CHURCH OF ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA 980 PARK AVENUE AT 84TH STREET • NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10028 • (212) 288-3588 WWW.SAINTIGNATIUSLOYOLA.ORG October 1, 2006 Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Grounds for Change Fair Trade is not for us a political issue, but rather a s Catholics we were all proud of the matter of faith in action. As Catholics we believe wonderful assistance given by Catholic we are all part of one human family. Consistent Relief Services to the victims of the tsunami in Catholic teaching calls us to reach out to one Indonesia and the flood victims closer to home another with compassion and dignity. From the in New Orleans. But disaster relief is only one encyclical Rerum Novarum aspect of the work of and Quadragesimo Anno of Catholic Relief Services, the Popes of the 19th and which feeds families, 20th centuries, to the rebuilds shattered lives, recent encyclical of protects health, develops Pope Benedict this year, sustainable communities “Coffee is the world’s second we are called to “a new and restores hope in 99 most valued traded commodity, readiness to assist our countries around the behind only petroleum.” neighbors in need.” Fair world. Trade simply means an equitable and fair ne project of partnership between Catholic Relief “Fair Trade is not consumers in North Services here in the America and producers for us a political United States is providing in Asia, Africa, Latin assistance to poor farmers issue, but rather America and the in the coffee-growing a matter of faith Caribbean. The chief regions of Central and in action.” concern of the Fair South America through Trade Movement has the promotion of Fair been to ensure that the vast majority of the world’s Trade – an alternative system of international coffee growers, who are small holders, get a fair trade that is rooted in the principles of human price for their harvests in order to achieve a decent dignity, economic and social justice and global living wage. Fair Trade guarantees to farmers solidarity. By ensuring that farmers earn a fair organized in cooperatives around the world a living price for their coffee, Fair Trade helps struggling small-scale farmers to put food on the wage (minimum $1.26/pound regardless of the table, even as world coffee prices reach historic volatile market); much needed credit at fair prices; and long-term relationships. These fair payments lows. Fair Trade helps them to survive in a are invested in health care, education, competitive international market. And, by environmental stewardship, and economic building long-term relationships with the lowindependence. Fair Trade certified coffee is the income coffee farmers who grow the coffee first product being introduced in the United States you drink, Fair Trade helps make meaningful with an independently monitored system to ensure connections between producers overseas and that it was produced under fair labor conditions. socially conscious consumers like you here in the United States. A O ? Why coffee ? W hy coffee? Coffee is the world’s second most valued traded commodity, behind only petroleum. Around the globe the annual consumption of coffee has expanded to more than 12 billion pounds. Coffee is the US’s largest food import and second most valuable commodity after oil. Our country imports over 2.72 billion pounds of coffee in a given year. More than 130 million Americans drink coffee every day. In recent years we have seen an explosion of specialty coffee shops throughout the country. Coffee is one area where ordinary consumers can make a statement for justice. For example, because consumers lobbied for Fair Trade coffee both Starbucks and the Green Mountain Coffee Company now purchase only Fair Trade coffee. Buy Coffee after Mass and Help to build a Better World! H ow can you help? Beginning today at the coffee hour following the 11:00AM and 11:30AM Masses and following the 7:30PM Mass at our bi-monthly Socials, we will be selling Fair Trade coffee by the pound from Grounds for Change, an organic coffee roaster specializing in socially responsible and environmentally sustainable coffee. We will have Medium Roast and Dark Roast (all the profits support a Latin American Women’s Cooperative) at $10/pound and Decaf at $10.50/ pound. We will also be selling St. Ignatius parish T-shirts: $15/short sleeves, $18/long sleeves. The small profit we make will go towards our Parish Social Justice efforts, including the trip to Georgia to protest the presence of the School of the Americas (WHINSEC). Graduates of the school, located at Fort Benning, have been responsible for torture and death throughout Central America including the deaths of Archbishop Oscar Romero, four American Church women, six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her daughter, as well as thousands of their countrymen, women and children, on the grounds of Fort Benning. Please stop by Wallace Hall today after the 11AM, 11:30AM Masses, or, every other week at the 7:30PM Mass. When you purchase Fair Trade coffee, you are not just buying a great product; you are helping to build a better world! Mary Naughton Pastoral Associate SPECIAL NOTICES A Sincere Thank you The members of The Society of St. Vincent de Paul join the entire Parish in thanking Miriam Klinger and Tom Barrett for their many years of dedicated, unselfish service to our Parish Chapter of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. For more than 16 years Miriam has been a loving and compassionate President. She has responded quickly, offering assistance to those in need. Tom, as Treasurer, has kept the books balanced for more than 20 years. He has also given countless hours to helping others. Together Miriam and Tom have embodied the vision of our founder, Frederic Ozanam, seeking out and assisting the poor of our community. Their Vincentian spirit will inspire us for many years to come. Sincere thanks to Miriam and Tom. * What are our Parish Ministries at St. Ignatius? Who do I contact if I wish to volunteer?* Music (Choirs) Kent Tritle/Erin Acheson Ignatian Social Justice Jennifer Gniady/Mary Naughton Ignatian Teens Judy Choix Hospitality Sr. Grace Strauber Lector/Eucharistic Ministers Mary Naughton IREP Joanne Cunneen/Pat Schneider Ministry Council Eleanor Barba New Parishioners Donna Cassetta Pax Christi Rosaleen Mazur/Mary Naughton RCIA Maureen Fullam/Cynthia Caruso St. VIncent de Paul Pattie Hughes 20/30's Initiative Bernadette O'Connell (*You may leave a message at the Parish Reception desk) SAVE THE DATE Tuesday, October 24, at 6:30PM is Parish Ministry Night, a special time for all Parish Ministers to come together and celebrate the many blessings of our work at St. Ignatius.