engagée dans le mouvement Développement et Paix depuis une vingtaine d’année, convaincue que cet engagement m’aide à devenir une meilleure citoyenne du  monde: mieux informée, plus conscientisée, plus solidaire et bien ancrée sur les valeurs de l’Évangile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En préparation à l’AOA, j’ai participé à  l’Assemblée régionale Québec Nouveau Brunswick, j’ai revu tous les documents qui nous étaient proposés et j’ai discuté avec quelques membre du Conseil diocésain de Gatineau.  Nous sommes bien conscients des défis que nous aurons à relever, dans le contexte social, politique, économique et religieux aujourd’hui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C’est un moment charnière et je crois que nous avons en main des grilles d’analyse pertinentes,   des partenaires extraordinaires dans le sud et tellement de belles expériences terrain qui auraient besoin d’être mieux connues,  et des membres avisés et généreux qui nous encouragent à aller de l’avant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J’ai vu à l’Assemblée régionale que nous tenions haut et fort à notre option préférentielle pour les appauvris, que nous désirions garder le cap sur notre mission et que nous n’étions pas prêts à faire des compromis sur nos activités de plaidoyer même dans un contexte politique et religieux difficile.     Pas question de baisser les bras.  L’intérêt et l’enthousiasme des jeunes membres est une véritable force.  Parce que je crois que cet engagement ne peut qu’être intergénérationnel .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bien que j’ai trouvé difficile l’initiation au blogue, ce sera certainement un atout pour diffuser plus largement l’information et permettre aux échanges de continuer pendant et après l’AOA dans toutes les régions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je vous remercie de la confiance que vous me faite en me déléguant à cette assemblée; et continuons la discussion.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-5045526279048690469?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/5045526279048690469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/quelques-heures-de-lassemblee.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5045526279048690469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5045526279048690469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/quelques-heures-de-lassemblee.html' title='A quelques heures de l’Assemblée d’Orientation Alternative 2010'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/TBu27Xn_FgI/AAAAAAAAANE/KkRqia0wB8s/s72-c/2010+Fran%C3%A7oise+Lagac%C3%A9+DP+%283%29.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-4924853284294091023</id><published>2010-06-17T10:03:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-17T15:41:35.166-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Représentant des jeunes francophones au CN et à l'AOA: Jean-François Langlais</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/TBo9dQKODsI/AAAAAAAAAMs/zRGVHSdxAE4/s1600/AOA.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 155px; float: right; height: 116px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483763069040332482" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/TBo9dQKODsI/AAAAAAAAAMs/zRGVHSdxAE4/s200/AOA.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;C'est avec joie que je représente les jeunes francophones (18-35 ans) du Canada pour l'AOA, en compagnie de Fanny Leblanc. Cela fait maintenant un an que je suis élu pour cette même responsabilité au Conseil national. Je suis impliqué dans l'organisme depuis 2005. J'ai commencé au sein du groupe de l'Université Laval pour ensuite connaître divers lieux d'implication, avec des groupes de jeunes , dans des paroisses et avec le Conseil diocésain de Chicoutimi. Mon expérience avec la Nuit blanche solidaire m'a permis de connaître également la réalité des adolescents. Je crois avoir une bonne vue d'ensemble du contexte québécois francophone dans lequel évoluent les jeunes pour pouvoir bien les représenter, que ce soit urbain, rural, proche ou plus éloigné de l'Église.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bien que la réalité des jeunes francophones peuvent varier d'un province à l'autre, je suis toujours ouvert à vos commentaires et suggestions. Développement et Paix, autant au nord qu'avec ses partenaires du Sud aura beaucoup de défis à relever dans l'avenir... Des thèmes très intéressants ressortent déjà, notamment par l'option préférentielle pour la terre, que nos partenaires affirment aller de plus en plus de pair avec l'option préférentielle pour les pauvres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nos liens avec le gouvernement et les évêques, ne semblent plus être les mêmes qu'auparavant. La réalité de l'Église catholique au Canada est toujours changeante. Elle n'est déjà plus la même qu'il y a 5 ans. Comment allons-nous réagir à tous ces changements?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bref, des défis stimulants qui peuvent nous centrer toujours plus sur nos lignes de forces, sur notre mission d'origine et nous relancer avec une intensité renouvelée. J'ai bien hâte de vivre cette assemblée d'orientation alternative! N'hésistez pas à me contacter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean-François Langlais&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-4924853284294091023?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/4924853284294091023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/representant-des-jeunes-francophones-au.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4924853284294091023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4924853284294091023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/representant-des-jeunes-francophones-au.html' title='Représentant des jeunes francophones au CN et à l&apos;AOA: Jean-François Langlais'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/TBo9dQKODsI/AAAAAAAAAMs/zRGVHSdxAE4/s72-c/AOA.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-3538342217211449006</id><published>2010-06-16T13:36:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-17T16:01:40.496-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>Press On</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBp_BLg9WyI/AAAAAAAAAEM/Ol_Gqryzais/s1600/1031820_64648933.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 81px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBp_BLg9WyI/AAAAAAAAAEM/Ol_Gqryzais/s200/1031820_64648933.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483835154524625698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There are certainly indications for concern in the NGO community but I believe it is imperative that we do not place our shining light under a bushel. We need to model our partners and press on through adversity. I am anticipating fruitful discussions as we gather to formulate our new strategic plan this weekend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bernadette Schmeisser&lt;br /&gt;NC member for Charlottetown Diocese&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-3538342217211449006?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/3538342217211449006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/press-on.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3538342217211449006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3538342217211449006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/press-on.html' title='Press On'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBp_BLg9WyI/AAAAAAAAAEM/Ol_Gqryzais/s72-c/1031820_64648933.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-5418068836456196573</id><published>2010-06-14T23:11:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T10:38:24.719-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>Looking Forward to Organizational Assembly</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/TBbu4lHaxrI/AAAAAAAAAMk/ZYPFjcXw6a0/s1600/P8050433.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 138px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/TBbu4lHaxrI/AAAAAAAAAMk/ZYPFjcXw6a0/s200/P8050433.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482832252173469362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Recent news that CIDA has cut funding for the Canadian Council for International Cooperation and Kioros underlines the importance of formulating a strategy on how we approach the federal government.  We  must enlist their support in supporting Development and Peace's efforts in funding programs by our partners in the Global South  fulfill our mission of helping the poor peoples help themselves . I am looking forward to discussing how we can best achieve our objectives at the Organizational Assembly next weekend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Verden&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-5418068836456196573?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/5418068836456196573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/looking-forward-to-organizational.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5418068836456196573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5418068836456196573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/looking-forward-to-organizational.html' title='Looking Forward to Organizational Assembly'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/TBbu4lHaxrI/AAAAAAAAAMk/ZYPFjcXw6a0/s72-c/P8050433.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-6638881339340322751</id><published>2010-06-11T04:45:00.016-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T10:38:44.540-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Québec,  Baie-Comeau,  Chicoutimi...  Bienvenue à l'AOA2010!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/TBH5rqGDUYI/AAAAAAAAAMc/XsBOXUocxVw/s1600/CEBergeronCNDevP+frag+10-06-10.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 96px; height: 114px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/TBH5rqGDUYI/AAAAAAAAAMc/XsBOXUocxVw/s320/CEBergeronCNDevP+frag+10-06-10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481436749915967874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Représentant à votre service au Conseil national de Développement et Paix, je vous offre à vous, membres diocésain de Québec, Baie-Comeau et Chicoutimi, de devenir vos oreilles, vos yeux et votre porte-parole à l'Assemblée d'orientation alternative-AOA 2010, qui culminera les 19-20 juin au siège social de Montréal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Au besoin, je vous indiquerai comment accéder aux résultats des consultations ayant conduit à cette importante étape vers la programmation 2011-2016 de Développement et Paix. Grâce à la démarche de réflexion collective à laquelle vous avez déjà contribué ou à laquelle vous vous associez à présent, je prendrai part avec vous à l'élaboration d'une vision commune sur la mise en oeuvre de la double mission de votre organisation, de votre mouvement laïc catholique: 1) solidarité internationale avec les populations appauvries et opprimées 2) Éducation aux causes du mal-développement et aux solutions pour un monde meilleur de justice et de partage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vous découvrez ici un  blogue pour la démocratie participative et la vie associative bien réelles et qui passent par le virtuel. L'âme de Développement et Paix, c'est vous. Devenant blogueur, je catalyse votre dialogue. Je suis à votre écoute. Je suis votre porte-voix. Exprimons ici nos espoirs, nos craintes, nos convictions, nos priorités nos attentes et nos engagements quant au devenir du mouvement qui nous appartient et auquel nous appartenons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depuis 1967, grâce à aux forces vives de nos membres, de notre personnel et grâce à celles de nos partenaires au Sud qui se sont relayées, l'Église catholique du Canada s'est donné une agence officielle de solidarité internationale qui fait l'envie de toute l'industrie de la coopération Nord-Sud canadienne et qui rayonne de par le monde. Société en apprend-tissage, communauté d'amour solidaire, en prenant part à  ce blogue nous pouvons entrer de plein pied dans la 44e année de vie de Développement et Paix et nous pouvons jeter les bases de son devenir à court, moyen et long terme, en autant que nous le voulions. Si on s'y mettait...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À l'aube de cette deuxième décennie du 21e siècle, ici-et-maintenant, traversons le mur du futur et devenons plus que jamais la Bonne Nouvelle en action, les bras et les jambes du Christ vivant dans son Option préférentielle pour les pauvres, pour les exclus et pour sa fragile création.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'attends vos commentaires. Au plaisir d'échanger, de partager, de créer un autre monde possible ensemble!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charles-Eugène Bergeron&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-6638881339340322751?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/6638881339340322751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/quebec-baie-comeau-chicoutimi-bienvenue.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/6638881339340322751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/6638881339340322751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/quebec-baie-comeau-chicoutimi-bienvenue.html' title='Québec,  Baie-Comeau,  Chicoutimi...  Bienvenue à l&apos;AOA2010!'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/TBH5rqGDUYI/AAAAAAAAAMc/XsBOXUocxVw/s72-c/CEBergeronCNDevP+frag+10-06-10.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-7660629800135190571</id><published>2010-06-10T10:51:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-10T11:14:28.402-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>President Looks Forward to OA</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBEBKj3gQcI/AAAAAAAAAEE/qMB9oiVAckI/s1600/pat.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 90px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBEBKj3gQcI/AAAAAAAAAEE/qMB9oiVAckI/s200/pat.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481163502424965570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;In just nine days, our much-anticipated OA will begin!!All National Council members are looking forward to this important event in the life of our movement. We will hear the priotities and concerns of members from coast to coast and together we will plot our strategic long-range objectives for D&amp;amp;P for 2011-2016. &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The input from our nine Regional Assemblies-as expressed in person by the attending delegates- will be a most valuable resource from which we will all benefit.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Personally, I'm anticipating a lively and productive gathering. and an opportunity to meet old and new friends from cross the country! Peace, &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pat Hogan, President of National Council&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-7660629800135190571?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/7660629800135190571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/president-looks-forward-to-oa.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7660629800135190571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7660629800135190571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/president-looks-forward-to-oa.html' title='President Looks Forward to OA'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBEBKj3gQcI/AAAAAAAAAEE/qMB9oiVAckI/s72-c/pat.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-947466864659864787</id><published>2010-06-10T09:42:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-10T11:01:41.401-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jeunes'/><title type='text'>Fanny LeBlanc, représentante des jeunes francophones</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBD-PEOaDKI/AAAAAAAAAD0/JIh4K4wrCao/s1600/fanny.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 139px; height: 104px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBD-PEOaDKI/AAAAAAAAAD0/JIh4K4wrCao/s200/fanny.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481160281295555746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Je suis vraiment honorée d’avoir été choisie pour représenter les jeunes francophones impliqués à Développement et Paix. J’ai débuté mon implication en solidarité internationale il y a plus de 15 ans et je suis à &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Développement et Paix&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; depuis 7 ans. Dans le cadre de mes études au baccalauréat en service social, j’ai réalisé un stage au bureau régional de Québec de Développement et Paix en 2002 et depuis je ne peux plus m’en passer! J’ai eu l’occasion de participer à différents projets et d’avoir diverses responsabilités. J’ai entre autre participé à un séjour d’immersion jeunesse de l’organisme au Guatemala en 2004 et représenté Développement et Paix lors du Forum Social Mondial de 2005 à Porto Alegre, au Brésil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je suis consciente du défi que représente ma participation à l’AOA car les façons de s’impliquer chez les jeunes divergent d’une province à l’autre. Mais sachez chers membres francophones des autres provinces que je suis très ouverte à recevoir vos préoccupations et suggestions et que je m’engage autant que possible à me familiariser avec vos réalités. J’attends de vos nouvelles avec impatience!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Merci de la confiance que vous m’avez témoigné en me choisissant. &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fanny LeBlanc&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Représentante des jeunes au conseil diocésain de Québec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-947466864659864787?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/947466864659864787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/fanny-leblanc-representante-des-jeunes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/947466864659864787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/947466864659864787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/fanny-leblanc-representante-des-jeunes.html' title='Fanny LeBlanc, représentante des jeunes francophones'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBD-PEOaDKI/AAAAAAAAAD0/JIh4K4wrCao/s72-c/fanny.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-377157142830361051</id><published>2010-06-10T04:29:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-10T11:02:23.730-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alberta'/><title type='text'>Greetings</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/TBCk4woUHKI/AAAAAAAAAMU/pWV4a8JvNWs/s1600/here+and+there+011.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 64px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/TBCk4woUHKI/AAAAAAAAAMU/pWV4a8JvNWs/s200/here+and+there+011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481062041543515298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As the OA which many of us have been preparing for is approaching, I cannot help but experience rich mixed emotions and feelings; enthusiasm, determination, eagerness, yet all accompanied with anxiety and tormenting self pressure to remain up to my responsibilities as a delegate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     Foremost, I would like to thank the Alberta/Mackenzie-Fort Smith team one more time as they put their trust in me to be in this position and for their much appreciated help in my preparation the upcoming OA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Je ne peux que m’impatienter à l’idée de rencontrer tous les participants qui prendront part à l’Assemblée d’Orientation. Je suis convaincue que l’on apportera tous des perspectives et des idées variées qui dans l’ensemble ne feront qu’éblouir tout le processus ainsi que le travail que Paix et Développement entretient ici au Canada  et dans le monde entier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Although I anticipate heated debates, I feel that this is a necessary process in a democratic organization such as Development and Peace and I am confident that all will be settled in a democratic and fair manner as well. Much will have to be decided upon but let’s all remember that the direction we aim to take is one of justice, love and peace for the whole of humanity. Whatever it takes, whatever needs to be sacrificed, let’s make the right choices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blessings!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Divine&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-377157142830361051?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/377157142830361051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/greetings.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/377157142830361051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/377157142830361051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/greetings.html' title='Greetings'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/TBCk4woUHKI/AAAAAAAAAMU/pWV4a8JvNWs/s72-c/here+and+there+011.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-5310907659992820679</id><published>2010-06-09T19:30:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-10T11:08:11.141-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jeunes'/><title type='text'>Les jeunes francophones se préparent!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBD_u1hPyDI/AAAAAAAAAD8/kQ0noWVsAEE/s1600/telephone.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 95px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBD_u1hPyDI/AAAAAAAAAD8/kQ0noWVsAEE/s200/telephone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481161926615484466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Lundi soir dernier, les jeunes francophones ont tenu une conférence téléphonique afin d'échanger sur certains éléments en lien avec l'AOA. Les représentants qui seront sur place à Montréal, Jean-François Langlais (représentant au conseil national) et moi-même, Fanny LeBlanc (déléguée des jeunes francophones) avons pu prendre le pouls des jeunes sur les différents thèmes du plan stratégique afin de nous préparer à les représenter adéquatement.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai vraiment hâte de tous vous rencontrer! Je suis vraiment heureuse d'avoir été choisie par mes paires et je ferai tout ce qui est en mon pouvoir pour bien les représenter.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;A bientôt,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; See you soon!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fanny LeBlanc&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Québec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-5310907659992820679?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/5310907659992820679/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/les-jeunes-francophones-se-preparent.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5310907659992820679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5310907659992820679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/les-jeunes-francophones-se-preparent.html' title='Les jeunes francophones se préparent!'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TBD_u1hPyDI/AAAAAAAAAD8/kQ0noWVsAEE/s72-c/telephone.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-4535095823246389851</id><published>2010-06-07T15:28:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T09:17:54.498-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>AOA 2010 - dans 12 jours</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TA5C2xUjbUI/AAAAAAAAADk/vjyEKv7SxYg/s1600/A.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 102px; height: 103px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TA5C2xUjbUI/AAAAAAAAADk/vjyEKv7SxYg/s200/A.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480391305276386626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Avec l'AOA qui approche, tout commence à prendre forme. Les  délégué-e-s ont tous  et toutes reçu confirmation et invitation formelle. Une ébauche de l'ordre du jour a été circulée à tous ceux et celles qui seront présents mais aussi à ceux et celles qui suivront le tout à distance. Les gens se préparent en lisant les documents affichés sur la page sécurisée et plusieurs en discutent entre eux ou avec des membres de leur région. Les conférenciers peaufinent leurs présentations.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Notre animateur réfléchit au format des discussions, pendant que le personnel s'occupe à régler et préparer tous ces petits détails, l'installation de la salle, la logistique des pauses, le matériel à être distribué sur place, les détails techniques de communication et tant d'autres petites questions qui ne sont connues que par ceux qui travaillent en coulisse.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surtout, nous pensons à Développement et Paix et nous avons le regard tourné vers l'avenir. Nous sommes habités par des questions et les défis qui nous attendent mais aussi par l'espoir et l'excitation qui en font partie.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Josianne Gauthier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-4535095823246389851?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/4535095823246389851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/aoa-2010-dans-12-jours.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4535095823246389851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4535095823246389851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/aoa-2010-dans-12-jours.html' title='AOA 2010 - dans 12 jours'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TA5C2xUjbUI/AAAAAAAAADk/vjyEKv7SxYg/s72-c/A.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-4169195895991910292</id><published>2010-06-07T14:48:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T09:19:25.390-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>AOA 2010 - 12 days to go</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TA5DPkPtnWI/AAAAAAAAADs/wQ9Lr4938ks/s1600/B.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 117px; height: 90px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TA5DPkPtnWI/AAAAAAAAADs/wQ9Lr4938ks/s200/B.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480391731263151458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;As we get closer and closer to the AOA, things begin to take shape. Delegates have been confirmed and contacted. A draft Agenda has been circulated to those attending and those participating from afar. People are preparing for the meeting by reading the documents that are posted on the secure website and some are discussing it all with members in their area. Speakers are reviewing their presentations.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our facilitator is busy organizing the format of the discussions, while staff is preparing all the small details, the set-up of the meeting room, the breaks, the materiel to be shared on-site, the technical details regarding coomunications and so much more that goes on behind the scenes.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of all, we're thinking about Development and Peace and we're looking towards the future, with questions and challenges, but also with hope and excitement.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Josianne Gauthier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-4169195895991910292?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/4169195895991910292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/aoa-2010-12-days-to-go.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4169195895991910292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4169195895991910292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/aoa-2010-12-days-to-go.html' title='AOA 2010 - 12 days to go'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TA5DPkPtnWI/AAAAAAAAADs/wQ9Lr4938ks/s72-c/B.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-7497069797678787003</id><published>2010-05-29T21:58:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-31T08:34:15.965-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ontario'/><title type='text'>Delegate from Ontario to the AOA Larry Martin</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TAOsvgABlwI/AAAAAAAAADc/cf7xTLpHxlE/s1600/download+%2832%29.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 145px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TAOsvgABlwI/AAAAAAAAADc/cf7xTLpHxlE/s200/download+%2832%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477411503856523010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Larry Martin seen here with Richard Pommainville the diocesan chair for Ottawa (French) and animator for Eastern Ontario Danielle Pecore-Ugorji at last month's Ontario Provincial.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Larry has been chosen to be the Ontario delegate at the upcoming AOA. Larry is currently the diocesan chair for Ottawa (English). Larry has worked for many years for Development and Peace, Kairos and many other social justice groups and causes. As a former teacher, Larry has a great deal of experience working with young people. Larry presents to students and adults on a regular basis on issues related to Development and Peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Larry will be communicating with Ontario members throughout the AOA through the new communication tool recently developed for Ontario members. The Ontario Development and Peace Ning Network is becoming a very effective way for members to keep in touch on issues like the AOA and the upcoming G8/G20 summit.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-7497069797678787003?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/7497069797678787003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/delegate-from-ontario-to-aoa-larry.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7497069797678787003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7497069797678787003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/delegate-from-ontario-to-aoa-larry.html' title='Delegate from Ontario to the AOA Larry Martin'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/TAOsvgABlwI/AAAAAAAAADc/cf7xTLpHxlE/s72-c/download+%2832%29.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-4163366356738819907</id><published>2010-05-21T14:28:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-21T14:30:19.690-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Neuf délégués</title><content type='html'>Les neuf délégués régionaux à l'Assemblée d'orientation alternative ont tous été choisis lors de chacune des assemblées régionales tenues en avril et mai. Ce sont:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•         Mike Rebstein (Colombie-Britannique/Yukon)&lt;br /&gt;•         Lys-Divine Ndemeye (Alberta/MacKenzie-Fort Smith)&lt;br /&gt;•         Hélène Tremblay-Boyko (Saskatchewan / Keewatin – Le Pas)&lt;br /&gt;•         Verden Jeancart (Manitoba)&lt;br /&gt;•         Larry Martin (Ontario)&lt;br /&gt;•         Françoise Lagacé (&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Québec &lt;/span&gt;/ Nouveau-Brunswick)&lt;br /&gt;•         Normande Turgeon (Québec / &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nouveau-Brunswick&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;•         Sharon Beals  (Atlantique)&lt;br /&gt;•         Susan Walp (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-4163366356738819907?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/4163366356738819907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/neuf-delegues.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4163366356738819907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4163366356738819907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/neuf-delegues.html' title='Neuf délégués'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-1550733502880499119</id><published>2010-05-21T14:28:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-21T14:30:00.288-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>Nine delegates</title><content type='html'>The nine regional delegates to the Alternative Orientation Assembly were all chosen at each of the Regional Meetings held in April and May. They are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•         Mike Rebstein (British Columbia/Yukon)&lt;br /&gt;•         Lys-Divine Ndemeye (Alberta/MacKenzie-Fort Smith)&lt;br /&gt;•         Hélène Tremblay-Boyko (Saskatchewan / Keewatin – Le Pas)&lt;br /&gt;•         Verden Jeancart (Manitoba)&lt;br /&gt;•         Larry Martin (Ontario)&lt;br /&gt;•         Françoise Lagacé (&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Québec &lt;/span&gt;/ New Brunswick)&lt;br /&gt;•         Normande Turgeon (Québec / &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;New Brunswick&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;•         Sharon Beals  (Maritimes)&lt;br /&gt;•         Susan Walp (Newfoundland and Labrador)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-1550733502880499119?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/1550733502880499119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/nine-delegates.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1550733502880499119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1550733502880499119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/nine-delegates.html' title='Nine delegates'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-2985249492864363245</id><published>2010-05-19T14:49:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-19T15:40:07.719-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Newfoundland and Labrador'/><title type='text'>Images of Newfoundland-Labrador Provincial Meeting</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt; &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S_QzTsf60cI/AAAAAAAAALs/wAba4gzUoVU/s1600/NL+group+at+table.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473055860617564610" style="width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S_QzTsf60cI/AAAAAAAAALs/wAba4gzUoVU/s200/NL+group+at+table.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Daniel Downey, Ruth Doyle, Tim Turner, Sr. Helen Martinez, Agnes McCarthy and Sr. Maureen O'Keefe take part in plenary session&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S_Qy41JW2TI/AAAAAAAAALk/qvgvn3_kmxs/s1600/NL+assembly+small+group+work.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473055399082383666" style="width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S_Qy41JW2TI/AAAAAAAAALk/qvgvn3_kmxs/s200/NL+assembly+small+group+work.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Buzz group looking at D&amp;amp;P and its relations with the Canadian government&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S_QzkNHHUcI/AAAAAAAAAL0/bS91EJ8aZlU/s1600/two+pats.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473056144249803202" style="width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S_QzkNHHUcI/AAAAAAAAAL0/bS91EJ8aZlU/s200/two+pats.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Current National Council president Pat Hogan (left) chatting with Pat Kennedy soon after his election as provincial representative to the National Council.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-2985249492864363245?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/2985249492864363245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/images-of-newfoundland-labrador.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2985249492864363245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2985249492864363245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/images-of-newfoundland-labrador.html' title='Images of Newfoundland-Labrador Provincial Meeting'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S_QzTsf60cI/AAAAAAAAALs/wAba4gzUoVU/s72-c/NL+group+at+table.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-1108930087255920457</id><published>2010-05-19T12:16:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-20T13:43:00.096-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Newfoundland and Labrador'/><title type='text'>Newfoundland-Labrador Delegate to the OA Chosen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S_QO4En_NQI/AAAAAAAAALM/TNc_aSkx83E/s1600/susan+walp.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473015803638920450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 166px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S_QO4En_NQI/AAAAAAAAALM/TNc_aSkx83E/s200/susan+walp.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Susan Walp was chosen by the Newfoundland-Labrador Provincial Assembly as its delegate to the Development and Peace Orientation Assembly. Susan is originally from BC but has lived in Labrador City for the past number of years. She is the parish representative for the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Lab City and is in touch with other parish reps throughout the Labrador.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Susan writes this summary of the discussions at the N-L Assembly: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Introduction&lt;br /&gt;The Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Development and Peace meeting took place on 15 and 16 May in St. John's.  There were about 20 of us at the meeting, most from St. John's Diocese. Three of us came from the Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador. Nobody represented central Newfoundland [Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, etc.]. Pat Hogan, president and our national council representative; Jasmine Fortin of Advancement and Danny Gillis, an animator for the Atlantic provinces, were there. Pat Kennedy is Rapporteur, and Synthesis committee consists of Danny Gillis, Pat Hogan, Pat Kennedy [also our newly-elected NC representative] and Susan Walp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Section I: Development and Peace in the Church and in Canada&lt;br /&gt;Facing the reality of declining church attendance, we need to find extra means of promoting our message. We were encouraged to hear of ongoing efforts by the Advancement Department in the way of direct mail and web-based information.&lt;br /&gt;We hope that changes in clergy formation [in these post-Vatican II times] can help correct the questioning of Development and Peace's social mandate by some priests and bishops. After all, everybody agrees that clergy support is essential.&lt;br /&gt;There is no doubt that a political element is part of social justice, of Development and Peace's work. None of us has expertise in this area, so we don't know how hard we should push political structures in order to get what we need, funding, for example. The most we could do was pass a resolution in favor of developing an advocacy policy.&lt;br /&gt;Section II: Strategic orientations for international programs&lt;br /&gt;Our meeting agreed that environmental issues must be included in our programs. Development and Peace already does that and should continue to do that. Although stating explicitly that we promote wise use of the earth's resources might draw in more people, we felt that it might confuse the issue. [One person asked, can you have two preferential options?] However, we should stress the fact that a "preferential option for the earth" is part of the "preferential option for the poor".&lt;br /&gt;We considered dividing the environment theme into five sub-themes to be emphasized during five years, but none of us came up with any such "priority angles". In fact, we felt it would be better to leave ourselves open to cover separate issues within the environment theme as they arose during the five years. We felt it was very important to root ourselves in the spirituality of these interconnected themes when we launch our new program.&lt;br /&gt;Final comments:&lt;br /&gt;Our meeting felt that environmental issues should indeed be a part of our mandate, because they are integral to human rights. Development and Peace should continue to cover these issues without necessarily stating that we now have a "preferential option for the earth".&lt;br /&gt;Evaluation:&lt;br /&gt;The discussions we had during this meeting were valuable. Everyone seemed to listen intently and respond thoughtfully. I feel we honestly got some productive work done. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-1108930087255920457?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/1108930087255920457/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/newfoundland-labrador-delegate-to-oa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1108930087255920457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1108930087255920457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/newfoundland-labrador-delegate-to-oa.html' title='Newfoundland-Labrador Delegate to the OA Chosen'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S_QO4En_NQI/AAAAAAAAALM/TNc_aSkx83E/s72-c/susan+walp.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-1711131286870058290</id><published>2010-05-15T12:52:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-19T15:40:40.165-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Newfoundland and Labrador'/><title type='text'>Newfoundland and Labrador Assembly begins</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S_Q2vspC2hI/AAAAAAAAAL8/S-VtkIumhj8/s1600/full+group+at+Lantern.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473059640227060242" style="width: 241px; height: 163px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S_Q2vspC2hI/AAAAAAAAAL8/S-VtkIumhj8/s200/full+group+at+Lantern.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Assembly began on Saturday morning May 15th and will continue for two full days. Representatives from all three dioceses are meeting at The Lantern in St. John's.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-1711131286870058290?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/1711131286870058290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/newfoundland-and-labrador-assembly.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1711131286870058290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1711131286870058290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/newfoundland-and-labrador-assembly.html' title='Newfoundland and Labrador Assembly begins'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S_Q2vspC2hI/AAAAAAAAAL8/S-VtkIumhj8/s72-c/full+group+at+Lantern.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-4492924410264761449</id><published>2010-05-12T15:27:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-12T15:31:19.914-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Québec-Nouveau-Brunswick'/><title type='text'>Un rôle prophétique</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S-sB9woFi3I/AAAAAAAAAC0/z_KRgzopZE0/s1600/B.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 111px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S-sB9woFi3I/AAAAAAAAAC0/z_KRgzopZE0/s200/B.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470468332908284786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;L’Assemblée régionale Québec Nouveau-Brunswick a été l’occasion de belles rencontres et d’échanges animés qui nous ont amenés à nous demander: &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Qui voulons-nous être en 2011-2016&lt;/span&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous avons davantage pris conscience de notre rôle prophétique et dérangeant dans l’Église et dans la société.  Au fil de nos années d’engagement, nous avons appris à poser un regard critique sur nos choix de société et solidaire de ceux et celles qui en subissent les contrecoups.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous sommes fiers de nos expertises sociales et de nos expériences sur le terrain, au sud comme au nord, qui font de nous des gens qui ont le goût de l’avenir.  Dans le contexte actuel, cela devrait nous encourager à défendre nos valeurs et nos couleurs, à développer davantage notre membership et nos stratégies de prises de parole.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous avons vécu un beau moment de  militance intergénérationnelle.  Et c’est très stimulant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Françoise Lagacé&lt;br /&gt;présidente du Conseil diocésain de Gatineau&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-4492924410264761449?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/4492924410264761449/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/un-role-prophetique.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4492924410264761449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4492924410264761449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/un-role-prophetique.html' title='Un rôle prophétique'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S-sB9woFi3I/AAAAAAAAAC0/z_KRgzopZE0/s72-c/B.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-477427925579696675</id><published>2010-05-11T20:23:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-12T15:29:51.227-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Manitoba'/><title type='text'>Manitoba selects Delegate to 2010 Orientation Assembly</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S-n9AbF4sxI/AAAAAAAAALE/FGWvzcjjkCc/s1600/PC310435.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S-n9AbF4sxI/AAAAAAAAALE/FGWvzcjjkCc/s200/PC310435.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470181406132450066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Members attending the  Manitoba Regional meeting selected &lt;/span&gt;Verden Jeancart to attend the AOA as their delegate. Verden is the chairman of the St. Boniface (English) Diocesan Council.&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-477427925579696675?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/477427925579696675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/manitoba-selects-delegate-to-2010.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/477427925579696675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/477427925579696675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/manitoba-selects-delegate-to-2010.html' title='Manitoba selects Delegate to 2010 Orientation Assembly'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S-n9AbF4sxI/AAAAAAAAALE/FGWvzcjjkCc/s72-c/PC310435.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-4241541512247363992</id><published>2010-05-07T08:55:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-10T07:49:54.996-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maritimes'/><title type='text'>Nova Scotia youth rep chosen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S-QOSBN5zdI/AAAAAAAAAKk/R0-YA_ibGSE/s1600/Sarah+Cavan.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 199px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S-QOSBN5zdI/AAAAAAAAAKk/R0-YA_ibGSE/s320/Sarah+Cavan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468511550261808594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;SARAH CAVAN was elected by Nova Scotia delegates to the Maritimes Regional Assembly to be the provincial youth representative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sarah is a fourth year student at St. Francis Xavier University, majoring in English and minoring in religious studies. She hails from Metcalf, Ontario, and has been part of the Development and Peace Society on campus for the past two years. In 2008-09 the group was chosen the university’s Society of the Year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sarah’s activities with Development and Peace group have included  organized the Fall Campaign, putting on a fund-raiser coffee house and working on the Song for Africa project which brought in a justice-themed film-maker to speak at StFX. Sarah is looking forward to attend the national youth leaders assembly in September.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-4241541512247363992?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/4241541512247363992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/nova-scotia-youth-rep-chosen.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4241541512247363992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4241541512247363992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/nova-scotia-youth-rep-chosen.html' title='Nova Scotia youth rep chosen'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S-QOSBN5zdI/AAAAAAAAAKk/R0-YA_ibGSE/s72-c/Sarah+Cavan.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-2331256109150683137</id><published>2010-05-06T18:01:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-07T00:07:02.255-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BC-Yukon'/><title type='text'>BC/Yukon Delegate for AOA</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S-NAMsA0T4I/AAAAAAAAAKc/XhC8qhUnnO0/s1600/Mike-Rebstein-AOA-Delegate.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S-NAMsA0T4I/AAAAAAAAAKc/XhC8qhUnnO0/s320/Mike-Rebstein-AOA-Delegate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468284959275110274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mike Rebstein:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello everyone, I'm the delagate for the BC/Yukon Region and look forward to the sharing of ideas and participating in the upcoming Orientation Assembly. I am a relative newcomer to D&amp;amp;P, having become involved only in the last five years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was born and lived in South Africa for half of my life before my wife and I, voted with our feet' and came to Canada during the apartheid era.  At the time we did not see any hope of a change in government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was educated at a Jesuit school in South Africa and then at University in Capetown.  I remember the police drawing a line across the road to prevent a student protest proceeding, and threatening to shoot anyone who crossed it. They would not have used rubber bullets so I 'get it' when D&amp;amp;P tries to address justice issues and not just charity. For example, we have some migrant labour problems in Canada while in Africa, mining is built on a system of migrant labour with the terrible AIDS problem partly caused by that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Canada I retired after spending most of my working life with a very large multinational (IBM - whose founder was a Quaker). This gave me a strong background in planning, which may be helpful to D&amp;amp;P.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I then made a life changing decision, and went to Regis College, the Jesuit-run college at U of Toronto, where I obtained a Diploma in Theological Studies.  I just can't escape those Jesuits. &lt;br /&gt;Through the influence of the Jesuits and my Parish Priest, I  became very conscious of  social justice issues in Canada and started a homeless shelter and a social justice group in my Parish in Markham. Regis College was across the street from the D&amp;amp;P office in Toronto, and that was my first contact with D&amp;amp;P.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When we moved to Vancouver, I became directly involved with D&amp;amp;P and have come to admire the work done throughout the Global South.  I hope and pray that we can work together at the OA to set a path that will enable D&amp;amp;P to continue and to expand on that work.&lt;br /&gt;God bless....&lt;br /&gt;Mike Rebstein&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-2331256109150683137?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/2331256109150683137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/bcyukon-delegate-for-aoa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2331256109150683137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2331256109150683137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/bcyukon-delegate-for-aoa.html' title='BC/Yukon Delegate for AOA'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S-NAMsA0T4I/AAAAAAAAAKc/XhC8qhUnnO0/s72-c/Mike-Rebstein-AOA-Delegate.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-3986823463492627687</id><published>2010-05-06T11:08:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-07T00:07:23.493-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maritimes'/><title type='text'>Comments from first-time Assembly-goer</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S-LcNEGH5QI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/YUDcsD0rjmY/s1600/Kathy+and+patsy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S-LcNEGH5QI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/YUDcsD0rjmY/s200/Kathy+and+patsy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468175014577038594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Kathy Gillis and Patsy Mooring&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to say that my entire experience on the weekend of the Regional Assembly was enlighting and uplifting. meeting others with so much experence and committment was very enpowering.The entire weekend was so well organized,the liturgy was wonderful.Thank you all for making my first Assembly a beauiful experience.&lt;br /&gt;- Patsy Mooring, Diocese of Antigonish&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-3986823463492627687?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/3986823463492627687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/comments-from-first-time-assembly-goer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3986823463492627687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3986823463492627687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/comments-from-first-time-assembly-goer.html' title='Comments from first-time Assembly-goer'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S-LcNEGH5QI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/YUDcsD0rjmY/s72-c/Kathy+and+patsy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-920879598813597925</id><published>2010-05-05T15:13:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-07T00:08:01.080-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maritimes'/><title type='text'>Maritime regional meeting</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S-HD9i2xVpI/AAAAAAAAAJk/wqzXxb6nl7k/s1600/best+group+shot.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S-HD9i2xVpI/AAAAAAAAAJk/wqzXxb6nl7k/s200/best+group+shot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467866884700460690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Maritime regional meeting delegates gathered at Villa Madonna near the picturesque Kennebecais River for our annual Regional Assembly. This was the first regional meeting for some members others were long time veterans.&lt;br /&gt;On Friday evening we embarked on the first steps of our study of the issues that would provide our input to the 2011-2016 strategic plan.&lt;br /&gt;On Saturday there was animated discussion on what it means to be a social justice movement in these times in Canada. While there appears to be many signs for concern we at Development and Peace are a people of hope and a prophetic voice.&lt;br /&gt;There was general agreement that environmental issues form the basis of the new strategic plan. It was viewed as imperative that we focus on the social implications and continue to consult our partners for direction.&lt;br /&gt;We enjoyed the presence of Gilio Brunelli, the director of International Programs at our meeting. His wisdom, experience and wit were valued. We tapped into his vast knowledge of Brazil for our upcoming exposure tour.&lt;br /&gt;We are eager to hear the results of other Regional meetings and await the next steps in this innovative format for the OA .&lt;br /&gt;We wish the regional meetings yet to occur Godspeed&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-920879598813597925?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/920879598813597925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/maritime-regional-meeting-delegates.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/920879598813597925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/920879598813597925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/maritime-regional-meeting-delegates.html' title='Maritime regional meeting'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S-HD9i2xVpI/AAAAAAAAAJk/wqzXxb6nl7k/s72-c/best+group+shot.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-3068329309102253881</id><published>2010-05-02T18:15:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T20:40:50.978-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Manitoba'/><title type='text'>Quelques points à considérer pour l'assemblée d'orientation de juin 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S94bVxcTm_I/AAAAAAAAACs/viFsb2IXk78/s1600/B.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 155px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S94bVxcTm_I/AAAAAAAAACs/viFsb2IXk78/s200/B.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466837058537626610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Voici quelques suggestions de thèmes à prendre en compte pour l'ao de juin. Ces suggestions émanent d'échanges lors de notre réunion provinciale du Manitoba des 31 avril et 1er mai:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt; le trafic humain [l'exploitation de la femme, en particulier] liée aux thèmes de la pauvreté et de l'environnement. Il y a un lien certain et souvent assez étroit entre ces trois composantes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt; le thème de l'environnement en est un auquel la jeunesse - et de plus en plus d'aîné(e)s sont de plus en plus sensibles. Ce thème nous a paru une bonne porte d'entrée pour rapprocher les gens des autres causes de la pauvreté.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt; le problème de la faim est exacerbé du fait que de grandes surfaces des pays du Sud sont utilisées pour la culture des agro-carburants. Ce qui fait que la terre est employée pour nourrir les voitures et affamer de plus en plus de personnes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-3068329309102253881?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/3068329309102253881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/quelques-points-considerer-pour.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3068329309102253881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3068329309102253881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/quelques-points-considerer-pour.html' title='Quelques points à considérer pour l&apos;assemblée d&apos;orientation de juin 2010'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S94bVxcTm_I/AAAAAAAAACs/viFsb2IXk78/s72-c/B.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-5965109673323589328</id><published>2010-05-02T13:40:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T13:55:29.002-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ontario'/><title type='text'>Notes on Father Bill Ryan’s talk to members at the OPM</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S928fpFZcJI/AAAAAAAAACk/QHzdqSZejpM/s1600/OPM+2010+046.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S928fpFZcJI/AAAAAAAAACk/QHzdqSZejpM/s200/OPM+2010+046.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466732774488109202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;Father Bill Ryan&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate_en.html"&gt;Caritas in Veritate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What does it mean to be fully human?  This is the essential question.  Challenging all ordinary agendas, where business, politics, economies are separate forms of life.  Charity and love – these have deep spiritual meaning.  Charity here is love, not limited to what we give to the poor.&lt;br /&gt;Benedict sees pop pro as his inspiration.  Getting integral himan debelopment as the basis for his message.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_26031967_populorum_en.html"&gt;POPULORUM PROGRESSIO &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;is the inspirational message for Caritas in Veritate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How can people reach their full human potential.  The risk of our time is social considerations are not part of human and economic development.  Private interests and powers are being  served instead of the needs of humans.  Development must be linked to an ethical framework.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Justice is inseparable  from love.  Charity and truth as witnessed by Jesus are the primary driving forces leading people to  act in justice and faith,  All persons have a vocation to  pursue integral human development for themselves and others.&lt;br /&gt;First, a vision of faith – love is at work in the development of the human being.  It is the driving force for human development.  Love is enlightened by faith and reason – love is proven by action.&lt;br /&gt;Self-giving in essential in sustaining  a civilization .  We are made to give.  Here the logic of gifting replaces the logic of the market.  It is contrary to putting a price on everything.  The root cause of our current crisis is the inability to give and to give freely as an expression of friendship.&lt;br /&gt;Benedict writes about the need for market regulation to regulate the economy (with teeth).  Free market system is marked by grave failures and needs to be retooled at the international level.  We are faced with the failure of profit system when economic goals are set without consideration for the needs of people.  Corporations must have the welfare of the community at its heart.  Human capital is the most important of all capital.  Economies should not function while accepting a certain level of underdevelopment and unemployment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scandals of the widening gap between the rich and the poor.  Huge profits are being made through speculation rather than actual production – Benedict deplores this.&lt;br /&gt;Everything that harms human society harms the environment.  Ecology cannot be taken as an independent variable.  Social costs must be figured into the costs of production. We must also consider how the use of resources increases the gaps that exist in the world.  How are the poor of the world going to have adequate sources of energy especially when it is becoming more expensive and rare?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pro-life – pro integral human development.  The only way to promote human culture is to promote the culture where every human is important.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is the dynamic power of love that can transform all these relations.  We can’t do just charity without social justice – we need both, we can’t do one without the other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Caritas in Veritate – powerful warning, dangers of technology when unhinged from an understanding of the common good.  We are charged to take up anew social justice, to put the health of the people ahead of profit, to avoid poverty and the indignity of unemployment.&lt;br /&gt;The view now is that our economies are on track, but if the real causes of the financial crisis have not been addressed where are we?  Have we addressed the inequalities and injustice of the current model. The long-term costs still face us.  Personal debts, unemployment, collapse in countries like Greece, Iceland – few people have figured out why this is happening.  New economies are not likely to embrace our broken system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Little said in Caritas in Veritate of the long-standing changes that still need to be made; the transformations of hearts, minds and structures.  Neo-liberalism will fail.  What will replace it is a future challenge.  This is more a statement of the threats that exists and a call for a new humanism. Others (like Development and Peace) are called to be more specific on what that means.&lt;br /&gt;Love calls us to develop a new system with solidarity its most important feature.  We must love each other or we will die.&lt;br /&gt;Caritas in Veritate could be a powerful instrument for Church renewal in our times.  Harness for good the energies of love – humanity will for the second time discover fire!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-5965109673323589328?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/5965109673323589328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/notes-on-father-bill-ryans-talk-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5965109673323589328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5965109673323589328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/notes-on-father-bill-ryans-talk-to.html' title='Notes on Father Bill Ryan’s talk to members at the OPM'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S928fpFZcJI/AAAAAAAAACk/QHzdqSZejpM/s72-c/OPM+2010+046.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-7157855498767027738</id><published>2010-05-02T12:06:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T13:55:45.993-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Québec-Nouveau-Brunswick'/><title type='text'>L'importance de participer à l'assemblée régionale</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S92lSyMzjjI/AAAAAAAAAJU/oPJzG09pDjI/s1600/P1010053.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; float: left; height: 150px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466707264829361714" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S92lSyMzjjI/AAAAAAAAAJU/oPJzG09pDjI/s200/P1010053.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pourquoi participer à l'assemblée régionale de Développement et Paix?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pour demeurer dans le temps, il faut apprendre à s'arrêter. L'assemblée régionale, c'est un espace démocratique où, nous, les membres, nous avons l'occasion de réviser le sens de nos actions et explorer de nouvelles pistes d'avenir. Face à la conjoncture actuelle, celle du Canada, celle de notre Église et celle de nos partenaires du Sud, nous constatons l'importance d'investir dans les services d'animation et de l'éducation. C'est grâce à ses deux instances que nous pouvons former les membres aux nouveaux enjeux, sensibiliser le grand public et mobiliser la société civile. Ces deux instances nous aident à rester proche de la base. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Restons attentifs aux nouveaux défis auxquels nous allons faire face!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Marcela Villalobos Cid&lt;br /&gt;Diocèse de Montréal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-7157855498767027738?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/7157855498767027738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/limportance-de-participer-lassemblee.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7157855498767027738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7157855498767027738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/limportance-de-participer-lassemblee.html' title='L&apos;importance de participer à l&apos;assemblée régionale'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S92lSyMzjjI/AAAAAAAAAJU/oPJzG09pDjI/s72-c/P1010053.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-2844662403910026983</id><published>2010-05-02T11:17:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T20:38:38.556-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Québec-Nouveau-Brunswick'/><title type='text'>Mobilisons-nous pour le G8-G20!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S92XseUGeFI/AAAAAAAAAJM/KTe_vSeMy4o/s1600/P1010052.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px; float: right; height: 150px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466692313005062226" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S92XseUGeFI/AAAAAAAAAJM/KTe_vSeMy4o/s200/P1010052.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Développement et Paix défend « La vie avant le profit ». Il faut rester fidèle à nos valeurs pour garder parmi nous nos supporteurs. Développement et Paix est une alternative aux idéologies capitalistes, néolibérales et de surconsommation. Nous devons dénoncer les problèmes et les enjeux mondiaux. La campagne d’éducation doit continuer et s’intensifier peu importe le gouvernement en place. Nos actions de plaidoyer sont importantes et doivent continuer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Toutefois, je crois que dans la situation actuelle, il faut agir plus fortement. J’invite donc tous les membres de Développement et Paix et tous les gens qui supportent nos causes à être présents au G-20 à Huntsville du 25 au 27 juin 2010. Montrons au monde entier et à notre gouvernement que nous voulons qu’il agisse pour améliorer le sort de millions d’êtres humains sur la Terre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Geneviève Tremblay-Racette&lt;br /&gt;Membre du groupe de jeunes de Gatineau &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-2844662403910026983?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/2844662403910026983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/developpement-et-paix-defend-la-vie.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2844662403910026983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2844662403910026983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/developpement-et-paix-defend-la-vie.html' title='Mobilisons-nous pour le G8-G20!'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S92XseUGeFI/AAAAAAAAAJM/KTe_vSeMy4o/s72-c/P1010052.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-3434880572177622271</id><published>2010-05-02T11:02:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T11:23:27.202-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Québec-Nouveau-Brunswick'/><title type='text'>Normande Turgeon: déléguée francophone à l'AOA pour l'assemblée régionale Qc/NB</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S92WMDGwQOI/AAAAAAAAAJE/d8uru9Mrasw/s1600/P1010047.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; float: left; height: 150px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466690656433881314" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S92WMDGwQOI/AAAAAAAAAJE/d8uru9Mrasw/s200/P1010047.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Je remercie les membres délégués de l'assemblée régionale Qc/NB de m'avoir accordé leur confiance comme déléguée représentant le secteur francophone de l'AOA en juin prochain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mon implication à Développement et Paix a débuté en 1998 en acceptant d'être responsable de ma paroisse. J'ai été aussi membre du conseil diocésain ce qui m'a conduite à la présidence en 2007. J'ai été déléguée par mon diocèse pendant plusieurs années à l'assemblée régionale Qc/NB, ce qui a été très enrichissant. J'ai toujours saisi toutes les occasions à ma disposition pour enrichir mes connaissances et mieux connaître l'organisme. J'ai participé très activement aux journées de formation de Développement et Paix lors des campagnes, j'ai aussi bénéficié de la formation des leaders de Développement et Paix et j'ai contribué à faire connaître davantage l'organisme dans mon milieu. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je suis heureuse de pouvoir participer à l'AOA. Je suis convaincue de l'importance de l'événement pour les membres et moi-même. Ce sera sûrement une expérience très enrichissante qui aura des répercussions par la suite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Normande Turgeon &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nouveau-Brunswick&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-3434880572177622271?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/3434880572177622271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/normande-turgeon-deleguee-francophone.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3434880572177622271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3434880572177622271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/normande-turgeon-deleguee-francophone.html' title='Normande Turgeon: déléguée francophone à l&apos;AOA pour l&apos;assemblée régionale Qc/NB'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S92WMDGwQOI/AAAAAAAAAJE/d8uru9Mrasw/s72-c/P1010047.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-1801897948518489577</id><published>2010-05-02T10:17:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T11:23:42.983-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Québec-Nouveau-Brunswick'/><title type='text'>Merci, Félicitations, Invitation</title><content type='html'>Merci à toutes les personnes impliquées de multiples façons dans le mouvement - organisme Développement et Paix: nos personnels et nos membres, visibles et invisibles!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Félicitations et bienvenue à madame Normande Turgeon, qui représentera l'assemblée régionale Québec-Brunswick à l'AOA!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'invite toutes les personnes membres, responsables d'équipes, de conseils diocésains à suivre les délibérations de l'assemblée d'orientation et à collaborer dans la mesure de leurs moyens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je suis très fière de participer à la démocratie en marche, dans notre mouvement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S92M9kiaysI/AAAAAAAAAI0/YNk8M9BH_Iw/s1600/P1010049.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; float: left; height: 150px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466680512105597634" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S92M9kiaysI/AAAAAAAAAI0/YNk8M9BH_Iw/s200/P1010049.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Que l'Esprit Saint nous accompagne! Et soyons à la fois patients et impatients! "Le temps ne respecte pas ce que l'on fait sans lui". (Gilles Vigneault)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lise F. Meunier&lt;br /&gt;St-Hyacinthe&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-1801897948518489577?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/1801897948518489577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/merci-felicitations-invitation.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1801897948518489577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1801897948518489577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/merci-felicitations-invitation.html' title='Merci, Félicitations, Invitation'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S92M9kiaysI/AAAAAAAAAI0/YNk8M9BH_Iw/s72-c/P1010049.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-5995124412307781232</id><published>2010-05-02T10:04:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T11:24:24.887-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Québec-Nouveau-Brunswick'/><title type='text'>Justice pour tous et toutes</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; float: left; height: 150px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466676102834600354" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S92I86uSuaI/AAAAAAAAAIM/may7-_00PI0/s200/P1010050.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Je suis POUR la vie avant le profit, la vie tout court pour tous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je refuse que les responsables de tout pays enlève le droit de parole et d'agir, particulièrement pour la revendication de la justice pour tous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je constate qu'il nous faut revoir nos façons de vivre pour assurer l'avenir du monde. Je propose qu'on lutte contre la valorisaton du matériel, et pour la valorisation de la culture, de la compassion, de la solidarité, de la communauté et du salut!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Louise Lacroix&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Déléguée de Québec&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-5995124412307781232?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/5995124412307781232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/justice-pour-tous-et-toutes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5995124412307781232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5995124412307781232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/justice-pour-tous-et-toutes.html' title='Justice pour tous et toutes'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S92I86uSuaI/AAAAAAAAAIM/may7-_00PI0/s72-c/P1010050.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-3399082529762918694</id><published>2010-05-01T21:59:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T07:05:24.815-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Québec-Nouveau-Brunswick'/><title type='text'>Développement et Paix dans l'Église</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9zeHlFxlBI/AAAAAAAAAIE/8ucuPx955i8/s1600/P1010045.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466488269517722642" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9zeHlFxlBI/AAAAAAAAAIE/8ucuPx955i8/s200/P1010045.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;La discussion à chaud (buzz) que j'ai vécue ce matin à la suite de l'exposé sur Développement et Paix dans l'Église m'a fait du bien car j'ai réalisé que je n'étais pas seule à rencontrer parfois des obstacles ou de l'indifférence en paroisse. Par contre, il me semble que nous sommes peut-être peu conscients de notre rôle, faisons-nous assez valoir notre contribution à l'évangélisation au Canada, à la formation, au développement spirituel des croyants?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nous offrons aux croyants de nos paroisses l'occasion de vivre leur foi en transformant le monde. De donner au prochain pour son développement intégral. De donner du temps pour les pauvres. Par nos formations, nous ouvrons leur coeur à une vision qui appelle la charité et la compassion. Par notre exemple, nous pouvons inspirer des vocations.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Quoi d'autre? J'ouvre la discussion et aimerais lire d'autres témoignages de ce que nous apportons dans nos communautés de croyants.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A.C.&lt;br /&gt;Diocèse de Québec&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-3399082529762918694?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/3399082529762918694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/la-discussion-chaud-buzz-que-jai-vecue.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3399082529762918694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3399082529762918694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/la-discussion-chaud-buzz-que-jai-vecue.html' title='Développement et Paix dans l&apos;Église'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9zeHlFxlBI/AAAAAAAAAIE/8ucuPx955i8/s72-c/P1010045.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-6984162169675266895</id><published>2010-05-01T21:41:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T07:05:55.092-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Québec-Nouveau-Brunswick'/><title type='text'>Rester fidèle aux valeurs d'origine de Développement et Paix</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9zb01iAu5I/AAAAAAAAAH0/B2JgLKvTnQY/s1600/P1010043.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466485748490353554" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9zb01iAu5I/AAAAAAAAAH0/B2JgLKvTnQY/s200/P1010043.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; En ce temps où nous participons à l'assemblée régionale de Développement et Paix, nous vivons un moment privilégié en tant qu'organisation et en tant que mouvement. Ces espaces sont d'une énorme importance car c'est un temps pour mettre en pratique un exercice de démocratie, de collégialité, de consultation, de prise de conscience, de formation, de prière et de communion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Je pense qu'il nous faut veiller à garder et à consolider tous les espaces de concertation, de partage, de planification et d'évaluation car il va de la vie et de la santé de notre organisation et de notre mouvement.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dans nos discussions et nos réflexions se reflète la volonté de vouloir rester fidèles aux valeurs et principes évangéliques et de la doctrine sociale de l'Église qui sont à l'origine de Développement et Paix. Donc, la lutte pour la justice, pour la paix, pour le développement humain intégral (y compris le respect pour la Mère Terre et l'option préférentielle pour les pauvres) continuent d'être au coeur de notre mission; et aujourd'hui plus que jamais, il est important de vivre notre engagement, en suivant, comme Église, l'Esprit de Jésus: un agir prophétique, une foi, qui répondent à l'appel des souffrances, des luttes et des espérances des exclus, des appauvris de ce monde en crise.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Plus d'un milliard de gens souffrent d'une crise alimentaire qui pourrait être solutionnée si on ne mettait pas le profit à n'importe quel prix. Au Guatemala, Mexique, Salvador, Colombie, Chili, un grand nombre de communautés sont dépouillées de leurs terres par des intérêts locaux et les géants miniers. Leurs cris montent jusqu'à nous et nos coeurs sont ouverts à leurs clameurs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Alberto Ramos&lt;br /&gt;Conseil diocésain de Gatineau&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-6984162169675266895?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/6984162169675266895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/en-ce-temps-ou-nous-participons.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/6984162169675266895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/6984162169675266895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/en-ce-temps-ou-nous-participons.html' title='Rester fidèle aux valeurs d&apos;origine de Développement et Paix'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9zb01iAu5I/AAAAAAAAAH0/B2JgLKvTnQY/s72-c/P1010043.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-8295588685807639661</id><published>2010-05-01T21:38:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T07:06:22.406-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ontario'/><title type='text'>Six Years of Service</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9zb9tiJipI/AAAAAAAAAH8/9qTWRy5hJ_4/s1600/OPM+2010+014.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9zb9tiJipI/AAAAAAAAAH8/9qTWRy5hJ_4/s200/OPM+2010+014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466485900962269842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sylvia Skrepichuk has been a member of National Council for the past six years.  After six years on the National Council, she will be moving on to new and exciting challenges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvia has been an exemplary member of Development and Peace's National Council.  She has played key roles on the Executive Committee as secretary, the Youth Advisory Committee and the Theology Committee to name just a few.  She has contibuted to liturgies at Orientation Assemblies, provincial gatherings and at National Council meetings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She has had an important impact on the work of Development and Peace over the past six years. She has been an excellent colleague and mentor to other members of the council.  She has stayed very involved in the work of the Diocesan Council in Toronto and is a fixture in the Toronto D&amp;amp;P office.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come November, Sylvia will no longer be a member of the National Council, but she is truly a life-time member of Development and Peace.  Her passion for social justice will keep her involved at all levels in the movement. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are very fortunate to have such a wonderful, dedicated person working with us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank-you Sylvia for your years of dedicated service.  We look forward to discovering what your next project will be.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-8295588685807639661?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/8295588685807639661/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/six-years-of-service.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/8295588685807639661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/8295588685807639661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/six-years-of-service.html' title='Six Years of Service'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9zb9tiJipI/AAAAAAAAAH8/9qTWRy5hJ_4/s72-c/OPM+2010+014.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-2773631714143924537</id><published>2010-05-01T17:02:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T21:41:01.436-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Québec-Nouveau-Brunswick'/><title type='text'>Participation des jeunes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9yY0h1dTAI/AAAAAAAAAHs/lv8URaYXP4Y/s1600/P1010037.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466412075924147202" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9yY0h1dTAI/AAAAAAAAAHs/lv8URaYXP4Y/s200/P1010037.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Nous sommes ici quatre jeunes de Développement et Paix de l'Université Laval et nous sommes très contents de pouvoir participer cette année à l'assemblée régionale. Merci aux responsables d'avoir choisi cette fin de semaine qui se situe après la période de fin de session universitaire.&lt;br /&gt;Nous espérons toujours participer au processus de réflexion stratégique. Les jeunes de l'Université Laval désirent s'impliquer beaucoup plus et apprécieraient beaucoup que le comité responsable continue à tenir compte du calendrier universitaire les prochaines fois.&lt;br /&gt;Une rencontre intergénérationnelle comme l'assemblée régionale reste une vraie source de réflexion enrichissante pour alimenter les actions et le devenir de Développement et Paix. Les idées qui ressortaient des ateliers et échanges réflètent exactement les préoccupations et les visions d'au moins deux générations sur les sujets présentés durant la fin de semaine.&lt;br /&gt;Je souhaiterais dans l'avenir assister à une assemblée plus élargie allant des jeunes du cégep aux différentes universités francophones et des citoyens laïcs aux chrétiens pratiquants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Merci aux membres du diocèse de Québec de nous faire une large place dans la délégation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Myriam Rakotozafy&lt;br /&gt;Diocèse de Québec, présidente du groupe de l'Université Laval&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-2773631714143924537?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/2773631714143924537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/nous-sommes-ici-quatre-jeunes-de.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2773631714143924537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2773631714143924537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/nous-sommes-ici-quatre-jeunes-de.html' title='Participation des jeunes'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9yY0h1dTAI/AAAAAAAAAHs/lv8URaYXP4Y/s72-c/P1010037.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-1929589068121026121</id><published>2010-05-01T17:01:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T18:27:58.618-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ontario'/><title type='text'>New Youth Representatives</title><content type='html'>We would like to welcome three new youth representatives to Development and Peace.  Thank-you for agreeing to take on these positions!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9yX879h1YI/AAAAAAAAAHU/FM4opiUo8bk/s1600/OPM+2010+021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9yX879h1YI/AAAAAAAAAHU/FM4opiUo8bk/s200/OPM+2010+021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466411120864646530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joe Wenzell and Justin Mastrangelo - Northern Ontario&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9yYk152vFI/AAAAAAAAAHk/KmvO10kuElo/s1600/OPM+2010+024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9yYk152vFI/AAAAAAAAAHk/KmvO10kuElo/s200/OPM+2010+024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466411806433393746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maria Sebastianpillai - Southwestern Ontario&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-1929589068121026121?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/1929589068121026121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-youth-representatives.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1929589068121026121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1929589068121026121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-youth-representatives.html' title='New Youth Representatives'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9yX879h1YI/AAAAAAAAAHU/FM4opiUo8bk/s72-c/OPM+2010+021.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-2164219027420374731</id><published>2010-05-01T16:05:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T17:04:10.334-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Québec-Nouveau-Brunswick'/><title type='text'>La préoccupation des jeunes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9yM9oQFNsI/AAAAAAAAAHE/SCrQrYG9lg4/s1600/P1010035.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9yM9oQFNsI/AAAAAAAAAHE/SCrQrYG9lg4/s200/P1010035.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466399038125717186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;L'environnement, soit les changements climatiques, voilà un enjeu qui suscite l'intérêt des jeunes. Nous serons encore ici dans plusieurs décennies et nous sommes inquiets à l'idée de vivre sur une planète dévastée. Voilà une piste de réflexion pour attirer des jeunes et des jeunes familles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fanny LeBlanc&lt;br /&gt;Représentante jeunesse sur le conseil diocésain de Québec&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-2164219027420374731?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/2164219027420374731/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/la-preoccupation-des-jeunes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2164219027420374731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2164219027420374731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/la-preoccupation-des-jeunes.html' title='La préoccupation des jeunes'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9yM9oQFNsI/AAAAAAAAAHE/SCrQrYG9lg4/s72-c/P1010035.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-2382292862537601177</id><published>2010-05-01T16:02:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T17:05:51.208-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ontario'/><title type='text'>Saturday Afternoon - Elections</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9yNPKiIUdI/AAAAAAAAAHM/i7w19fVXr64/s1600/OPM+2010+020.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9yNPKiIUdI/AAAAAAAAAHM/i7w19fVXr64/s200/OPM+2010+020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466399339385999826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Richard Thomson new National Council member for Central Ontario&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Northern Ontario Michel Denis - nominated by Fleur Hacket, seconded by Rose-Marie Valade&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michel Denis was approved by the delegates to the OPM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Central Ontario Robert Thomson, nominated by Keith Gauntlett, seconded by Elizabeth Fedorkow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;acclaimed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Northern Ontario Youth Representatives - Justin Mastrangelo and Joe Wenzell from Thunder Bay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Southwestern Ontario - Maria Sebastianpillai - London&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-2382292862537601177?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/2382292862537601177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/saturday-afternoon-elections.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2382292862537601177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2382292862537601177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/saturday-afternoon-elections.html' title='Saturday Afternoon - Elections'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9yNPKiIUdI/AAAAAAAAAHM/i7w19fVXr64/s72-c/OPM+2010+020.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-5145754410862126278</id><published>2010-05-01T13:27:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T14:04:05.849-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ontario'/><title type='text'>Saturday Afternoon:  Discussion on international development programs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S9xtDH-DHMI/AAAAAAAAACc/2_aczs1KvFw/s1600/A.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 102px; height: 103px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S9xtDH-DHMI/AAAAAAAAACc/2_aczs1KvFw/s200/A.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466363948167273666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We have to remain engaged in the struggle for women's rights. This a long-standing principal for Development and Peace. We work with and for the poor. Following the preferential option for the poor we are called to work for better conditions for all people. There is less space for civil society organizations. Given the political climate, there are greater challenges for those who work for social justice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is an increasing need to advocate for the earth. We can say that there is now a preferential option for the earth. This represents a new direction for Development and Peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Within this context, there is opportunity for change. It is increasingly obvious that the current economic development system is failing people. We are charged with looking for alternatives to the current system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information please see the D&amp;amp;P Conference blog at http://devp-conference.blogspot.com/2010/02/development-and-peace-international-and.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This blog was started during the conference on education and international development. It established more fully the context for our discussions on international programs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-5145754410862126278?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/5145754410862126278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/saturday-afternoon-discussion-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5145754410862126278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5145754410862126278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/saturday-afternoon-discussion-on.html' title='Saturday Afternoon:  Discussion on international development programs'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S9xtDH-DHMI/AAAAAAAAACc/2_aczs1KvFw/s72-c/A.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-2095499720138198764</id><published>2010-05-01T13:04:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T13:54:11.495-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ontario'/><title type='text'>Presentation by Michael Casey - Day II</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9xgFmseZAI/AAAAAAAAAG8/wjL3FA7h_Hc/s1600/OPM+2010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9xgFmseZAI/AAAAAAAAAG8/wjL3FA7h_Hc/s200/OPM+2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466349697123640322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is the second day of the OPM. We will be starting with an address by Michael Casey, our executive director. Michael is talking about the challenges and the successes that Development and Peace is experiencing. One huge success is the Haiti collection. Development and Peace raised over $20 million - this rivals what was raised during the Tsunami. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is different now is that we are being asked to play a leadership role in relief efforts amongst Caritas agencies.  This is a new and exciting role for Development and Peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More on the challenges. We face financial challenges in the areas where we raise most of our money. Share Life, the major fund raising campaign in the Archdiocese of Toronto, we will be receiving significantly less money due to an overall fund raising drop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, in Hamilton, parishioners were given a choice to donate during Share Lent to Development and Peace or to another Catholic charity. Together, this could mean a short fall of $500,000.00.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other diocese, bishops are putting conditions on the collection, for example in Pembroke, the bishop will only allow funds collected to be spent in Haiti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second challenge - CIDA. We receive approximately $8.5 million per year from CIDA. We are now in the last year of a five-year plan with CIDA. The political climate is now more challenging. Last year, Kairos did not receive funding from CIDA. This was unprecedented and totally unaccepted. This was a political decision, this was not a decision following the due process outlined by CIDA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is unclear what will be the impact of Development and Peace's successful advocacy campaign on food, land and water. There may be delays in government funding due possibly to the higher profile that Development and Peace now enjoys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Share Lent and CIDA represents 85% of our overall funding. We will have to work hard to develop and encourage our ouw social networks to support us in this time of uncertainty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a result, we will scale back on the upcoming orientation assembly. The assembly will be modified to reduce costs, but we will look for ways to encourage more participation through social media and through our regional assemblies.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-2095499720138198764?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/2095499720138198764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/presentation-by-michael-casey-day-ii.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2095499720138198764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2095499720138198764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/presentation-by-michael-casey-day-ii.html' title='Presentation by Michael Casey - Day II'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9xgFmseZAI/AAAAAAAAAG8/wjL3FA7h_Hc/s72-c/OPM+2010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-6172300073051593963</id><published>2010-05-01T10:57:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T13:53:31.261-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Québec-Nouveau-Brunswick'/><title type='text'>Assemblée régionale Qc-NB: Identité communautaire</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9xRIMgZ6jI/AAAAAAAAAG0/XR-eq4JQwlU/s1600/P1010030.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9xRIMgZ6jI/AAAAAAAAAG0/XR-eq4JQwlU/s200/P1010030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466333248958884402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fernand Dumont, délégué pour le diocèse de Québec&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Le premier buzz (concernant Développement et Paix au Canada) nous a fait découvrir rapidement la forte identité communautaire, la vision commune qui nous réunit et qui n'est pas à vendre. Comme nos partenaires du Sud, nous faisons face au défi du développement chez nous et ensemble nous le faisons avec joie."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-6172300073051593963?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/6172300073051593963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/assemblee-regionale-qc-nb-identite.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/6172300073051593963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/6172300073051593963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/assemblee-regionale-qc-nb-identite.html' title='Assemblée régionale Qc-NB: Identité communautaire'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9xRIMgZ6jI/AAAAAAAAAG0/XR-eq4JQwlU/s72-c/P1010030.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-2760883683859295849</id><published>2010-05-01T10:53:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T13:52:39.934-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ontario'/><title type='text'>Proceedings for Friday Night</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9xGFXC-eNI/AAAAAAAAAGk/7A7e4u3P0GQ/s1600/walkforjustice063.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9xGFXC-eNI/AAAAAAAAAGk/7A7e4u3P0GQ/s200/walkforjustice063.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466321105620728018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9xCWd7TSVI/AAAAAAAAAGc/KJNomG8DfUY/s1600/OPM+2010+010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9xCWd7TSVI/AAAAAAAAAGc/KJNomG8DfUY/s200/OPM+2010+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466317001478850898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rose-Marie Valade talks about the Justice Walk&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proceedings for Friday Night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Election of co-chairs, Richard Pommainville, Joan O’Connell&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Introduction of National Council members, National staff – Michael Casey, animators.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Introduction by National Council members – introduction to Development and Peace, the nature of this year’s OPM and its relation to the Alternative Assembly.  This will take place this June and this weekend, delegates will be involved in the process of selecting one delegate for Ontario.  Members will be able to participate in the AOA through social media.  Larry martin has been selected as our delegate - congratulations Larry!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Development and Peace advocacy - case study&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Focus on Sault Ste.Marie – School Justice Walk - Rose-Marie Valade&lt;br /&gt;Huron Superior Catholic District School Board. Twenty-one schools and the school board participated in a Justice Walk on April 28. Each school had its own walk and a designated time for the walk.  The initiative was initiated by the board’s Focus on Faith committee and was fully supported by the Director of Education.  Rose-Marie adds that Huron Superior is creating a ‘culture of justice’ within its schools.  Students from kindergarten to grade 12 participated in the walk.  Students developed materials and conducted research on countries supported by Development and Peace.  Rose-Marie adds that it is essential for Development and Peace to develop materials for young people.  Students also produced a DVD of the materials of the work they have accomplished.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9xG2bm-tAI/AAAAAAAAAGs/sRkOSnjT2kY/s1600/walkforjustice069.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9xG2bm-tAI/AAAAAAAAAGs/sRkOSnjT2kY/s200/walkforjustice069.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466321948659069954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dave Mayberry – Foodgrains Bank.  Brief introduction on role of the Foodgrains Bank.  Bank used to collect resources for use in the Global South. Also act as a resource for schools, etc on issues regarding hunger.  Owned by members of Churches in Canada.  Issues of food justice – people going hungry because of the way we treat people, not because of natural causes.  They look at government policies and trade policies.  They have worked to untie food aid.  Also examine the Right to Food policy – most countries, including Canada do not have a Right to Food policy.  Please see:  http://www.foodgrainsbank.ca/default.aspx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-2760883683859295849?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/2760883683859295849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/proceedings-for-friday-night.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2760883683859295849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2760883683859295849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/proceedings-for-friday-night.html' title='Proceedings for Friday Night'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9xGFXC-eNI/AAAAAAAAAGk/7A7e4u3P0GQ/s72-c/walkforjustice063.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-4350003036945477614</id><published>2010-05-01T10:44:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T13:51:28.268-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ontario'/><title type='text'>Ontario Provincial Meeting - Pembroke</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9xAKW5mZmI/AAAAAAAAAGU/l-FGJc_iyKw/s1600/OPM+2010+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9xAKW5mZmI/AAAAAAAAAGU/l-FGJc_iyKw/s200/OPM+2010+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466314594410980962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;Larry Martin, DC  Ottawa addresses delegates to the PM&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greetings everyone from the Marguerite Centre&lt;br /&gt;We will be reporting live from the Ontario Provincial Meeting this weekend. My name is Paul McGuire and I am one of the recorders for the weekend. We hope to have a complete record of proceedings for you as the proceedings unfold.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-4350003036945477614?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/4350003036945477614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/ontario-provincial-meeting-pembroke.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4350003036945477614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/4350003036945477614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/05/ontario-provincial-meeting-pembroke.html' title='Ontario Provincial Meeting - Pembroke'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9xAKW5mZmI/AAAAAAAAAGU/l-FGJc_iyKw/s72-c/OPM+2010+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-8529408020181301786</id><published>2010-04-28T10:59:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-28T11:19:34.194-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maritimes'/><title type='text'>Maritimes delegate to the AOA is chosen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9hNmK5fANI/AAAAAAAAAGM/Dm-oXZFFjVU/s1600/Sharon+Beals.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465203465969926354" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9hNmK5fANI/AAAAAAAAAGM/Dm-oXZFFjVU/s200/Sharon+Beals.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sharon Beals has been selected to attend the AOA as delegate for the Maritimes region. Sharon is the treasurer of the Halifax Diocesan Council.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sharon writes:  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have been involved with Development and Peace for 30 some years in 2 parishes and at the Diocesan level. Any time spent with D &amp;amp; P is time well spent. I was very pleased to attend the Regional Assembly which was so well hosted by the Saint John Diocese. The prayers and Liturgy were thoughtful and beautifully presented. The Strategic Plan was sent out in time to be reviewed individually as well as at the Regional Assembly. We all appreciated Gillio Brunelli's presentation and company as well as Cathy Holtmann's study "Social Action as a Factor in Women's Religiosity" As usual at D &amp;amp; P meetings we enjoyed being together.I look forward to attending the Alternative Orientation Assembly in June.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-8529408020181301786?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/8529408020181301786/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/maritimes-delegate-to-aoa-is-chosen.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/8529408020181301786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/8529408020181301786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/maritimes-delegate-to-aoa-is-chosen.html' title='Maritimes delegate to the AOA is chosen'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9hNmK5fANI/AAAAAAAAAGM/Dm-oXZFFjVU/s72-c/Sharon+Beals.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-2555166457658837853</id><published>2010-04-28T05:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T13:56:42.727-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Délégués régionaux</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S9cw3PJWhUI/AAAAAAAAACU/tXRotDlFVVg/s1600/1031820_64648933.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 93px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S9cw3PJWhUI/AAAAAAAAACU/tXRotDlFVVg/s200/1031820_64648933.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464890398354081090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Les membres qui ont participé aux quatre assemblées régionales tenues jusqu'à maintenant ont choisi les délégués qui les représenteront à l'assemblée d'orientation qui se déroulera les 19 et 20 juin prochains à Montréal. Ce sont &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mike Rebstein&lt;/span&gt; (Colombie-Britannique / Yukon), &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lys-Divine Ndemeye&lt;/span&gt; (Alberta / MacKenzie-Fort Smith), &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Hélène Tremblay-Boyko&lt;/span&gt; (Saskatchewan / Keewatin-Le Pas) et &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sharon Beals&lt;/span&gt; (Atlantique). (&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Image: &lt;a href="http://www.sxc.hu/profile/sachyn"&gt;Sachin Ghodke&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-2555166457658837853?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/2555166457658837853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/delegues-regionaux.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2555166457658837853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2555166457658837853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/delegues-regionaux.html' title='Délégués régionaux'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S9cw3PJWhUI/AAAAAAAAACU/tXRotDlFVVg/s72-c/1031820_64648933.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-3467924173863116191</id><published>2010-04-28T05:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T13:56:59.209-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>Regional Delegates</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S9cwkDxFPgI/AAAAAAAAACM/4XJrhzNEoeM/s1600/991933_27227015.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 90px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S9cwkDxFPgI/AAAAAAAAACM/4XJrhzNEoeM/s200/991933_27227015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464890068881980930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Members participating in the four regional meetings held so far have chosen delegates to represent them at the Orientation Assembly on June 19th and 20th in Montreal. The regional delegates are &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mike Rebstein&lt;/span&gt; (British Columbia/Yukon), &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lys-Divine Ndemeye&lt;/span&gt; (Alberta/MacKenzie-Fort Smith), &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Hélène Tremblay-Boyko&lt;/span&gt; (Saskatchewan / Keewatin – Le Pas) and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sharon Beals&lt;/span&gt; (Maritimes). &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Picture: &lt;a href="http://www.sxc.hu/profile/svilen001"&gt;Svilen Milev&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-3467924173863116191?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/3467924173863116191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/regional-delegates.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3467924173863116191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3467924173863116191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/regional-delegates.html' title='Regional Delegates'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S9cwkDxFPgI/AAAAAAAAACM/4XJrhzNEoeM/s72-c/991933_27227015.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-8164290863319003874</id><published>2010-04-27T15:55:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-27T18:39:36.922-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maritimes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Photos'/><title type='text'>Images from the Maritimes Regional Assembly</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9dBfW1XCpI/AAAAAAAAAFs/GqGeTZgNXuk/s1600/gail+speaking+in+group.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464908679798524562" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9dBfW1XCpI/AAAAAAAAAFs/GqGeTZgNXuk/s200/gail+speaking+in+group.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Gail McKibbon reporting to the plenary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9dCL5r1Q3I/AAAAAAAAAGE/EvFgsJAKucE/s1600/cathy+anne+marie+kerri+anne.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464909445068047218" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9dCL5r1Q3I/AAAAAAAAAGE/EvFgsJAKucE/s200/cathy+anne+marie+kerri+anne.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cathy Holtmann, Anne Marie Ryan and Kerri-Anne Ryan took part in the wine tasting session that was part of the Saturday night social.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fr. Don Savoie, Gilio Brunelli and Joe Rodgers discuss issues &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9dBxx5hjHI/AAAAAAAAAF0/bYaMbyZsRPw/s1600/Fr+Don+and+Gilio.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464908996301393010" style="width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9dBxx5hjHI/AAAAAAAAAF0/bYaMbyZsRPw/s200/Fr+Don+and+Gilio.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ron Dow, Sharon Beals, Janet Shortt and Josie England&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;participate in buzzgroup discussions Saturday morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9dCCPhxSoI/AAAAAAAAAF8/OS_GmtZSFmw/s1600/small+group+work+in+corner.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464909279132732034" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9dCCPhxSoI/AAAAAAAAAF8/OS_GmtZSFmw/s200/small+group+work+in+corner.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-8164290863319003874?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/8164290863319003874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/images-from-maritimes-regional-assembly.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/8164290863319003874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/8164290863319003874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/images-from-maritimes-regional-assembly.html' title='Images from the Maritimes Regional Assembly'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9dBfW1XCpI/AAAAAAAAAFs/GqGeTZgNXuk/s72-c/gail+speaking+in+group.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-2804569686481862538</id><published>2010-04-27T10:00:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T13:57:24.659-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Message de Michael Casey</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sharing.theflip.com/session/c14bdc7fa85b83d3f00958c4a550d672/video/13230676"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 113px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S9buGT7gdyI/AAAAAAAAACE/XBNarObUdNE/s200/FLIP_F.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464816990057166626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://sharing.theflip.com/session/c14bdc7fa85b83d3f00958c4a550d672/video/13230676"&gt;Cliquez ici&lt;/a&gt; pour visionner le message que Michael Casey envoie aux participants et participantes des assemblées régionales. Michael est le directeur général de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.devp.org/"&gt;Développement et Paix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-2804569686481862538?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/2804569686481862538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/message-de-michael-casey.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2804569686481862538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/2804569686481862538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/message-de-michael-casey.html' title='Message de Michael Casey'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S9buGT7gdyI/AAAAAAAAACE/XBNarObUdNE/s72-c/FLIP_F.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-942342465206814093</id><published>2010-04-26T12:30:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T13:57:40.039-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Saskatchewan'/><title type='text'>Hélène Tremblay-Boyko - AOA delegate for Sask. Keewatin-Le Pas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9XAXnkxv6I/AAAAAAAAAEw/vtmEd4tutwk/s1600/heleneinrye.BMP"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464485234876727202" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 185px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9XAXnkxv6I/AAAAAAAAAEw/vtmEd4tutwk/s200/heleneinrye.BMP" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Greetings to all Development &amp;amp; Peace members in Saskatchewan-Keewatin-LePas! My name is Hélène Tremblay-Boyko and I am delighted to have been selected to represent you at our upcoming Orientation Assembly in Montreal. I have been involved with Development &amp;amp; Peace since I was a young girl, following my mother in her parish activities. As a new teacher, I found much to contribute to my classes at a Development &amp;amp; Peace gathering in Montreal in 1977-78. I was re-introduced to the organization some 15 years ago and have been active at the parish, deanery and diocesan levels. By far, the most moving experience was an exposure tour to El Salvador that I participated in along with my husband. Our visit with partners there was such an eye opener, particularly the farming community organizations. My work with Development &amp;amp; Peace has always been enriching and empowering, as I continually discover new things about myself and my ability to advocate for others. I look forward to meeting with many of you at our upcoming regional meeting in Saskatoon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-942342465206814093?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/942342465206814093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/helene-tremblay-boyko-aoa-delegate-for.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/942342465206814093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/942342465206814093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/helene-tremblay-boyko-aoa-delegate-for.html' title='Hélène Tremblay-Boyko - AOA delegate for Sask. Keewatin-Le Pas'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9XAXnkxv6I/AAAAAAAAAEw/vtmEd4tutwk/s72-c/heleneinrye.BMP' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-5856256646505340166</id><published>2010-04-23T20:59:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-27T15:39:02.983-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maritimes'/><title type='text'>Maritime Regional Assembly</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9JIE68VDBI/AAAAAAAAAEo/0cpbRG9Zsf4/s1600/IMG_0067%5B1%5D"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463508547332803602" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9JIE68VDBI/AAAAAAAAAEo/0cpbRG9Zsf4/s200/IMG_0067%5B1%5D" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The Maritime Regional Assembly began this evening. Twenty-seven D&amp;amp;Pers have made the trip to Saint John, New Brunswick to reflect on the organization and its work. We look forward to fruitful discussions around our meeting tables and camaraderie late into the night with libations, hockey on tv and solidarity with our fellow members across the country. (Photo: Cathy Holtmann speaks to Ron Dow at Maritime Regional Assembly)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-5856256646505340166?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/5856256646505340166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/maritime-regional-assembly.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5856256646505340166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/5856256646505340166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/maritime-regional-assembly.html' title='Maritime Regional Assembly'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9JIE68VDBI/AAAAAAAAAEo/0cpbRG9Zsf4/s72-c/IMG_0067%5B1%5D' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-72049539185047099</id><published>2010-04-22T21:44:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T13:58:39.437-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Saskatchewan'/><title type='text'>Saskatchewan-Keewatin-Le Pas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9D8ADteigI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/O1j7yak4ZcY/s1600/IMG_9365.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463143425926662658" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; height: 150px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9D8ADteigI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/O1j7yak4ZcY/s200/IMG_9365.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Saskatchewan-Keewatin-Le Pas region met in sunny Saskatoon on Saturday, April 17 at Holy Spirit Parish. We gathered as a CORE group two weeks ahead of our Regional Assembly in order to allow a day to devote our full attention to the task at hand. We were happy to be joined by Isabelle Kim, assistant education director based in Toronto. &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9D8K33sxQI/AAAAAAAAAEY/5HStcwNPcJ0/s1600/IMG_9360.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463143611726873858" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9D8K33sxQI/AAAAAAAAAEY/5HStcwNPcJ0/s200/IMG_9360.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There were 25 people gathered for the day. Discussion was animated with many ideas coming out of reflections on the present situation of Development and Peace and its future orientation. There was a general affirmation of the ecological focus for the next 5 years as long as it is in the context of 'People First' and stays true to Catholic Social Teaching. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9D8d7Q0RNI/AAAAAAAAAEg/44KJ2NJOQPM/s1600/IMG_9359.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463143939055043794" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9D8d7Q0RNI/AAAAAAAAAEg/44KJ2NJOQPM/s200/IMG_9359.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The use of technology in the form of the 'flip' camera allowed for a synthesis of the day in the form of a verbal, instead of written report. It created some focus for everyone as we strove to come up with some key outcomes from the day. We wish the other regions well as they enter into their discussions for the AOA and look forward to hearing what comes out of the various areas. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Saskatchewan-Keewatin-Le Pas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-72049539185047099?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/72049539185047099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/saskatchewan-keewatin-le-pas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/72049539185047099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/72049539185047099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/saskatchewan-keewatin-le-pas.html' title='Saskatchewan-Keewatin-Le Pas'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S9D8ADteigI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/O1j7yak4ZcY/s72-c/IMG_9365.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-7115305758989928958</id><published>2010-04-21T09:28:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T13:58:26.934-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OA'/><title type='text'>Five regional meetings to come</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S9CrjyQKMaI/AAAAAAAAAB8/jvWM4VhYV6E/s1600/1031856_49433727.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 87px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S9CrjyQKMaI/AAAAAAAAAB8/jvWM4VhYV6E/s200/1031856_49433727.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463054979273732514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);font-family:arial;"  lang="EN-CA"&gt;Next week-end, &lt;a href="http://www.devp.org/"&gt;Development and Peace&lt;/a&gt; members from Atlantic Canada will be gathered in their annual regional meeting. On the agenda, the next Orientation Assembly in June and the choice of a regional delegate to attend the meeting to be held in Montreal.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;o:p style="font-family: arial;"&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The following week-end (April 30&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style="font-family: arial;"&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;, 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style="font-family: arial;"&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; and 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style="font-family: arial;"&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; of May), members from Ontario, Manitoba as well as Québec and Francophone New-Brunswick will be holding their regional meetings as well. Finally, on May 15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style="font-family: arial;"&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; and 16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style="font-family: arial;"&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;, members from Newfoundland and Labrador will wrap up the process with their own regional meeting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-7115305758989928958?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/7115305758989928958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/five-regional-meetings-to-come.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7115305758989928958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/7115305758989928958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/five-regional-meetings-to-come.html' title='Five regional meetings to come'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S9CrjyQKMaI/AAAAAAAAAB8/jvWM4VhYV6E/s72-c/1031856_49433727.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-3514867408186778562</id><published>2010-04-21T09:16:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T13:58:11.019-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AO'/><title type='text'>Cinq assemblées régionales à venir</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S884B0MF6NI/AAAAAAAAABs/p-UJzwyZvdA/s1600/990755_10016367.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 100px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S884B0MF6NI/AAAAAAAAABs/p-UJzwyZvdA/s200/990755_10016367.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462646476864088274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span  lang="FR" style="font-family:arial;"&gt;La fin de semaine prochaine, les membres de &lt;a href="http://www.devp.org/"&gt;Développement et Paix&lt;/a&gt; de l'Atlantique se réuniront pour leur assemblée régionale annuelle. Ils discuteront notamment de la prochaine assemble d'orientation de juin prochain et choisiront leur personne déléguée à cette rencontre qui se tiendra à Montréal.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;La fin de semaine suivante (30 avril, 1 et 2 mai) les membres de l'Ontario, du Manitoba et du Québec/Nouveau-Brunswick feront le même exercice. Enfin, les 15 et 16 mai, ce sera au tour des membres de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador de tenir leur assemblée régionale.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-3514867408186778562?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/3514867408186778562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/cinq-assemblees-regionales-venir.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3514867408186778562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/3514867408186778562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/cinq-assemblees-regionales-venir.html' title='Cinq assemblées régionales à venir'/><author><name>ao-oa _2010</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGuRuTD3gEA/S884B0MF6NI/AAAAAAAAABs/p-UJzwyZvdA/s72-c/990755_10016367.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640090304719658170.post-1948920665482204449</id><published>2010-04-21T01:38:00.024-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T13:57:55.002-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BC-Yukon'/><title type='text'>BC/Yukon Regional Assembly Recap</title><content type='html'>Hi all!  We are writing from the BC/Yukon Regional Meeting currently taking place in Sorrento, BC.  It’s a beautiful space and it is good to be together again!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have already been together for two and a half days and have spoken much about the Alternative Orientation Assembly (AOA).  We are blessed to be joined by Siobhan Rowan (Education Department) and Jess Agustin (Program Officer for Asia).  They have been wonderful resource people for us and we have already had time to share many stories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday began with business and then quickly moved into a presentation from the Regional Team who traveled to Timor Leste in February – hopefully you followed the blog that was put together on the exposure tour.  If you haven’t, I would encourage you to take a look! (www.timorleste2010.blogspot.com)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today we spent the morning on the usual regional business and then sat back to hear from Jess regarding International Programs and the challenges of the world we are trying to work in.  He shared with us some of the discussions that our International Programs Department is having and helped to set the stage for our work on the AOA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once we began our work, things became much more serious.  It is challenging to put our thoughts into a few sound bytes.  After much discussion and little debate we are hopeful for Development and Peace as we move into the next 5 years.  We see this time as an opportunity.  We are committed to continuing the work of growing – one of the groups stated that if we are not growing, we are dying.  The image was that of a plant growing, not growth as defined by the corporate world.  One of our youth stated, “When picking an issue, pick it so that it benefits who we want it to benefit/who needs it, not so that we acquire more members”.  We recognize that we, as Development and Peace, offer something unique to our Catholic Church in Canada and we celebrate that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S86SieaB2KI/AAAAAAAAACk/KyVOfbIh7k4/s1600/RC-Meeting-BCYukon-04a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S86SieaB2KI/AAAAAAAAACk/KyVOfbIh7k4/s200/RC-Meeting-BCYukon-04a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462464519022434466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We feel very strongly that the thread of ecological justice that has been present in our work, both in the work of our partners as well as our work in Canada, needs to continue.  We look forward to the opportunity for our movement to be able to re-claim and remind Catholics that we have a beautiful Biblical language regarding the earth and creation.  We recognize that it is difficult to pull out one thread amongst many interconnected themes, but we feel that again Development and Peace has something unique to offer.  We bring a Southern perspective through our partners and their experiences, and we can challenge ourselves, our neighbours and our government to change our approach and be part of the solution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Regional Assembly understands that walking in solidarity with our brothers and sisters around the world includes speaking out about things that need to change here in Canada.  We feel strongly that we cannot shy away from advocacy work and that we need to persist in being a prophetic voice if we are to truly live our mission as Development and Peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite the challenges ahead we are hopeful that we will continue to grow and that the Spirit who inspires us will also direct us.  We pray for Development and Peace across Canada as we continue planning and moving forward into the next 5 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                      BC/Yukon Regional Assembly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S86kpniZOkI/AAAAAAAAADk/v_OTHKfew0c/s1600/BC-YukonRCmeeting2010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 201px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S86kpniZOkI/AAAAAAAAADk/v_OTHKfew0c/s400/BC-YukonRCmeeting2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462484432941824578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3640090304719658170-1948920665482204449?l=ao-oa2010.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/feeds/1948920665482204449/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/bcyukon-regional-assembly-aoa-input.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1948920665482204449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3640090304719658170/posts/default/1948920665482204449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ao-oa2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/bcyukon-regional-assembly-aoa-input.html' title='BC/Yukon Regional Assembly Recap'/><author><name>aooa10member-membre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655614878679371522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ze9TuZmlVOY/S86SieaB2KI/AAAAAAAAACk/KyVOfbIh7k4/s72-c/RC-Meeting-BCYukon-04a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
