Suggested Bulletin Announcement

 

Stop the Genocide in Darfur

 

The Diocesan Peace and Social Justice Ministry is urging all parishioners to participate in the Million Voices for Darfur campaign.  The goal is to generate one million hand written and electronic postcards from Americans demanding a stronger and more effective U.S. response to the genocide in Darfur, which has claimed 400,000 lives.  In addition, 2.5 million people are displaced and 3.5 million of our sisters and brothers are at risk of starvation.  Bishop John Ricard of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recently said: "The crisis in Darfur must be ended.  We cannot stand idly by while human life is threatened." Go online today at www.savedarfur.org and send an electronic post card.